... charged by other nations. Trump has already placed a 20 percent import tax on all imports from China for its role in the production of fentanyl. He similarly placed 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada, with a lower 10 percent tax on Canadian energy products. Parts of the Mexico ...
... pose other threats to Americans. The presentations from top Trump appointees reflect Trump's foreign policy priorities, including a focus on combating the flow of fentanyl, illegal immigration and human trafficking, and are taking place as Trump attempts to work out a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine three years after ...
... In the committee room, it unfolded in split-screen fashion: Republican senators hewed to the pre-scheduled topic by drilling down on China and the fentanyl scourge, while Democrat after Democrat offered sharp criticism over a security breach they called reckless and dangerous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bvn3Quku5E
For example, a Democratic memo said the bill would allow the administration to steer money away from combating fentanyl and instead use it on mass deportation initiatives. Democrats also object to clawing back $20 billion in special IRS funding, on top of the $20 billion rescission approved the year before ...
... will have more leeway to reshape priorities. For example, a Democratic memo said the bill would allow the administration to steer money away from combating fentanyl and instead use it on mass deportation initiatives. "It is not a simple stopgap that keeps the lights on and the doors open," said ...
Spending bills typically come with specific funding directives for key programs, but hundreds of those directives fall away under the legislation. So the administration will have more leeway to reshape priorities. For example, a Democratic memo said the bill would allow the administration to steer money away from combating fentanyl ...
... Canada. He has said that his separate 25 percent tariffs on all imports from Canada, some of which are suspended for a month, are about fentanyl smuggling and objections to Canada putting high taxes on dairy imports that penalize U.S. farmers. He also continued to call for Canada to ...
... market. The U.S. president has given a variety of explanations for his antagonism of Canada, saying that his separate 25 percent tariffs are about fentanyl smuggling and voicing objections to Canada putting high taxes on dairy imports that penalize U.S. farmers. He also continued to call for Canada ...
Amna Nawaz: President Trump has said, I'm sure, as you have heard, that this is about reducing the amount of fentanyl that's crossing the northern border. His White House economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, yesterday just alleged that Canadian authorities aren't going after some secret fentanyl labs in ...
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