Some Black consumers may be breaking up with Target this February.
READ MOREElon Musk has promised transparency as President Donald Trump's leader in making the federal government more efficient. But it hasn't worked out that way so far.
READ MOREU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told Panama’s president that the Central American ally must reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or face potential retaliation from the Trump administration. Rubio, on his first foreign trip as America’s top diplomat, held talks with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday in Panama City. Mulino has resisted pressure from the new U.S. government over Panama’s management of a waterway that is vital to global trade. He told reporters after the meeting that Rubio made “no real threat of retaking the canal or the use of force.” Trump has demanded that the canal be returned to U.S. control
READ MOREPresident Donald Trump says Americans could feel “some pain” from the emerging trade war triggered by his tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China. He's also claiming that Canada would “cease to exist” without its trade surplus with the United States. The trade penalties that Trump signed Saturday at his Florida resort are causing a mix of panic, anger and uncertainty. And they're threatening to rupture a decades-old partnership on trade in North America while further straining relations with China. But by following through on a campaign pledge, Trump may have simultaneously broken his promise to voters in last year’s election that his administration could quickly reduce inflation. The tariffs are set to launch on Tuesday
READ MOREMore than 41 million Americans use SNAP benefits to buy groceries.
READ MOREFederal agencies are now prohibited from observing Black History Month, and employees involved in DE&I initiatives have been terminated.
READ MORETop Trump administration officials visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the start of ramped-up immigration enforcement in the nation’s third-largest city. “Border czar” Tom Homan and Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove were in Chicago. Few details of the operation were immediately made public, including any arrests. But the sheer number of federal agencies involved showed President Donald Trump’s willingness to use federal law enforcement beyond the Department of Homeland Security to carry out his long-promised mass deportations. Chicago residents have been on edge for weeks in anticipation of mass immigration arrests
READ MOREKing’s family’s statement came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to declassify records surrounding the assassinations of the civil rights icon, President John F. Kennedy, and Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
READ MOREIn total, the Republican president’s sweeping actions reflect many of his campaign promises and determination to concentrate executive branch power in the West Wing, while moving the country sharply rightward.
READ MORETrump’s latest policy is a “blackout” order for federal health agencies.
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