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Trump says 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports will start Tuesday, with ‘no room’ for delay
By ZEKE MILLER, JOSH BOAK and ROB GILLIESUpdated 9:18 PM CST, March 3, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that 25% taxes on imports from Mexico and Canada would start Tuesday, sparking renewed fears of a North American trade war that already showed signs of pushing up inflation and hindering growth.
“Tomorrow — tariffs 25% on Canada and 25% on Mexico. And that’ll start,” Trump told reporters in the Roosevelt Room. “They’re going to have to have a tariff.”
Trump has said the tariffs are to force the two U.S. neighbors to step up their fight against fentanyl trafficking and stop illegal immigration. But Trump has also indicated that he wants to eliminate the Americas’ trade imbalances as well and push more factories to relocate in the United States.
His comments quickly rattled the U.S. stock market, with the S&P 500 index down 2% in Monday afternoon trading. It’s a sign of the political and economic risks that Trump feels compelled to take, given the possibility of higher inflation and the possible demise of a decades-long trade partnership with Mexico and Canada as the tariffs would go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
Yet the Trump administration remains confident that tariffs are the best choice to boost U.S. manufacturing and attract foreign investment. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Monday that the computer chipmaker TSMC had expanded its investment in the United States because of the possibility of separate 25% tariffs. ...
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Democrats are preparing to use Elon Musk and Medicaid as two lightning rods in the 2026 midterms, a new ad campaign suggests.
Cartel-plagued Mexican city pins hopes on Trump's anti-drug trafficking pressure
In Mexico's Culiacan, a city of 1 million residents, an elementary school principal starts each day checking for shootouts before deciding whether to cancel classes.
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Zelenskyy still open to minerals deal after Oval Office clash with Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was still open to a mineral deal after a clash with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
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Asian shares fall after Wall St retreats on fears over hit to the US economy from Trump's tariffs
Shares have opened lower in Asia after U.S. stocks fell sharply just ahead of a new round of higher tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
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DOGE wants to charge one federal agency millions of dollars for its work to make government more efficient | CNN Politics
The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency wants to charge at least one federal agency millions of dollars for its work.
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Andrew Cuomo's comeback bid brings him back to a longtime foil: Trump
The former New York governor built up his image standing in opposition to Trump. Now, he's trying for a political comeback after the president made his own.
www.nbcnews.comKing Charles III welcomes Canada's Trudeau for talks overshadowed by Trump's annexation comments
Britain’s King Charles III has welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the monarch faces criticism in Canada over being silent about President Donald Trump’s repeated suggestions that the U.S. annex its northern neighbor.
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Tax breaks, child care and free college: How a Kansas town is enticing people to move there
Incentive programs are gaining steam as residents from major cities across the U.S. increasingly migrate to areas where housing costs are less severe.
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Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, dies aged 82
The "9-5" singer met Dean outside a laundromat on the first day she arrived in Nashville as an 18-year-old aspiring singer.
www.bbc.comMexico makes case to avoid US tariffs, but Trump says they will take effect on Tuesday
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum says that her administration is waiting to see if U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican imports.
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Colleges boost Qatari propaganda network - Washington Examiner
A rarely discussed Qatari influence operation has forged ties with elite U.S. universities as it pushes anti-American and anti-Israel media to millions.
www.washingtonexaminer.comTrump continues to seethe at Zelensky as national security team gathers to discuss what’s next on Ukraine | CNN Politics
Top Trump Cabinet secretaries and national security officials are holding meetings this week to discuss the administration’s next steps on Ukraine – including the prospect of suspending military aid – following the spectacular collapse of Friday’s Oval Office meeting between President Donald...
www.cnn.comInflation eases to 2.4% in Europe, supporting likely central bank rate cut
Inflation in Europe eased to 2.4% in February, supporting the case for another interest rate cut from the European Central Bank but leaving open how far the central bank will go in lowering borrowing costs.
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'How we doin bud?' Internet reacts to Marco Rubio at Trump, Vance, Zelenskyy spat
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat in on the contentious Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The internet and SNL had jokes.
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Melania Trump advocates against ‘mean-spirited and hurtful online behavior’ in first public remarks of new term | CNN Politics
Melania Trump used her first public remarks of her husband’s second term to lend her support to an effort to protect Americans from deepfake and revenge pornography, renewing a commitment to her first-term “Be Best platform.”
www.cnn.comPhilippines confident Trump will continue military patrols to keep China in check in disputed sea
The Philippines’ top diplomat to the United States expressed confidence Monday that President Donald Trump’s new administration would continue military patrols in the disputed South China Sea and move ahead with an agreed expansion of the U.S. military presence in the Philippines, as concerns rise o
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