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    Trump news at a glance: White House doubles down on threat of ‘lethal force’ against Iran amid unrest

    Trump also announced a 25% tariff for ‘any country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran’ – key US politics stories from 12 JanuaryLast week, as growing protests in Iran were met with violent crackdowns, Donald Trump issued a threat to the country’s leadership: “You’d better not start shooting, because we’ll start shooting too.”This week the White House is doubling down on Trump’s saber-rattling. Continue reading… More

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    Trump says countries doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US trade

    President posts online as US weighs response to situation in Iran, which is major facing anti-government protestsDonald Trump has said any country that does business with Iran will face a tariff rate of 25% on trade with the US, as Washington weighs a response to the situation in Iran, which is seeing its biggest anti-government protests in years.“Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America,” the US president said in a post on Truth Social on Monday. Tariffs are paid by US importers of goods from those countries. Iran has been heavily sanctioned by Washington for years. Continue reading… More

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    Minnesota sues Trump administration to end surge of ICE agents in state

    Lawsuit comes in the aftermath of an ICE agent fatally shooting Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole GoodThe Minnesota attorney general, Keith Ellison, announced a lawsuit on Monday against the federal government, seeking to end the surge of ICE agents in the state.The lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials comes in the aftermath of an ICE agent fatally shooting Renee Nicole Good behind the wheel of her vehicle last week, leading to protests across the city and the country. Continue reading… More

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    Some Republicans speak out against DoJ investigation into Fed chair

    Republican senator vows to block all Fed nominations ‘until legal matter is fully resolved’Several Republican lawmakers have begun speaking out against the Trump administration’s criminal investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, with one senator going so far as to threaten all Fed nominations as a result.Thom Tillis, a senator from North Carolina, vowed to block all Federal Reserve nominations after the justice department opened the investigation, inflaming tensions over the central bank’s independence. Continue reading… More

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    US judge lets Danish firm resume Rhode Island offshore wind project halted by Trump

    Ørsted and other wind developers have faced repeated disruptions to multibillion dollar projects under TrumpA federal judge on Monday cleared Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted to resume work on its nearly finished Revolution Wind project, which Donald Trump’s administration halted along with four other projects last month.The ruling by US district judge Royce Lamberth is a legal setback for Trump, who has sought to block expansion of offshore wind in federal waters. Continue reading… More

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    US Federal Reserve chair says DOJ has threatened criminal indictment – video

    Jerome Powell said on Sunday that the Department of Justice had threatened him with a criminal indictment and served grand jury subpoenas over Congressional testimony he gave last summer regarding a Federal Reserve building renovation project. Powell says this action is a pretext aimed at putting further pressure on the central bank to lower interest ratesJustice department opens investigation into Jerome Powell as Trump ramps up campaign against Federal Reserve Continue reading… More

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    Thousands protest in Minneapolis over fatal ICE shooting – video

    Thousands of people protested in Minneapolis, Minnesota over the weekend to decry the fatal shooting of 37‑year‑old Renee Good by a US immigration agent, one of more than 1,000 rallies planned nationwide against the federal government’s deportation drive. Demonstrators marched towards the residential street where Good was shot in her car and mourned at a makeshift memorial‘Hundreds more’ federal agents being deployed in Minnesota after killing of Renee Good – US politics live Continue reading… More

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    Democrats go all in on affordability in bid to turn voters against Trump

    Party aims to turn tables after struggling to deal with criticisms about inflation during Biden presidencyIn their quest to undo Donald Trump’s grip on voters, Democrats have staked their hopes on one word above all others: affordability.It has become a staple of press conferences, a priority of candidates and a subject of legislation ahead of the November midterm elections. When Democrats don’t like something that Trump does – a frequent occurrence – their counter-argument is that Americans would have been better off if the president instead concentrated on making life less expensive. Continue reading… More