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First autos, next eggs? The White House said Wednesday that President Trump could consider a carve-out exempting eggs from the tariffs he’s placed on Mexico and Canada, following the announcement he granted a temporary reprieve from taxes on automobiles after pressure from the U.S. industry. “The president is open to hearing about additional exemptions. He always has open dialogue,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, responding…

House Speaker Destin Hall filed legislation Wednesday that would require sheriffs to notify federal immigration authorities before releasing anyone being held at those officials’ request. Hall previously led the charge in the GOP-controlled legislature to enact legislation requiring sheriffs to honor the detainer requests submitted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, asking local law enforcement to temporarily hold people…

A new report claims that President Donald Trump could sign an executive order this week to direct Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin the process of eliminating the Department of Education. The Wall Street Journal reported that a draft of the executive order directs McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the…

The U.S. stopped providing the intelligence that’s helped Ukraine target Russian forces in Moscow’s three-year war as President Donald Trump’s administration escalates a standoff with Kyiv. The halt covers all the intelligence except for what Ukraine needs to protect its forces, according to a U.S. official familiar with the decision, who spoke under the condition of anonymity. U.S. national security adviser Mike Waltz signaled that intelligence-sharing was…

China threatened that it is “ready” for a “tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war” after President Donald Trump’s administration doubled tariffs against China on Tuesday. Following the Trump administration’s implementation of 20% tariffs on Chinese imports on Tuesday, Lin Jian, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, claimed that the issue of…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) ordered the removal of Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) after the Democrat lawmaker disrupted President Donald Trump’s address to Tuesday night’s joint session of Congress. Towards the start of his address to Congress on Tuesday, Trump celebrated the fact that the Republican Party “won the popular vote by big numbers” in…