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 […]
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Why the Supreme Court may be open to Trump’s push for expanded power
By Justin Jouvenal · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump’s rapid-fire efforts to expand presidential authority seem likely to prompt key test cases at the Supreme Courthe helped shape, according to legal experts,with the conservative supermajority signaling in past rulings that it may be open to landmark changes in the balance of power. In the opening weeks […]
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Why the Supreme Court may be open to Trump’s push for expanded power
By Justin Jouvenal · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump’s rapid-fire efforts to expand presidential authority seem likely to prompt key test cases at the Supreme Courthe helped shape, according to legal experts,with the conservative supermajority signaling in past rulings that it may be open to landmark changes in the balance of power. In the opening weeks […]
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What are the tariffs at the center of Trump’s foreign policy?
By Shannon Najmabadi · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump on Saturday announced the United States will slap tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, initiating a trade war with the United States’ three largest trading partners. The levies have prompted concerns of higher prices for consumers purchasing cars, refrigerators, produce and other items that […]
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What are the tariffs at the center of Trump’s foreign policy?
By Shannon Najmabadi · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump on Saturday announced the United States will slap tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, initiating a trade war with the United States’ three largest trading partners. The levies have prompted concerns of higher prices for consumers purchasing cars, refrigerators, produce and other items that […]
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Trump, Musk wage two-front war as donor does president’s ‘dirty work’
By Isaac Arnsdorf, Jacqueline Alemany · The Washington Post (c) 2025 After being almost inseparable between Election Day and Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump and billionaire donor Elon Musk are starting to divide and conquer. Trump, who spent the weekend at his Florida club, left Friday amid a massive potential purge of federal prosecutors and […]
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Trump, Musk wage two-front war as donor does president’s ‘dirty work’
By Isaac Arnsdorf, Jacqueline Alemany · The Washington Post (c) 2025 After being almost inseparable between Election Day and Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump and billionaire donor Elon Musk are starting to divide and conquer. Trump, who spent the weekend at his Florida club, left Friday amid a massive potential purge of federal prosecutors and […]
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EU leaders ponder the ‘cruel paradox’ of a US ally threatening tariffs and a possible land grab
By LORNE COOK, Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — After three years spent trying to deter Russia from destroying Ukraine, European Union leaders grappled on Monday with possible responses to a major ally who appears determined to start a trade war or perhaps even seize part of their territory. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that […]