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President Donald Trump listens to a question as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

Trump slaps new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, igniting trade war fears

By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, and others

President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says U.S. will hit Canada and Mexico with 25% tariffs on Feb. 1 but oil may be exempt

By Josh Boak and The Associated Press

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump avoids detailing plans on taxing Chinese imports as he says 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico coming on Feb. 1

By Josh Boak, Matthew Daly, and others

President-elect Donald Trump dances with The Village People at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump pledges ‘best first day’ of Day 1 executive actions to end ‘4 long years of American decline’

By Will Weissert, Fatima Hussein, and others

FILE – A TikTok sign is displayed on top of their building in Culver City, Calif., on Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Biden won’t enforce TikTok ban, leaving fate of app in Trump’s hands

By Zeke Miller, Josh Boak, and others

President of the AFL-CIO Liz Shuler

Service workers SEIU union rejoins AFL-CIO after 20 years, increasing its political heft ahead of Trump’s inauguration

By Josh Boak and The Associated Press

Donald Trump looks on as Dubai billionaire Hussain Sajwani stands at a podium and speaks into a microphone

Trump says Dubai billionaire Hussain Sajwani will invest $20 billion into U.S. data centers

By Will Weissert, Josh Boak, and others

Steelworkers union president David McCall and Joe Biden peek out from behind a black curtain

Steelworkers president praises Biden for blocking $15 billion proposal to surrender U.S. Steel to a Japanese company: ‘Nippon has proven itself to be a serial trade cheater’

By Fatima Hussein, Josh Boak, and others

US President Joe Biden during the White House Conference on Women’s Health Research in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Biden is gathering business leaders, researchers, investors, and advocates to discuss innovations in women’s health care. Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Biden will decide whether US Steel can be sold to a Japanese company for $15 billion

By Josh Boak, Marc Levy, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 19: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) speaks during a news conference on “Project 2025” at the U.S. Capitol Building on September 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) held the news conference alongside other Senate Democrats who spoke on different facets of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The U.S. is failing to block China and Russia from accessing advanced computer chips

By Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak, and others

President-elect Donald Trump arrives on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after ringing the opening bell, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump tells dockworkers union facing expiring contract that ports shouldn’t install more automated systems

By Josh Boak and The Associated Press

FILE – President-elect Donald Trump speaks at meeting of the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/, File)

Trump’s first-term tariffs did little to affect the economy, but this time he’s talking about going much bigger

By Josh Boak and The Associated Press

FILE – White House senior adviser Kevin Hassett speaks as President Donald Trump and others listen during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump taps 2 veterans of his first administration for trade representative and Economic Council head

By Fatima Hussein, Josh Boak, and others

FILE – The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

As US debt hits $36 trillion, about 1 in 5 dollars the government spends repays investors for borrowed money

By Josh Boak, Fatima Hussein, and others

FILE – Then Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference on July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Trump will be able take credit for large parts of Biden infrastructure spending—if he wants to

By Josh Boak, Zeke Miller, and others