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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in Thursday as President Donald Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the

President Donald Trump on Thursday rolled out his plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports, possibly triggering a broader economic confrontation with allies and rivals alike as he hopes to eliminate any trade

As congressional Democrats struggle to counter President Donald Trump’s disruption to the federal government, Slate writer Jim Newell suggested that threatening a government shutdown might work to their advantage. In a new article, Newell wrote, “Funding for the government expires

Taken at face value Donald Trump’s embrace of reciprocal tariffs is a declaration of total trade war, that would amount to perhaps the single biggest peacetime shock to global commerce.

President Donald Trump is meeting Thursday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has heaped praise on him and is hoping to avoid tariffs that the new administration has slapped on other countries in its opening weeks.

An economic adviser for President Donald Trump told MSNBC host Ali Vitali that long-held beliefs by nearly every economist that tariffs will raise prices are “just false.” Ahead of Trump signing another executive order on tariffs, Kevin Hassett was probed

Giving a bouquet of flowers to your beloved is a classic Valentine’s Day gesture of love. But as we hear from our correspondent in Colombia, growing those flowers comes at a steep environmental cost. (Image credit: Ivan Valencia)

US prosecutor in New York resigns after Donald Trump’s order to drop mayoral case  Financial Times Read the letter from Emil Bove accepting Danielle Sassoon’s resignation  The New York Times Acting US attorney in New York quits after being told to drop

Panama has been looking for solutions to a long-term problem. Every time a ship passes through the Panama Canal, more than 50 million gallons of fresh water from Lake Gatun pour out into the ocean. Nobody ever thought Panama could

CNN anchors Brianna Keilar and Boris Sanchez were dumbstruck when President Donald Trump questioned whether Sen. Mitch McConnell ever really had polio during an Oval Office press gaggle Thursday. Keilar introduced fact-checker Daniel Dale, asking, “Where would you like to