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Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico coming Saturday, and he’s deciding whether to tax their oil​

By JOSH BOAK
Updated 7:59 PM CST, January 30, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said his 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico are coming on Saturday, but he’s still considering whether to include oil from those countries as part of his import taxes.

“We may or may not,” Trump told reporters Thursday in the Oval Office about tariffing oil from Canada and Mexico. “We’re going to make that determination probably tonight.”

Trump said his decision will be based on whether the price of oil charged by the two trading partners is fair, although the basis of his threatened tariffs pertains to stopping illegal immigration and the smuggling of chemicals used for fentanyl.

The risk of tariffs on Canadian and Mexican oil could undermine Trump’s repeated pledge to lower overall inflation by reducing energy costs. Costs associated with tariffs could be passed along to consumers in the form of higher gasoline prices — an issue that Trump placed at the center of his Republican presidential campaign as he vowed to halve energy costs within one year.

“One year from Jan. 20, we will have your energy prices cut in half all over the country,” Trump said at a 2024 town hall in Pennsylvania.

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Conspiracies, espionage, an enemies list: Takeaways from a wild day of confirmation hearings

President Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet nominees have flooded the zone in back-to-back-to-back confirmation hearings. Conspiracy theories about vaccines.
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'Struggling with your nomination': 4 takeaways from RFK Jr., Gabbard, Patel hearings

Tulsi Gabbard, Kash Patel and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are among Trump's more controversial nominees, and faced tough questions from senators Thursday.
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Trump's FBI chief pick, Kash Patel, insists he has no 'enemies list' and won't seek retribution

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, is insisting to deeply skeptical Democrats that he does not have an “enemies list” and that the bureau under his leadership would not seek retribution against the president’s adversaries or launch politically motivated investigations.
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5 takeaways from the confirmation hearings for RFK Jr., Gabbard and Patel

Three of Trump's more controversial nominees faced pointed questions from senators as they sought to clarify or downplay their past comments.
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President Trump expects to end birthright citizenship with support from Supreme Court

President Trump said birthright citizenship was created for children of former slaves but is no longer appropriate with international migration.
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Justice Department drops criminal proceedings against Trump co-defendants in classified records case

The Justice Department has abandoned all criminal proceedings against President Donald Trump’s two co-defendants in the classified documents case against him in Florida, foreclosing the chance the case against them could ever be revived.
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Trump criticized DEI and the FAA's diversity policies after a deadly plane crash. Here's what we know.

Initiatives aimed at expanding the workforce existed under President Trump's first term, including a program that aimed to recruit and train qualified individuals with disabilities, including veterans, for careers in air traffic operations.
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Midair collision kills 67 people in the deadliest US air disaster in almost a quarter century

A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.
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Five Takeaways from Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel hearings

Trump's two cabinet nominees were grilled on their ties to Capitol rioters and past comments.
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President Trump sounds the same. His White House — so far — couldn't be more different

Donald Trump 2.0 is, so far, very much the same as his first go around. But eight years after he was last sworn into office, the new Republican president is emboldened, far more experienced and surrounded by a very different team.
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Top Republican 'struggling' with RFK Jr.'s nomination over Kennedy's vaccine views

Robert F. Kennedy faced two Senate committees this week on his nomination to be Trump's health secretary.
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Trump offers condolences for crash victims then dives into politics with attack on diversity initiatives

President Donald Trump is suggesting that the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity efforts has made air travel less safe.
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Trump to enact tariffs against Canada, China and Mexico on Feb. 1. Here's what to know.

Less than two weeks into his second term, President Trump is poised to deploy steep tariffs against key U.S. trading partners.
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Several top FBI officials are told to resign or face demotion as Trump continues federal purge

The affected employees include about a half-dozen “executive assistant directors,” who are some of the bureau’s top managers.
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www.usatoday.com

Senate Budget Committee advances Russell Vought, Project 2025 architect, to floor vote

The Senate Budget Committee voted on Thursday to advance Russell Vought, Trump's pick to lead the OMB, for a floor vote.
www.usatoday.com
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Where Trump's Cabinet nominees stand in Senate confirmation process

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel testify before Senate committees on Capitol Hill on Thursday as urgency builds to confirm President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominations.
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Takeaways from FBI director nominee Kash Patel’s combative confirmation hearing | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump’s pick to run the FBI, Kash Patel, downplayed his past promotion of right-wing conspiracy theories and his pledges to pursue retribution against Trump’s opponents on Thursday at his combative Senate confirmation hearing.
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