U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, on the day he signs energy-related executive orders at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 8, 2025.  Nathan Howard | Reuters A new round of steep tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump took effect early Wednesday morning on products imported from scores of countries around the world. The…

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Arthur Hayes, chief executive officer of BitMEX, speaks during the Consensus: Invest event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.  Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump granted pardons to three co-founders of the BitMEX global cryptocurrency exchange, as well as to a former high-ranking employee of the company, CNBC…

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President Donald Trump on Friday said there will be “flexibility” on his reciprocal tariff plan, even as he seemed to oppose the idea of making exceptions for the forthcoming duties. “People are coming to me and talking about tariffs, and a lot of people are asking me if they could have exceptions,” Trump told reporters…

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Former Tennessee Sen. Brian Kelsey, left, arrives at federal court, Nov. 22, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. On Monday, July 8, 2024, a federal appeals panel ruled to keep a 21-month prison sentence in place for the former Tennessee state senator who tried to withdraw his guilty plea on campaign finance law violations. Mark Humphrey |…

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Soldiers escort a man who authorities identified as Omar Trevino Morales, alias “Z-42,” leader of the Zetas drug cartel, as he is moved from a military plane to a military vehicle at the Attorney General’s Office hangar in Mexico City, March 4, 2015. Eduardo Verdugo | AP Mexico extradited 29 drug cartel members to the…

Please consider supporting PoliticusUSA by becoming a subscriber. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has a problem. The American people across party lines don’t want Republicans to gut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. Constituents have been showing up at House Republican town halls and voicing their displeasure. The situation has gotten…