WASHINGTON — Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday night that his country would respond to President Donald Trump’s decision to enact a 25% tariff on Canadian exports to the U.S. by implementing a 25% tariff against $155 billion in U.S. goods. Trudeau’s comments came just hours after Trump signed an executive order implementing tariffs...
WASHINGTON — There is growing concern in political circles that Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for director of national intelligence could be in serious trouble after a confirmation hearing this past week that left even Republican senators openly questioning whether she should be put in such a critical role, multiple people familiar with the matter told NBC...
MINNEAPOLIS — The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $600,000 to settle a lawsuit by a woman who alleged that ex-Officer Derek Chauvin hauled her from her minivan and pinned her to the ground with his knee in January 2020, just as he did four months later when he killed George Floyd. Patty Day, formerly employed by...
President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China went into effect Saturday evening, slapping a 25% wholesale tariff on both Mexico and Canada at once. China, at the moment, is only being levied with a 10% tariff. Trump is taking a more aggressive strategy against the nation’s neighbors than he did in his...
The family of a Kansas man fatally shot by Topeka police in 2022 released body camera videos Friday of the encounter in an effort to dispute the police’s narrative of events. The family of Taylor Lowery obtained the footage after a federal magistrate judge ordered the city to relinquish it as part of a wrongful...
President Donald Trump has signed tariffs on goods coming into the U.S. from Canada, Mexico and China, the White House said Saturday, raising the risk of a trade war with America’s closest trading partners and threatening to drive up prices on everything from cars to avocados. It is unclear when the tariffs will take effect....
In the entertainment industry, the show must go on. That’s why the Grammys — the first awards ceremony to take place since the January wildfires in Los Angeles — is proceeding as planned on Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena. But this year, the telecast “will be reimagined to raise funds to support wildfire relief efforts...
Nivida, an immigrant from Honduras who is in her late 20s, expects to give birth to a boy in April. What would normally be a time of excitement for her growing family is instead shadowed by a deep fear that they will be torn apart. President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship could mean...
President Donald Trump has repeatedly discussed imposing tariffs, both during the campaign and since taking office, and the first tranche, on goods from Canada, China and Mexico will take effect Feb. 1, the White House confirmed Friday. While there are still some unknowns, one thing is clear, economists said: U.S. consumers should brace for a negative financial impact....
Ken Martin, the longtime leader of the state Democratic Party organization in Minnesota, will be the new Democratic National Committee chair after winning Saturday’s election, as his party looks to turn the page and recover from a dismal 2024. Martin had been the frontrunner from the beginning of the race, leveraging his relationships with the...