Author: Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner
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White House hits out at Walmart over tariff-related price hikes
The White House is defending its tariff regime after Walmart plans price hikes at its thousands of retail stores nationwide. The retail giant announced it will need to raise prices over the summer due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs. “We will do our best to keep our prices as low as possible, but given the…
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JD Vance will head to Rome for Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass
Vice President JD Vance will be in Rome this weekend for the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV. Vance, who met with the late Pope Francis on Easter Sunday just hours before Francis’s death, will make another trip to the Vatican to greet Francis’s successor. A Catholic convert, Vance will lead a U.S. delegation to…
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Trump teases military pay raise in Qatar with Theo Von in tow to visit troops
Joined by some of his favorite celebrities, President Donald Trump gave a speech to troops in Qatar, where he teased a military pay raise and took credit for a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. Podcast host and comedian Theo Von, who interviewed Trump on the campaign trail, was on hand, as was 82-year-old country singer…
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Club for Growth pushes Congress to oppose ‘largest tax hike’ in history and back Trump
The anti-tax group Club for Growth is pressing Reps. Scott Perry (R-PA) and Mike Lawler (R-NY) to back the extension of President Donald Trump‘s tax cuts in Congress. New ads from the organization call on each of them to pass Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill,” which would extend his 2017 tax cuts and prevent what…
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Trump celebrates Boeing-Qatar deal amid Air Force One gift controversy
As controversy continues to surround President Donald Trump‘s acceptance of a $400 million plane from Qatar, he touted another aviation deal with the Middle Eastern nation on Wednesday. Trump said during a signing ceremony that state-run Qatar Airways will buy 160 planes from Boeing, a U.S. manufacturer. According to the president, the contract is valued…
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Trump drops sanctions on Syria and previews expansion of Abraham Accords in Saudi Arabia
President Donald Trump announced that the United States will end sanctions on Syria and invited Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords during a speech in Riyadh on Tuesday. “It has been an amazing thing, the Abraham Accords,” Trump said at a Saudi Arabia investment conference. “And it’s my fervent hope, wish, and even my…
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White House Correspondents’ Association slams Trump after news wires cut from foreign trip
The battle between President Donald Trump and the media that cover him took another turn when he departed Monday for Saudi Arabia. Trump left with a host of press aboard Air Force One, but for the first time in decades, no one from the Associated Press, Reuters, or Bloomberg was with him. The Trump administration…
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Trump to dive into the sports world again with college athletics commission
President Donald Trump‘s reported efforts to reestablish the ground rules of college athletics reflect his long interest in sports and the concern among fans that the NIL changes have gone too far. While nothing is official, Trump appears to be forming a presidential commission on college sports to establish a new set of guidelines to…
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Trump sends mixed signals on new tax for millionaires: ‘Should probably not do it’
President Donald Trump is giving Congress conflicting messages on whether he wants a tax hike on high-income earners to help pay for his legislative agenda, posting on Truth Social Friday that Republicans “should probably not do it.” One day earlier, the president asked Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to consider a new tax bracket for those making…
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Trump’s UK trade deal explained
The first big trade agreement since “Liberation Day” came on May 8, with President Donald Trump celebrating a deal with the United Kingdom that leaders from each nation say will be beneficial for their citizens. “Both countries have agreed that economic security is national security,” Trump said during a triumphant Oval Office announcement Thursday morning.…




