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Wall Street Advances With Focus on Trump Trade Policy
Wall Street's main indexes closed higher Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow hitting their highest in more than a month, as investors assessed Donald Trump's first actions as U.S. president and breathed relief that he did not start his second term with blanket tariff...
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:02:44 EDTSen. Gallego: Dems Out of Touch With Many Latinos
Although Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., has been in office for less than a month, he's made waves for supporting the Laken Riley Act, designed to crack down on illegal immigrants who commit crimes while in the U.S.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:38:02 EDTSEC Task Force to Work on Crypto Regulations
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new leadership said Tuesday it had created a task force to develop a regulatory framework for crypto assets, in the first major move by President Donald Trump's new administration to overhaul crypto policy.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:12:39 EDTSen. Blackburn Legislation: Deport Migrant Sex Offenders
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced two pieces of legislation Tuesday that further President Donald Trump's campaign promises to fix the broken immigration system.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:08:24 EDTSchumer: Trump Jan. 6 Pardons 'Un-American'
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's pardons for over 1,000 people charged with crimes related to the 2021 Capitol riot are "un-American."
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:28:06 EDTRubio Tells Diplomatic Corps: State Department Facing Changes
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, sending out his first message to the U.S. diplomatic corps after his confirmation, promised that the department will once again be the primary agency to lead foreign policy, but stressed that there will be major changes.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:46:25 EDTTrump to Make 'Massive' Infrastructure Announcement
President Donald Trump is to announce private sector investment to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States totaling billions of dollars, CBS News reported on Tuesday.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:02:01 EDTDem-Led States, Advocates Sue Over Birthright Citizenship
Democratic-led states and civil rights groups have filed the first lawsuits challenging executive orders U.S. President Donald Trump signed after taking office, including one that seeks to roll back birthright citizenship in the U.S.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:21:14 EDTTrump: Denmark Will 'Come Along' on Selling Greenland
Denmark will "come along" on the sale of Greenland to the United States, according to President Donald Trump, but the country's foreign minister said Tuesday that nations can't just "help themselves" to other countries.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:29:05 EDTHamas Flaunts Control of Gaza Amid Ceasefire
The thousands of Hamas terrorists who took to the streets of Gaza at the outset of the recent ceasefire with Israel was an overt show of force to prove they're still in control when talks begin about the future of the Gaza Strip, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:27:59 EDTPardoned 'QAnon Shaman' Thanks Trump, Says He'll Buy Guns
The man known as the "QAnon Shaman," who served a 41-month prison sentence for taking part in the events of Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol building, thanked President Donald Trump for pardoning him and said he's going to buy some guns. "I JUST GOT THE NEWS FROM MY ...
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:05:30 EDTMan Set Fire to Rep's Office Building Over TikTok Ban
A 19-year-old Wisconsin man set fire to a building that included the office of Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., on Sunday over the congressman's support for banning TikTok, authorities said.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:52:05 EDTFetterman on Rumors He'll Switch Parties: 'Not Gonna Happen'
Sen. John Fetterman has denied rumors that he is going to switch parties, saying that "it's not gonna happen." Speculation that the Pennsylvania Democrat was going to change his affiliation received a boost after New Jersey Assemblyman Jamel Holley wrote on X on ...
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:45:40 EDTRubio: Foreign Partners Won't Ask About Jan. 6
Newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio told ABC News on Tuesday that he doesn't believe "a single one" of U.S. partners in the world will ask about President Donald Trump's action of granting a full pardon to almost all of the Jan 6. defendants.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:50:23 EDTRussia: US Has No 'Right to Interfere' With Panama Canal
Russia on Tuesday issued a warning to President Donald Trump not to attempt to take control over the Panama Canal, as he has repeatedly threatened to do.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:27:53 EDTReport: 250K Migrants Ordered Deported From N.Y. Past 5 Years
Amid expectations that President Donald Trump will follow through on his plan for mass deportations, more than a quarter million illegal migrants in New York during the previous five years reportedly have been ordered out of the country.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:37:22 EDTTrump Removes Coast Guard Chief Over DEI
The Trump administration has fired U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, the first female uniformed leader of an armed forces branch, a U.S. official told Reuters Tuesday.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:33:03 EDTTrump Halts Court Dates for 'Aliens'
The Trump administration handed down new guidance to the Border Patrol which puts an end to the use of court dates for illegal border crossers, reverting to the president's previous policy of pursuit and force, NewsNation reported Tuesday.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:15:07 EDTSupreme Court Boosts Okla. Woman Convicted of Murder
The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave a boost to a female Oklahoma death row inmate who claimed her 2004 conviction for murdering her estranged husband was tainted by what her lawyers called "sexist stereotyping" by prosecutors.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:02:15 EDTSupreme Court Turns Away Pa. Mail-in Ballot Dispute
The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a bid by civil and voting rights groups to end Pennsylvania's mandate that mail-in ballots bear a handwritten date on the outer envelope, a requirement they contend is unnecessary.
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