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World & Nation
China Counters With 15% Tariffs on Coal, LNG
China countered President Donald Trump's across-the-board tariffs on
Chinese products with tariffs on select U.S. imports Tuesday, as well
as announcing an antitrust investigation into Google and other trade
measures.
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U.S. tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico were also set to go
into effect Tuesday before Trump agreed to a 30-day pause as the two
countries acted to appease his concerns about border security and drug
trafficking. Trump planned to talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping in
the next few days.
The Chinese response was “measured,” said John Gong, a professor at the
University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. “I don’t
think they want the trade war escalating," he said. "And they see this
example from Canada and Mexico and probably they are hoping for the
same thing.”
Senate Panel Advances RFK Jr. HHS Nomination
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the controversial environmental lawyer turned
public health critic, cleared his first hurdle on Tuesday to become the
nation's top health official when the Senate finance committee voted to
advance his nomination for a floor vote.
Republicans voted together to advance his nomination, while Democrats all opposed.
His nomination now will face a full Senate vote, despite concerns about
the work he's done to sow doubts around vaccine safety and his
potential to profit off lawsuits over drugmakers.
House delays key vote on Trump budget bill after conservative fury over spending cuts
House Freedom Caucus members are pushing for deeper spending cuts
A key vote to advance a massive conservative policy bill
has been delayed, putting House Republicans behind in their ambitious
schedule to enact President Donald Trump's agenda.
The House Budget Committee had initially aimed to go through and
approve the legislation this week, but a source familiar with planning
told Fox News Digital that is no longer the case.
It comes after conservatives on the panel rejected multiple offers by
House GOP leaders on where to set a baseline for cutting federal
spending, urging senior Republicans to seek deeper cuts ahead of
negotiations with the Senate.
Illegal migrant cut loose in plea deal after raping sleeping woman — but then the feds stepped in
An Ecuadorian migrant cut a deal with Queens prosecutors that allowed
him to dodge jail time for rape — but he couldn’t outrun the feds.
Kail Cardenas, 27, was picked up by federal agents in Jamaica Monday
morning, less than a month after he was freed in the horrifying 2023
rape and sex abuse case, The Post has learned.
“DEANewYork continues, along with our @justicedept & other federal
law enforcement partners, to assist @dhsgov with their immigration
enforcement efforts targeting violent illegal criminals,” the New York
division of the federal drug-busting agency said in a post on X.
Border czar Tom Homan threatens to ‘seek prosecution’ after NJ Gov. Phil Murphy suggested he was harboring ‘illegal’ migrant
President Trump’s no-nonsense border czar Tom Homan has threatened to
prosecute New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy after he suggested he was
sheltering a migrant in his home.
“If he’s knowingly harboring and concealing an illegal alien, that’s a
violation of Title 8, United States Code 1324. I will seek prosecution
or the secretary will seek prosecution,” Homan said on Fox News’
“Hannity” Monday night.
“Maybe he’s bluffing. If he’s not, we’ll deal with that,” Homan added.
“It’s a foolish thing what he said, because I got note of it, won’t let
it go, will look into it.”
Trump border czar Tom Homan vowed to "look into" New Jersey Gov. Phil
Murphy's remarks that seemingly taunted the administration to come and
"get" an illegal immigrant Murphy suggested was staying in his home.
Elon Musk dunks on Sen Chuck Schumer, declaring 'Hysterical reactions' demonstrate DOGE's importance
'We’re never going to get another chance like this,' Musk asserts
Elon Musk, who President Donald Trump tasked with
spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort,
declared in a social media post that "Hysterical reactions" demonstrate
the importance of DOGE's work.
He made the comment in response to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
"An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the
federal government," a post on Sen. Schumer's @SenSchumer X account
reads, echoing remarks the lawmaker made during a press conference.
US Navy fires its high-powered laser weapon that could obliterate warships and drones, incredible photo shows
A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a
drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed “Helios” — from one of its
warships.
The undated image, which was published in the US Center for
Countermeasures’ annual report this month, captured the warfighting
laser technology being shot from the USS Preble destroyer in the middle
of the ocean.
The demo was “to verify and validate the functionality, performance,
and capability of the HEL with Integrated Optical Dazzler and
Surveillance system against an unmanned aerial vehicle target,” the
report stated.
El Salvador offers to hold ‘dangerous’ US citizens and criminal migrants from any country in their hellhole ‘mega-prison’
The president of El Salvador on Monday offered to house convicted US
citizens in his country’s “mega-prison” and take in deported criminal
illegal migrants of any nationality after a meeting with US Secretary
of State Marco Rubio.
Rubio, 53, said the deal struck with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
represents “the most unprecedented, extraordinary, extraordinary
migratory agreement anywhere in the world,” in remarks from the capital
city of San Salvador.
“We can send them and he will put them in his jails,” the secretary of
state said of migrants set to be deported from the US. “And, he’s also
offered to do the same for dangerous criminals currently in custody and
serving their sentences in the United States even though they’re US
citizens or legal residents.”
Two airport authority workers arrested for allegedly leaking DC plane crash video to CNN
Two employees of the authority that manages Ronald Reagan Washington
National Airport were arrested over their alleged involvement in
leaking surveillance footage of last week’s deadly midair aircraft
collision to CNN.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) staffers are
accused of making an unauthorized copy of records and are facing
charges of computer trespass, the agency said Monday.
The legal trouble is tied to the chilling video obtained by CNN last
week that offered a horrifying new vantage point in the crash over the
Potomac River, ABC News reported.
The Wednesday night collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an
American Airlines passenger jet killed all 67 people on both aircraft.
The left’s lies just keep growing — even as each of them gets debunked
Anti-Trump leftists can’t stop spreading disinformation in a desperate bid to make their skewed worldview make sense.
In Chicago last week, local Democratic leaders stoked panic over claims
that ICE agents had shown up at a local elementary school.
Chicago Public Schools Chief Education Officer Bogdana Chkoumbova
claimed school staff had “kept ICE agents outside of the school” and
affirmed that “we will not coordinate with Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agents.”
Morning Glory: Trump tackles America's hierarchy of troubles
President Trump is tackling the crises before more tragedies result.
There is a hierarchy of troubles, a hierarchy that applies to individuals, families, communities and governments.
The least of troubles are worries. Anxiety about potential events
higher up the pyramid of troubles are a feature of the human conditions.
Irritations or annoyances are the next step up on the ascending scale
of trouble and they can be wearying or brief —a bad boss or an illness
that keeps you home for a few days is an example from the world of
individuals. A power outage that is brief is from that category applied
to, say, a city.
