Trump hikes tariffs on Canada by another 10% in response to Ontario’s anti-tariff ad

[ad_1] President Trump announced Saturday that he is raising U.S. tariffs on Canada by an additional 10% in response to the continued airing of an anti-tariff advertisement created by the local government of the Canadian province of Ontario. In a post to Truth Social Saturday afternoon, Mr. Trump described the airing of the ad during Friday night’s Game…

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Trump calls for prosecution of more political foes including Jack Smith and Merrick Garland

[ad_1] President Trump late Friday pushed for several Biden-era Justice Department officials to be prosecuted over an FBI investigation into the fallout of the 2020 election. In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump accused four high-ranking officials — former Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, special counsel Jack Smith and Deputy Attorney General…

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Trump administration aims to auction offshore oil leases along U.S. coastlines that have been off-limits for decades

[ad_1] The Trump administration is proposing to auction offshore oil drilling leases across new portions of the U.S. coast as soon as 2026, according to internal Department of Interior draft documents viewed by CBS News. New leases would include waters off New England, the Carolinas and California.   Offshore oil leases are common along the…

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Nearly 8,000 Venezuelan nationals returned on ICE deportation flights since March

[ad_1] The Trump administration has conducted 40 removal flights to the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, deporting nearly 8,000 Venezuelan nationals since March, according to senior Department of Homeland Security officials who spoke to CBS News on the condition of anonymity.  The flights began after Venezuela agreed in March to resume repatriation flights, and have continued…

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Newsom on Trump’s “laughable” National Guard suggestion: “Nothing happening” in San Francisco

[ad_1] California Governor Gavin Newsom called President Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops to San Francisco “laughable,” suggesting the president had to reverse course for “obvious reasons” because “there’s nothing happening” in the city. “He couldn’t even make up a pretense for this,” Newsom told Robert Costa in an interview airing on “CBS Sunday Morning” this…

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Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino says agents’ use of force in Chicago “has been exemplary”

[ad_1] Broadview, Illinois — Border Patrol Chief of Patrol Gregory Bovino, the architect of the Department of Homeland Security’s “Operation Midway Blitz,” defended the sweeping campaign to arrest undocumented migrants and quell demonstrations in the Chicago area, calling federal agents’ use of force “exemplary.” “The use of force that I’ve seen has been exemplary —…

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