By David J. Lynch · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump signaled early plans to use tariffs on imported goods as a key weapon in relations with the United States’ three top trading partners, saying the first new taxes on foreign products could be announced Feb. 1. Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said […]
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Trump says tariffs for China, Mexico and Canada taking shape for Feb. 1
By David J. Lynch · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump signaled early plans to use tariffs on imported goods as a key weapon in relations with the United States’ three top trading partners, saying the first new taxes on foreign products could be announced Feb. 1. Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said […]
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Biden started the day with pardons. Trump finished with many more.
By Sarah Ellison · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Inauguration Day began and ended with unusual pardons from two presidents that legal and democracy scholars say reflected a lack of faith in the justice system, just as Donald Trump entered office. When outgoing President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons earlyMonday to an array of people who he […]
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Biden started the day with pardons. Trump finished with many more.
By Sarah Ellison · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Inauguration Day began and ended with unusual pardons from two presidents that legal and democracy scholars say reflected a lack of faith in the justice system, just as Donald Trump entered office. When outgoing President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons earlyMonday to an array of people who he […]
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The agonizing search for 22 people who remain missing after L.A. fires
By Sarah Kaplan · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Timothy George Hanley, 88, needs regular dialysis treatments. Patricia Diann McKenna, 77, has a disfigured leg that makes it difficult for her to move. Theresa Warrior, 84, last contacted her family in October. Kevin Devine, 54, was seen packing up his car, presumably to evacuate, as the Eaton […]
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The agonizing search for 22 people who remain missing after L.A. fires
By Sarah Kaplan · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Timothy George Hanley, 88, needs regular dialysis treatments. Patricia Diann McKenna, 77, has a disfigured leg that makes it difficult for her to move. Theresa Warrior, 84, last contacted her family in October. Kevin Devine, 54, was seen packing up his car, presumably to evacuate, as the Eaton […]
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States, civil rights groups sue to stop Trump’s birthright citizenship order
By David Nakamura · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship faced a flurry of legal challenges Tuesday from a bevy of states and civil rights groups, signaling that the effort could be tied up in court and unlikely to take effect next month as planned. A coalition of 18 […]
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States, civil rights groups sue to stop Trump’s birthright citizenship order
By David Nakamura · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship faced a flurry of legal challenges Tuesday from a bevy of states and civil rights groups, signaling that the effort could be tied up in court and unlikely to take effect next month as planned. A coalition of 18 […]
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Trump moves to exit Paris agreement and undo Biden’s climate policies
The flurry of executive orders drew cheers from the fossil fuel industry
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Here are the executive actions and orders Trump signed on Day 1
by Washington Post staff (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Donald Trump began issuing executive actions Monday after being sworn into office as the 47th president of the United States, kicking off his second term in office at a signing desk inside Washington’s Capital One Arena with family members and allies behind him onstage, and […]