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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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Pete Buttigieg blasts Trump after president excoriates him during press briefing

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Trump sarcastically called Buttigieg "a real winner."

"He's a disaster. He was a disaster as a mayor. He ran his city into the ground. And he's a disaster now. He's just got a good line of bulls---," the president said.

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A top government accountability group will send a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Selective Service System (SSS) for data on illegal immigrants who did not register for the draft and therefore committed a felony.

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  • News source: BBC News - World
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Yarden Bibas and two others will be exchanged for more Palestinian prisoners in the fourth swap since the ceasefire began.
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A Rwandan spokesperson denies the charges, saying it is trying to prevent the conflict spilling over.
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CDU leader Friedrich Merz may need support in the Bundestag from the AfD, a move that has attracted wide condemnation.
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Billie Eilish and Lady Gaga play LA FireAid show

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The Star-Ledger, made famous by "The Sopranos," is ceasing print editions

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Two longstanding New York City area newspapers, including one immortalized in "The Sopranos," are vanishing from newsstands, leaving Jersey City without printed news as media struggle against nationwide headwinds.

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Fifteen years ago, Miriam Helmick was sentenced to life without parole for the murder of her second husband, Colorado businessman Alan Helmick.
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  • News source: BBC News - World
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Families mourn loved ones who died in Kumbh Mela crush

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At least 30 people died and several were injured in a crush at the religious festival in India this week.
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President Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, faced an hourslong hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, fielding a bevy of questions related to her qualifications and previous remarks related to national security.

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Trump health secretary nominee RFK Jr survives heated hearings ahead of crucial confirmation votes

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The back-to-back combustible Senate confirmation hearings are over.

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