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#10 Top Democrats Warn Tariffs Will Hit Americans Hard as Trump Says It’s ‘Worth the Price’- Ed Pilkington for The Guardian, Mario Nawfal, Paint the Trump/Chuck Schumer, BRICS news (community note), and Justin Trudeau on X
Top Democrats have slammed Donald Trump’s plans to impose serious tariffs on the US’s neighbors and allies, warning that they will hit working families and small businesses hard, even as the president said any pain they suffered would be “worth the price”. Chuck Schumer, the minority leader in the US Senate, led the charge by saying the president’s threatened tariffs would likely “hit Americans in their wallets”. “It would be nice if Donald Trump could start focusing on getting the prices down instead of making them go up.” Schumer added that the White House should set its sights on “competitors who rig the game, like China, rather than attacking our allies”
#9 Canada’s Tariff List Targets Republican States, Trump Allies - Mickey Djuric for Politico, Justin Trudeau, Nick Sortor (community note), American Woman, Bonspy, and Eric Daugherty (community note) on X
Canada's retaliatory tariffs will target Republican states and Donald Trump allies. "Canadians understand that we need to respond to this," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday night. "We need to respond in a way that is appropriate, that is measured but forceful, that meets the moment." There are 1,256 items in the first tranche of tariffs that will come into force on Tuesday...
#8 I Don’t Know Where All This Money Is” – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Says Ukraine Only Received About $75 Billion of $177 Billion in U.S. Aid - The Gateway Pundit, Tara Bull, Dinesh D'Souza, and JTG/Real SparkyBru on X
As of September 30, 2024, the U.S. Ukraine response funding totals nearly $183 billion, with $130.1 billion obligated and $86.7 billion disbursed. Congress appropriated $174.2 billion through the five Ukraine supplemental appropriation acts enacted FY 2022 through FY 2024, of which $163.6 billion was allocated for OAR and the Ukraine response. Additional funds of $18.2 billion were allocated from annual agency appropriations, and $1.1 billion was allocated from other supplemental appropriation acts. However, Zelensky says, “We received just over 75 [billion dollars].”
#7 Turmoil Inside USAID: DOGE Reps Take Over Offices, Senior Officials Placed on Leave - ABC News, Liz Churchill/RFK Jr., Mike Benz, Lindsay Penney, Ian Miles Cheong/Not op Cue, Elon Musk/Autism Capital/KanekoaTheGreat (community notes), Nick Sortor, and Wall Street Apes on X
Amid ongoing turmoil inside the U.S. Agency for International Development, sources told ABC News that Department of Government Efficiency staffers have moved to take over offices, escalating tensions as more senior staff members are locked out of internal systems, additional employees are placed on administrative leave, and the agency’s newly appointed chief of staff resigned as the Elon Musk-led agency works to assert control over the USAID, which oversees foreign aid, disaster relief, and international development programs...#6 Driscoll Refuses Order to List FBI Employees Involved in Jan. 6 Cases Amid Ouster of Agency Leaders - Kerry Picket for The Washington Times, Mike Lee/ALX, R A W A L E R T S, Amuse, Tom Fitton, and Garret O'Boyle on X
Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll is on shaky ground with Department of Justice leaders for refusing to deliver the names of bureau employees involved in Jan. 6 cases and other Trump investigations. President Trump tapped Mr. Driscoll, an FBI veteran, to lead the bureau temporarily while his nominee for director, Kash Patel, goes through the Senate confirmation process. But questions remain over whether Mr. Driscoll can stay in the job before Mr. Patel is confirmed and sworn in...
#5 Trump Administration Ends Temporary Immigration Program for Hundreds of Thousands of Venezuelans- Camilo Montoya-Galvez for CBS News, Scott MacFarlane, Juanita Broaddrick/Jennifer Lawrence, John Solomon, and Mario Nawfal on X
The Trump administration is terminating an immigration program that currently protects hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. from deportation, paving the way for many of them to lose their legal status this spring, according to a government notice obtained by CBS News. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this weekend revoked one of two Temporary Protected Status designations for Venezuela, which the U.S. government had previously determined was too dangerous to allow Venezuelans to return to their homeland safely...
#4 South Africa Denies ‘Confiscating Land,’ After Trump Threatens to Cut Off Aid - Jessie Yeung for CNN, Donald J. Trump Posts/Dominic Michael Tripi Katie Hopkins, Concerned Citizen and End Wokeness on X
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responded on Monday to US President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off aid over the alleged mistreatment of White farmers, denying Trump’s claim that authorities were “confiscating land.” “South Africa is a constitutional democracy that is deeply rooted in the rule of law, justice, and equality. The South African government has not confiscated any land,” Ramaphosa wrote on X. “We look forward to engaging with the Trump administration over our land reform policy and issues of bilateral interest,” he wrote. He added that, while the US was a key strategic political and trade partner, it did not provide significant funding to South Africa besides a major HIV/AIDS relief program...
#3 Trump Tariffs Take Aim At Trade Loophole Used by Chinese Online Retailers Like Temu and Shein - Annie Palmer for CNBC, Michael Seifert, Trung Phan, Melissa Chen, and The Coalition for a Prosperous America on X
President Donald Trump’s tariffs against China, Canada and Mexico target a trade provision that helped fuel the explosive growth of budget online retailers, including Temu and Shein. Trump on Saturday signed executive orders imposing tariffs on the country’s top three trading partners. Goods imported from Canada and Mexico will be slapped with a 25% tariff, while goods from China will be charged a 10% tax. Energy resources from Canada will have a lower 10% tariff. The duties are expected to take effect on Tuesday...
#2 Republicans Stand on the Brink of a Historic Opportunity to End Government’s Role in Student Loans - Andrew Gillen for CATO Institute, Allen Mendenhall, Tim Lybarger, Robby Starbuck/Colin Wright
Republicans have their best opportunity in decades to significantly reform or even eliminate government involvement in student loans. As I explain in a new Cato Institute paper, doing so could generate up to $212 billion in savings over the next ten years. But Congress needs to act quickly as the window of opportunity will close soon. This opportunity rests on a series of relatively simple points, which nevertheless add up to a very exciting possibility...#1 ‘This Needs To Stop Now’—Elon Musk Confirms Radical Doge U.S. Treasury Plan - Billy Bambrough for Forbes, Elon Musk/Penny2x, Robby Starbuck, Benny Johnson, The SCIF, Shadow of Ezra, and The Gateway Pundit on X
Elon Musk has become deeply embedded in U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House after declaring a U.S. “financial emergency" while on the campaign trail. Musk, the Tesla billionaire-turned-government-cost-cutter, is leading the so-called Doge Department of Government Efficiency, proposed by Trump’s Commerce Department nominee Howard Lutnick to “rip the waste out of our $6.5 trillion budget.” Now, as fears emerge that Trump’s administration is “dangerously” undermining the U.S. dollar, Musk has confirmed he wants to put the U.S. Treasury on a blockchain, the technology that underpins bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies—including Musk’s pet project, Dogecoin...
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