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5 States Sue After Trump Freezes Federal Funds

Democratic-led states say move is an unconstitutional abuse of power

(Newser) - Attorneys general in five Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Trump's administration after it said it would freeze money for several public benefit programs, citing concerns about fraud in the programs designed to help low-income families.
  • The states—California, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois, and New York—called the
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Khamenei Scoffs at Trump Threats: Mind Your Own Nation

Unrest over economic crisis grows, with supreme leader dismissing protesters as 'vandals'

(Newser) - Iran's top leader is signaling defiance as street unrest grows and pressure from Washington intensifies. Speaking Friday in the holy city of Qom, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed that his nation wouldn't give ground to a wave of demonstrations or to President Trump's warnings about possible...

SCOTUS Weighs Trump Tariffs in High-Stakes Decision

Justices to consider emergency powers, possible refunds to importers

(Newser) - The Supreme Court could reshuffle a big chunk of US trade policy as soon as Friday. The justices are expected to rule on whether the White House legally used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to impose hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs—measures the administration partly...

Now Feds Are Probing Letitia James and Her Hairdresser: Sources

Probe centers on payments to hairdresser and comes after prior cases collapsed

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors are again circling New York Attorney General Letitia James, this time by scrutinizing her relationship with a longtime hairdresser now facing fraud charges. According to people familiar with the matter who spoke to the New York Times , investigators are examining past financial dealings between James, her political operation,...

Critics: 'No Justification' for Childhood Vaccine Changes

Work of CDC's unconsulted advisory panel now 'appears to be irrelevant'

(Newser) - Federal vaccine scientists say they were shut out of one of the biggest changes to childhood immunization policy in decades. The Trump administration this week sharply scaled back which vaccines the federal government recommends for all children, dropping routine guidance for flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A, and some meningococcal shots, which...

US Trade Gap Takes a Steep Downward Turn

To its lowest level since 2009, as gold exports surge, pharmaceutical imports plunge amid tariffs

(Newser) - Traders weren't the only ones caught off guard by October's trade numbers. The US trade gap dropped to $29.4 billion in October, its smallest reading since 2009 and about half what Wall Street economists had penciled in, per the Wall Street Journal . Imports fell to $331.4...

Trump Is Inviting Colombia's Petro to White House

Leaders have surprisingly warm phone call

(Newser) - President Trump and his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, are suddenly talking instead of trading barbs, CBS News reports. The White House says Trump spoke by phone with the Colombian president on Wednesday, days after the US leader described Colombia as "very sick" and Petro as a "sick man"...

Feds Flip Food Pyramid, Elevate Steak and Butter

Guidelines push protein, slam sugar while keeping saturated fat limits

(Newser) - Steak just muscled its way toward the top of the federal nutrition guidebook. The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled revised dietary guidelines that put a heavy emphasis on protein—steak, cheese, whole milk, butter, and beef tallow among them—while taking a tougher line on sugar and refined carbs. The...

Another Performance Bites the Dust at the Kennedy Center

Banjo king Bela Fleck cites divisiveness after 'highly politicized' institution adds Trump name

(Newser) - Banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck won't be taking the stage at the Kennedy Center next month, saying the venue has become too politically fraught for comfort. The 18-time Grammy winner was slated to perform George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" with the National Symphony Orchestra in February, but the...

In Cuba, 'It's Never Been as Bad as It Is Now'

About a third of the nation in poverty amid loss of Venezuelan oil, blackouts, food shortages

(Newser) - Cuba's leadership is confronting an economic unraveling that longtime residents and economists say is without precedent since the island nation's revolution in the 1950s. Power outages of up to 20 hours a day, empty ration stores, and waits for gasoline that stretch for months have become routine. "...

Maduro Judge Is 92-Year-Old 'Thorn in Trump's Side'

Veteran NY judge Alvin Hellerstein known for not caring what others think

(Newser) - The judge overseeing Nicolas Maduro's criminal case seems to be as notable for his age as for his refusal to bend to expectations. Alvin Hellerstein, a 92-year-old federal judge in Manhattan appointed by President Bill Clinton just a month after Google became a registered company, handled Monday's arraignment...

Stephen Miller: Nobody Will Fight the US Over Greenland

Trump aide questions why Denmark controls the territory

(Newser) - Stephen Miller defended the Trump administration's push to make Greenland a part of the US and accused critics of hypocrisy on the question. "The real question is by what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland?" he asked in a CNN interview on Monday. "What is the...

Trump Administration Has Rare Reaction to Media on Venezuela

It's a 'thank you' from Secretary of State Marco Rubio to reporters for keeping plans of raid quiet

(Newser) - In the wake of last weekend's US military action in Venezuela, the news media got something it seldom hears from the Trump administration: a thank you. Secretary of State Marco Rubio credited news organizations that had learned in advance about last Saturday's strike leading to the capture of...

Trump Gets Tiny Islands to Agree to Take Asylum-Seekers

Administration has reached deals with a few new places

(Newser) - The United States on Monday reached a deal with Dominica to start sending foreigners seeking US asylum to the small Caribbean nation, the AP reports. Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit described the deal as "one of the primary areas of collaboration" after the country was recently hit with...

Interim Leader Tells Venezuela Maduro Remains Its President

Delcy Rodríguez denounces US attack in televised address

(Newser) - Interim President Delcy Rodríguez delivered a defiant address to Venezuela on Saturday denouncing the US attack and declaring, "There is only one president in this country, and his name is Nicolás Maduro Moros." Earlier in the day, President Trump said she had agreed to help US...

Administration Cancels Lease for 3 DC Public Golf Courses

Interior Department ends 50-year deal with nonprofit

(Newser) - The federal government has ended the lease agreement for three public golf courses in Washington, DC, a move that offers President Trump an additional opportunity to put his stamp on another piece of the nation's capital. The National Links Trust, the nonprofit that has operated the three public courses...

Goddard's Space Library to Shut, Losing Vast Material

Closure threatens unique undigitized space research records collaboration spaces

(Newser) - NASA's biggest research library is about to go dark—and much of what's inside may never be seen again. The Trump administration is shutting the main library at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday as part of a campus-wide consolidation that will also close...

US Attacks 5 Boats, Saying Rescuers Looked for Survivors

Southern Command posts that vessels were running drugs, though it provides no evidence

(Newser) - The US military has reported striking five boats the Trump administration says were smuggling drugs over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived. US Southern Command did not reveal where the attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday occurred. A video of Tuesday'...

Trump's Tariffs Could Wipe Italian Pasta Off US Shelves
US Softens Proposed
Tariffs on Italian Pasta
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Jan 1, 2026 12:37 PM CST

US Softens Proposed Tariffs on Italian Pasta

Italy says antidumping tariff has been cut sharply

(Newser) - Americans won't have to worry too much about Italian pasta disappearing from store shelves this year, Italian authorities say. The country's foreign ministry says proposed US tariffs on the country's biggest pasta makers have been slashed, reports Reuters . A 92% antidumping duty that would have been added...

Trump Punts on Some Tariffs
Trump Punts on Some Tariffs
Jan 1, 2026 9:00 AM CST

Trump Punts on Some Tariffs

Furniture, cabinet tariffs will hold at 25%

(Newser) - Shoppers eyeing a new sofa or kitchen redo just dodged a bigger hit to their wallets. President Trump has postponed for a year planned tariff hikes on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets, and bathroom vanities, according to a New Year's Eve White House statement . Cabinet and vanity tariffs had been...

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