Fed to decide on interest rates this week amid Trump pressure

Colombia agrees to take deported migrants after Trump tariff showdown

Colombia has agreed to accept deported migrants after a tariff clash with President Trump. When the Colombian government refused to accept military flights carrying detained migrants from the U-S over the weekend, the president retaliated. He announced an immediate 25 percent tariff, a travel ban, and visa restrictions. Colombia’s president resisted at first, but late Sunday night the White House said Colombia had “agreed to all of President Trump’s terms,” including the acceptance of deported migrants arriving on U-S military aircraft.

Trump orders tariffs on Colombia over rejection of U.S. deportation flights

President Trump has announced immediate tariffs and other restrictions against Colombia. Angered by the Colombian government’s refusal to accept military flights carrying detained migrants from the U-S, the president retaliated. He said he’s slapping a 25 percent tariff on all goods imported from Colombia — a tariff that will double to 50 percent after one week. The president also announced a travel ban and visa restrictions for Colombian government officials, their allies, and supporters.

Justice Department to curtail abortion clinic prosecutions

Trump moves quickly to end government DEI programs

In the opening days of his second term, President Trump has moved quickly to get rid of the government’s DEI policy and programs. After the president signed an executive order last week, all government DEI staff were put on paid leave and will eventually be laid off. Meanwhile, federal agencies have canceled staff training and started removing DEI documents from websites. The president’s actions are also impacting the private sector. On Friday, Target said it’s joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Security details for former gov’t officials cut by Trump

President Trump has revoked security protection for several former government officials. Even though they’re out of government, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former National Security Adviser John Bolton had security details because of credible and ongoing threats from Iran. And so did infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci. But those protections have been cut. The president insists the moves are not retaliatory, but all three of those individuals have fallen out with Trump in recent years.

Trump blames OPEC oil prices for ongoing Ukraine-Russia war

President Trump is heaping blame on OPEC for the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war. During a speech to leaders at a global summit, the president said the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries has kept the price of oil too high. Oil sales are the economic engine driving Moscow’s economy. The president said he hopes to meet with Russia’s Vladmir Putin soon “and get that war ended.”

President Trump to talk tips, thank voters in Nevada

On disaster tour, Trump floats idea of getting rid of FEMA

Trump, Vance join 52nd annual March for Life in D.C.

Top congressional leaders join annual March for Life

Vice President Vance to address 52nd annual March for Life

Trump to visit disaster areas in North Carolina and California

Trump pardons 23 pro-life protesters on eve of March for Life

Trump orders release of JFK, RFK and MLK assassination records

Federal judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship

Trump wants NATO allies to increase their defense spending

Trump tells global leaders to invest in U.S., avoid tariffs

Some fed workers feel impact of Trump’s executive orders

Some federal workers are already feeling the impact of President Trump’s executive orders. At the close of business on Wednesday DEI office staffers were placed on paid leave and federal agencies were given 60 days to terminate all DEI offices and positions. The president also ordered an immediate hiring freeze, with exceptions for national security and the military. He also directed federal workers to return full-time to in-person work and he signed an order making it easier to fire federal workers.

Pentagon is sending 1,500 active duty troops to southern border

Musk questions value of AI investment announced by Trump

Elon Musk has doubts about President Trump’s announcement of a major AI infrastructure investment.
The president this week touted plans by three tech CEOs who say they’ll invest up to 500 billion dollars to build AI data centers. But Trump adviser Elon Musk isn’t so sure. He wrote on X “they don’t actually have the money.” It appears the criticism has more to do with one of the billionaire investors and not with the president. Musk and OpenAI’s Sam Altman have engaged in a dispute for several years over who should run OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.

Trump pardons underground drug marketplace founder

President Trump has pardoned a major drug dealer who was serving a life prison sentence. Delivering on a campaign promise he made at the Libertarian Party National Convention, the president signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht. He was the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal drugs. Mr. Trump called Ulbricht’s prison sentence “ridiculous” and described government prosecutors in the case as “scum” and “lunatics.”

Trump demands apology from Episcopal bishop of Washington

President Trump is demanding an apology from an Episcopal bishop after attending a prayer service at Washington National Cathedral. At the end of her sermon, the Right Reverend Mariann Budde directly appealed to the president, asking him to have mercy on the LGBTQ community and migrant workers who are in the U-S illegally. After returning to the White House, Mr. Trump said he “didn’t think it was a good service” and later, in an overnight social media post, he sharply criticized the bishop, calling her a “radical left hard-line Trump hater.” He wrote that “she and her church owe the public an apology.”

Poll: 47% Trump approval rate; Jan. 6 pardons unpopular