By Jacob Bogage, Jaclyn Peiser · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday abruptly reversed its decision to block inbound package shipments from China and Hong Kong just hours after implementing the suspension. President Donald Trump allowed a tariff increase of 10 percentage points on Chinese imports to take effect Tuesday morning after backing off […]
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USPS, in reversal, resumes accepting packages from China and Hong Kong
By Jacob Bogage, Jaclyn Peiser · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday abruptly reversed its decision to block inbound package shipments from China and Hong Kong just hours after implementing the suspension. President Donald Trump allowed a tariff increase of 10 percentage points on Chinese imports to take effect Tuesday morning after backing off […]
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Republican skeptics cave on Trump’s most controversial Cabinet picks
By Paul Kane · The Washington Post (c) 2025 It seemed, for a moment, like Republican lawmakers might offer some resistance. The Army National Guard lieutenant colonel who survived a sexual assault in the military faced off with a defense secretary nominee accused of sexual assault. A physician who specialized in helping low-income children get vaccines grilled […]
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Republican skeptics cave on Trump’s most controversial Cabinet picks
By Paul Kane · The Washington Post (c) 2025 It seemed, for a moment, like Republican lawmakers might offer some resistance. The Army National Guard lieutenant colonel who survived a sexual assault in the military faced off with a defense secretary nominee accused of sexual assault. A physician who specialized in helping low-income children get vaccines grilled […]
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Inside New Mexico’s first diversion program for people who aren’t competent to stand trial
By Ted Alcorn, New Mexico In Depth James Ketcherside approached the bushes behind the Las Cruces fire station where the woman had been spending nights, bracing for resistance but determined to try. She’d been on the streets for months, since a fight with her husband that ended in her arrest and expulsion from the family […]
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Inside New Mexico’s first diversion program for people who aren’t competent to stand trial
By Ted Alcorn, New Mexico In Depth James Ketcherside approached the bushes behind the Las Cruces fire station where the woman had been spending nights, bracing for resistance but determined to try. She’d been on the streets for months, since a fight with her husband that ended in her arrest and expulsion from the family […]
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Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says
By Faiz Siddiqui, Emily Davies · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The assistant commissioner of a division of the General Services Administration told staff early this week that layoffs across the federal government are “likely” after the deferred resignation offer expires Thursday, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post – the sharpest move yet toward forcibly […]
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Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says
By Faiz Siddiqui, Emily Davies · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The assistant commissioner of a division of the General Services Administration told staff early this week that layoffs across the federal government are “likely” after the deferred resignation offer expires Thursday, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post – the sharpest move yet toward forcibly […]
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Mexico’s ‘presidenta’ takes on Donald Trump
By Mary Beth Sheridan · The Washington Post (c) 2025 MEXICO CITY – As President Donald Trump threatened mass deportations and crushing tariffs on Mexico in recent weeks, this country’s leader stuck to a constant refrain. “We have to keep a cool head,” President Claudia Sheinbaum told her daily news conferences. While Sheinbaum is a […]
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Mexico’s ‘presidenta’ takes on Donald Trump
By Mary Beth Sheridan · The Washington Post (c) 2025 MEXICO CITY – As President Donald Trump threatened mass deportations and crushing tariffs on Mexico in recent weeks, this country’s leader stuck to a constant refrain. “We have to keep a cool head,” President Claudia Sheinbaum told her daily news conferences. While Sheinbaum is a […]