by Glenn Kessler (c) 2025 , The Washington Post “We’re spending $200 billion a year to subsidize Canada.” – President Donald Trump, during remarks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, March 13 – – – As he hosted the NATO secretary general, Trump once again took the opportunity to bash NATO member Canada. “We don’t […]
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Fact-Check: Trump’s fantastical claim of a $200 billion ‘subsidy’ to Canada
by Glenn Kessler (c) 2025 , The Washington Post “We’re spending $200 billion a year to subsidize Canada.” – President Donald Trump, during remarks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, March 13 – – – As he hosted the NATO secretary general, Trump once again took the opportunity to bash NATO member Canada. “We don’t […]
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Some Trump voters worry he is ignoring ‘bigger issues’ like economy
by Paul Kane (c) 2025 , The Washington Post One Latino voter, under 45 years old, described this political moment as “anxious” because President Donald Trump’s tariff policies had gotten “half the world mad at us.” Another woman, over 65 years old, worried that tariffs would spike already high prices and are not “economically a […]
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Some Trump voters worry he is ignoring ‘bigger issues’ like economy
by Paul Kane (c) 2025 , The Washington Post One Latino voter, under 45 years old, described this political moment as “anxious” because President Donald Trump’s tariff policies had gotten “half the world mad at us.” Another woman, over 65 years old, worried that tariffs would spike already high prices and are not “economically a […]
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Fired Justice Dept. official speaks out on her ouster and Mel Gibson
by Perry Stein (c) 2025 , The Washington Post A senior Justice Department attorney who was fired Friday afternoon gave an extraordinary series of interviews this week, saying she was ousted after refusing to back restoring gun ownership rights to actor Mel Gibson, a supporter of President Donald Trump who was convicted on misdemeanor domestic […]
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Fired Justice Dept. official speaks out on her ouster and Mel Gibson
by Perry Stein (c) 2025 , The Washington Post A senior Justice Department attorney who was fired Friday afternoon gave an extraordinary series of interviews this week, saying she was ousted after refusing to back restoring gun ownership rights to actor Mel Gibson, a supporter of President Donald Trump who was convicted on misdemeanor domestic […]
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Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to phone service
by Hannah Natanson, Lisa Rein, Elizabeth Dwoskin, Faiz Siddiqui (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Under pressure from the U.S. DOGE Service team to root out alleged fraud, the Social Security Administration is considering dramatically curtailing the phone services that 73 million retired and disabled Americans rely on to apply for and access their earned […]
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Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to phone service
by Hannah Natanson, Lisa Rein, Elizabeth Dwoskin, Faiz Siddiqui (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Under pressure from the U.S. DOGE Service team to root out alleged fraud, the Social Security Administration is considering dramatically curtailing the phone services that 73 million retired and disabled Americans rely on to apply for and access their earned […]
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Effort to deport Columbia student rests solely on Rubio determination
by Cate Brown, Maria Sacchetti, John Hudson (c) 2025 , The Washington Post NEW YORK – A determination by Secretary of State Marco Rubio is so far the Trump administration’s sole justification for trying to deport Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, according to the first official government document detailing the civil charges he is facing […]
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Effort to deport Columbia student rests solely on Rubio determination
by Cate Brown, Maria Sacchetti, John Hudson (c) 2025 , The Washington Post NEW YORK – A determination by Secretary of State Marco Rubio is so far the Trump administration’s sole justification for trying to deport Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, according to the first official government document detailing the civil charges he is facing […]