Author: Seung Min Kim
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Trump is proposing a $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by his trade war with China
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war. According to the…
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Trump to welcome the Saudi crown prince with arrival ceremony, deal signings and lavish dinner
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WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not an official state visit, but the White House is preparing to host Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman next week with the pomp and circumstance that is typical of one. The crown prince’s day at the White House next Tuesday will begin with an arrival ceremony on the sweeping South…
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What’s the filibuster and why does Trump want to get rid of it during the shutdown?
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats’ unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate eliminate the legislative filibuster. The filibuster is a longstanding parliamentary tool that halts action on most bills unless 60 senators in the 100-member chamber vote to move…
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Trump ends trade talks with Canada over tariffs ad that Ontario premier now says he’ll phase out
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced he’s ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television ad sponsored by one of its provinces that used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs — prompting the province’s leader to later pull the ad. The post on Trump’s social media site…
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Trump hosts Senate Republicans at renovated White House as the shutdown drags into fourth week
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs for preschoolers nationwide are scrambling for federal funds. The federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile has begun furloughing its 1,400 employees. Thousands more federal workers are going without paychecks. But as President Donald Trump welcomed Republican senators for lunch in the newly renovated Rose Garden Club…
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Trump will speak with Putin as he considers Ukraine’s push for long-range missiles
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Thursday as he considers Ukraine’s push for long-range missiles, a White House official said. The call comes ahead of Trump’s meeting on Friday at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has been pressing Trump to sell Kyiv…
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Trump to welcome Argentina’s President Milei as US extends $20 billion lifeline
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Argentina’s libertarian leader is lavishing praise on Donald Trump ahead of his first White House meeting with the U.S. president on Tuesday. The effusive declarations are nothing new for Argentinian President Javier Milei — whose dramatic cuts to state spending and attacks on “woke leftists” have won him a following among U.S.…
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Trump says he’s open to health care deal with Democrats as shutdown hits Day 6
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he’d be open to striking a deal with Democrats on the health care subsidies they’ve made central to the shutdown fight, cracking the door slightly to negotiations that Republicans have said should only happen after the government reopens. But Trump also said “billions and billions” are…
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Trump will announce Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration will announce on Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado, according to two people familiar with the announcement. Trump is expected to speak Tuesday afternoon, and he will give the new location,…
