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President Donald Trump waves as he walks to board Marine One before departing from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump offers US automakers additional relief from his tariffs

October 17, 2025 at 6:14 p.m.

President Donald Trump is giving domestic automakers additional relief from tariffs on auto parts, extending what was supposed to have been a short-term rebate until 2030.

President Donald Trump calls on a reporter to ask a question during a meeting with Finland’s President Alexander Stubb in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump suggests canceling Xi meeting and threatens more tariffs after China restricts key exports

October 10, 2025 at 3:57 p.m.

President Donald Trump said Friday that “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea and threatened...

The USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier sails in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Norfolk, Va., Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

President Donald Trump will celebrate the Navy’s 250th anniversary in the midst of the shutdown

October 5, 2025 at 1:04 p.m.

President Donald Trump did not let the government shutdown interfere with a stop in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to salute the Navy as it celebrates its 250th anniversary.

Vice President JD Vance, gestures as he stands with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, right, while speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Both parties blame each other on 1st day of government shutdown as tourist sites close

October 1, 2025 at 5:21 p.m.

By WILL WEISSERT and JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats spent the first day of the federal government shutdown blaming each other for the dysfunction, as iconic sites...

President Donald Trump walks out to greet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Trump to put import taxes on pharmaceutical drugs, kitchen cabinets, furniture and heavy trucks

September 25, 2025 at 9:04 p.m.

The posts on his social media site showed that Trump's devotion to tariffs did not end with the trade frameworks and import taxes that were launched in August.

FILE – President Donald Trump holds charts as he speaks about the economy in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)

President Donald Trump’s economic promises to Black voters fall short after a modest shift in support for him in 2024

September 20, 2025 at 2:57 p.m.

At one of his final rallies before the 2024 election, then-candidate Donald Trump warned that Black Americans were losing their jobs in droves and that things would get even worse...

FILE – President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

President Donald Trump says he and China’s Xi will meet in South Korea in coming weeks and he’ll later go to China

September 19, 2025 at 3:36 p.m.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a regional summit taking place at the end of October in South Korea and will visit China...

FILE – The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., March 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Trump extends TikTok shutdown deadline for fourth time after reaching framework deal with China

September 16, 2025 at 3:58 p.m.

President Trump formally extended the deadline to keep the social media app TikTok available in the United States until Dec. 16.

US and China reach a framework deal on TikTok

September 15, 2025 at 3:11 p.m.

A framework deal has been reached between China and the U.S. for the ownership of popular social video platform TikTok, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said after weekend trade talks...

Crime scene tape surrounds Utah Valley University after Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed , Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

After Charlie Kirk’s killing a growing chorus of conservatives wants his critics ostracized or fired

September 14, 2025 at 4:25 p.m.

After years of complaints from the right about “cancel culture” from the left, some conservatives are seeking to upend the lives and careers of those who disparaged Charlie Kirk after...

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