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WATCH: White House downplays stock market declines as 'a snapshot'

By Josh Boak, Rob Gillies, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that those looking for greater economic “certainty” ought to “look at the record of this president.”…

Trump ups planned tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50 percent

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

President Donald Trump says the increase of the tariffs set to take effect on Wednesday is a response to the price increases that the provincial government of Ontario put on electricity sold to the United States.

WATCH: House passes GOP spending bill, sending it to Senate

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Republicans needed overwhelming support from their members to pass the funding measure, and they got it in the 217-213 House vote.

WATCH: Senate confirms Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump's nominee for labor secretary

By Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press

The Cabinet position puts her in charge of enforcing federally mandated worker rights and protections at a time when the White House is trying to eliminate thousands of government employees.

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the political fallout of recession concerns

By Amna Nawaz, Matt Loffman, Ali Schmitz

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including the government funding deadline and the potential political fallout and President Trump's concerns about a possible…

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Judge orders Trump administration not to deport Palestinian activist

By Associated Press

A federal judge in New York City has ordered that a Palestinian activist who led protests at Columbia University not be deported while the court considers the lawsuit challenging his detention.

What protections do green card holders and foreign students have in the U.S.?

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a message posted Sunday on X that the administration will be “revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”…

Arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia will be first 'of many to come,' Trump says

By Jake Offenhartz, Philip Marcelo, Associated Press

Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful U.S. resident who was a graduate student at Columbia until December, was detained Saturday by federal immigration agents in New York and flown to an immigration jail in Louisiana.

Federal worker who went rogue against DOGE says 'I hope that it lights a fire under people'

By Claire Savage, Associated Press

To billionaire Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the Department of Government Efficiency, Karen Ortiz may just be one of many faceless bureaucrats. But to some of her colleagues, she is giving a voice to those who feel they…

Drawing huge crowds, Bernie Sanders emerges as the leader of the anti-Trump resistance

By Steve Peoples, Associated Press

At 83 years old, Sanders is not running for president again. But the stooped and silver-haired democratic socialist has emerged as a leader of the resistance to Donald Trump's second presidency.