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President Donald Trump talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping as Xi arrives for dinner at the start of their summit at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. April 6, 2017. Carlos Barria | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump said he spoke on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday about TikTok,

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In an aerial view, a customer enters a Walgreens store on Jan.4, 2024 in San Pablo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Department of Justice said Friday that it sued pharmacy giant Walgreens for allegedly dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions. The DOJ said that Walgreens from August 2012 until the present “knowingly” filled those

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The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump said his inaugural ceremony Monday will be moved indoors due to the extreme cold set to grip Washington, D.C. “There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t want to see people

PoliticusUSA is brought to you without ads or big tech influence by reader subscriptions. Please support our work by considering becoming a subscriber. In a letter to Garland, House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and House Judiciary Democrats wrote: The American people now deserve the opportunity to read Volume 2 of Special Counsel

Family photo of leaders taken at the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia on Oct. 24, 2024.  Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump has pledged a 100% tariff against BRICS nations if they continue to undermine the U.S. dollar — but the threat won’t rein in the group’s expansion, analysts tell CNBC.

PoliticusUSA is now ad-free and big tech-free, but in order to be an independent platform, we need reader support. If you can, please support us by becoming a subscriber. What stood out about Lawrence O’Donnell’s interview with Joe Biden was just how wrong so many of the media-created Republican-fueled narratives were about the President. Donald

WASHINGTON — An influential group of five House Republicans from high-tax states is threatening to hold up a major tax package that is a top priority for President-elect Donald Trump unless they get a significant boost to the amount that their constituents can deduct from federal income taxes to reflect state and local taxes already

The poor and working poor who cast their ballots for Donald Trump don’t seem to have any idea what they voted for, but Trump’s nominees like Scott Bessent are spelling it out for them. During Bessent’s Senate confirmation hearing to be Treasury Secretary, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) asked, “ Right now in America, uh, we have

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump makes remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. Jan. 7, 2025.  Carlos Barria | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will create an “External Revenue Service” to collect “Tariffs, Duties and all Revenue from Foreign sources.” Trump did not give any further details about the proposed government entity.

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Israel and Hamas reached a deal Wednesday for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, a major breakthrough in their 15-month war, which has wreaked destruction and inflamed tensions across the region. Speaking at the White House, President Joe Biden said the deal would be implemented in three phases, starting Sunday, Jan. 19. The first phase will include a

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – JANUARY 15: Investigators arrive at the entrance to the presidential residence of Yoon Suk Yeol, as authorities try to execute an arrest warrant, in Seoul, South Korea, on January 15, 2025.  Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested Wednesday by the country’s Corruption Investigation

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Secretary of Defense hopeful Pete Hegseth called himself the target of a “coordinated smear campaign” as he denied a raft of allegations about his personal and professional conduct at a high-stakes Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday. Hegseth said reports about his alleged sexual impropriety, alcohol abuse and mismanagement of nonprofits were based on “anonymous sources” and

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A member of the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets participates in a rehearsal for inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.  Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Donald Trump‘s presidential transition team on Monday released a schedule of official parties, gatherings and other events that will surround his