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Trump team details two phases of tariff threats on Canada
The U.S. is threatening a two-stage tariff plan in which Canada and Mexico could get hit with initial trade penalties within days then face broader penalties this spring.
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'Shock and awe': Trump moves faster than last time to impose agenda
If you’re surprised by some of Donald Trump’s first moves, you shouldn’t be. He spent two years explicitly campaigning on these policies. The real surprise: He's assembled a team more determined, and capable of following through, than in his first term.
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Trump for first time talks to international venue about making Canada a state
Donald Trump for the first time used an international venue on Thursday for his eye-popping suggestion that the U.S. gain an additional state: Canada.
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This land is not your land: Trump moves to limit access to U.S. citizenship
The U.S. president stunned immigration watchers with a Day 1 order that went way further than expected. It includes families legally in the U.S. on work visas, and could render some kids stateless. An epic legal battle lies ahead.
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Trump warns he'll drop economic hammer on Canada next week
America’s neighbours have now received a swift reminder of life under U.S. President Donald Trump as a never-ending roller-coaster of real threats, unfulfilled threats and negotiation. He signed a slew of actions Monday to withdraw from the Paris accord and World Health Organization, crack down on migration, and threaten to attack drug cartels in Mexico.
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Weather's not the only reason the inauguration party at the Canadian Embassy in D.C. will be strange
Donald Trump is threatening the harshest trade penalties on the North American continent in 95 years. He's the first major U.S. politician in 114 years to muse even semi-seriously about annexing Canada. Throw in weather cancellations, and it all makes for an atypical inauguration party at the Canadian Embassy.
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Bracing for impact: 5 things to watch with Trump's upcoming tariffs
Countries around the world are bracing for an economic bruising starting Monday. And few have more at stake than Canada, as Trump threatens imminent trade actions. Here are the laws he might apply, and possible outcomes.
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Trump promised U.S. Muslims he'd get a deal for Gaza. Some now say he's made good on it
Here's a one-word summary of the reaction from some American Muslims to news of a Mideast ceasefire deal: Vindication. An unusually high number supported a Republican, Donald Trump, last year, and some say their bet has paid off. For now.
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Migrants brace for Trump's mass deportation threat with panic buttons, long-term babysitters
The most immediate risk after next week's U.S. presidential transition isn't to residents of those nations Donald Trump has mused about invading. It's to the millions of undocumented migrants he vows to deport, including young people who don't remember life anywhere else.
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'We have to straighten out the press': Trump's plan to sue media critics into submission
Lock up political critics? Donald Trump is open to it. But his prevailing tactic entering his second term is suing the media. We’re not talking about run-of-the-mill libel lawsuits. Free speech analysts call this a well-worn authoritarian tactic for scaring critics into self-censoring.