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Trump says he directed Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing cost

Trump says he directed Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing cost President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the cost of producing the one-cent coin. “For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2...
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Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state in Super Bowl interview

Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state in Super Bowl interview President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl preshow. “Yeah it is,” Trump told Fox News Channel's Bret Baier when asked whether his...
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Trump signs executive order extending TikTok operations for 75 days

Trump signs executive order extending TikTok operations for 75 days   US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that extended the operations of TikTok, the Chinese controlled video short sharing platform, by 75 days, during which he plans to pursue a resolution that protects national security while “I...
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Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs

Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs President Donald Trump signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty Monday, directing the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out executions. In the order...
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Trump not confident ceasefire in Gaza will hold

Trump not confident ceasefire in Gaza will hold US President Donald Trump said Hamas is weakened, but he's hardly certain that the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas will hold. “I'm not confident,” Trump told reporters. “That's not our war. It's their war.” He said that his administration...
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Trump suspends US foreign assistance for 90 days pending reviews

Trump suspends US foreign assistance for 90 days pending reviews President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily suspending all US foreign assistance programmes for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are aligned with his policy goals. It was not immediately clear how much assistance would...
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Trump temporarily halts leasing and permitting for wind energy projects

Trump temporarily halts leasing and permitting for wind energy projects President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday temporarily halting offshore wind lease sales in federal waters and pausing the issuance of approvals, permits and loans for both onshore and offshore wind projects. The interior secretary will review wind leasing...
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Trump seeks to designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organisations

Trump seeks to designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organisations President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday saying the United States would designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organisations in a move that could push a militarised agenda for the border and Latin America. The order highlighted Mexican drug...
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Trump moves to suspend clearances of ex-intel officials who signed letter on Hunter Biden laptop

Trump moves to suspend clearances of ex-intel officials who signed letter on Hunter Biden laptop President Donald Trump says his administration will move to suspend the security clearances of the more than four dozen former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter saying that the Hunter Biden laptop saga bore the hallmarks of a “Russian...
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Trump promises a second term focused on immigration and nationalism – as well as revenge and retribution

Trump promises a second term focused on immigration and nationalism – as well as revenge and retribution Today, in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington DC, the 47th President of the United States was sworn into office. The second Trump era has begun. In his inaugural address, Trump outlined a radical agenda to reshape American life and the...
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Trump threatens 100% tariffs against BRICS countries if they try replacing US dollar

Trump threatens 100% tariffs against BRICS countries if they try replacing US dollar President Donald Trump has again warned that he will impose 100 per cent tariffs against countries of the BRICS bloc, of which India is a part, if they take any steps to replace the US dollar. Trump, who took oath...
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Trump orders reflect his promises to roll back transgender protections, end DEI programmes

Trump orders reflect his promises to roll back transgender protections, end DEI programmes President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday rolling back protections for transgender people and terminating diversity, equity and inclusion programmes within the federal government in what he described in his inauguration speech as a move to end efforts to “socially...
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