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  • President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025.Politics

    Trump executive order aims to seize control from independent watchdogs — SEC, FTC, and FCC

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • FILE – People protest during a rally outside the Treasury Department in Washington, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)Politics

    Treasury watchdog begins audit of Musk DOGE team’s access to the US government’s payment system

    By Fatima Hussein, Josh Boak, and others
  • President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter as Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick watches after Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Politics

    Economist warns Trump plan for reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners could backfire: ‘A fundamental misunderstanding of how the global economy works’

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives her daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)Finance

    Trump agrees to one-month pause on Mexico and Canada tariffs after they pledge to boost border enforcement

    By Josh Boak, Rob Gillies, and others
  • President Donald Trump in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Finance

    Trump admits Americans could feel ‘some pain’ from his tariffs, but it will be ‘worth the price’

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, speaks from the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Politics

    Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • 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.Finance

    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)Politics

    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)Politics

    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)Politics

    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)Politics

    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 ShulerPolitics

    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 microphonePolitics

    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 curtainPolitics

    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 ImagesPolitics

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

    By Josh Boak, Marc Levy, and others