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GOP senator: Putin 'loving' Trump over decision to cut off aid to Ukraine

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) argued that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "loving" U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pause military aid to Ukraine after a disagreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.

NBC News reported Tuesday that Trump handed Putin the "upper hand" in his war on Ukraine after military aid was halted over the spat with Zelensky.

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'It ain't happening': CNN's Bash scoffs as key Trump campaign promise goes up in smoke

President Donald Trump's mandate from American voters to lower the cost of living — starting with eggs, for instance — has taken a far back seat to his desire to wield the power of tariffs on friends and foes alike.

On Tuesday, 25 percent tariffs went into effect on all Mexican and Canadian goods coming into the United States, a move that drew a sharp rebuke from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. And as CNN's Dana Bash pointed out on Tuesday's Inside Politics, American consumers will be some of the major victims of these policies.

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'Access and influence': Trump charging millions to hobnob with him at Mar-a-Lago

President Donald Trump is charging guests millions of dollars for one-on-one meetings and dinners at Mar-a-Lago.

Business leaders are invited to pay $5 million to meet individually with the president, according to sources with direct knowledge, and guests spent $1 million each to reserve a seat at a candlelight dinner as recently as Saturday, according to an invitation obtained by WIRED.

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Trump vows more Canada tariffs even as stock market continues sinking

President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to hit Canada with even more tariffs despite the fact that the current round has caused the stock market to sink for a second straight day.

Writing on his Truth Social page, Trump hit back at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for implementing retaliatory tariffs against the United States.

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Democrats 'piling on' as Republicans 'hiding from voters' who want town halls

Democrats are calling out Republican lawmakers for shutting down constituent town halls that have gotten too hot for them to handle.

GOP lawmakers who have met with angry constituents recently include reps. Pete Sessions (R-TX), Rich McCormick (R-GA), Keith Self (R-TX) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS). Many of the lawmakers have struggled to answer pointed constituent questions about President Donald Trump and his lieutenant Elon Musk, leading to boos and jeers from the crowd.

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'He called him Donald!' Harris Faulkner aghast over Justin Trudeau's response to Trump

Fox News host Harris Faulkner expressed outrage after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau referred to the U.S. president as "Donald."

In a speech on Tuesday, Trudeau responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian goods.

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'Livelihoods destroyed': Dem lawmaker comes out firing at Trump ahead of big speech

A Virginia Democrat issued a broadside against Donald Trump ahead of his address to a joint session of Congress.

The president will highlight his executive orders and dramatic overhaul of the federal bureaucracy that has cast thousands of federal workers out of jobs, and Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) posted a YouTube Short explaining the cost paid for those actions.

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Ex-lawmaker says Republicans are telling him they're 'overwhelmed' by angry calls

Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) told MSNBC in passing that the Republicans he's hearing from are being "overwhelmed" by the flood of angry calls and emails from constituents back home.

Republicans are being confronted by voters who are angry with the massive government staffing cuts and broad spending freezes ushered in by the new Donald Trump administration.

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Recession odds surge in online betting markets

The early optimism surrounding President Donald Trump's economic policies has faded and now odds are surging in online betting markets that there will be a recession this year.

Bettors on online market Kalshi as of this writing are projecting a 42 percent chance of recession this year, which is a surge of 12 percentage points in just the last two days, as bettors only had odds of a recession at 30 percent to start the month.

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'I would like to frame it in gilded gold': Mike Johnson gushes ahead of Trump's speech

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) vowed not to rip up President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night and said he would instead "like to frame it in gilded gold."

During a Tuesday House Republican press conference, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) noted that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) once ripped up one of Trump's State of the Union speeches after he gave it.

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'No one knows' what Trump actually wants from Canada: Conservative Ontario premier

Ontario Premier Doug Ford apologized to the American people Tuesday after floating the idea of cutting off the energy supply flowing in from Canada.

Canada is considering the drastic move now that President Donald Trump's 25 percent tariffs against goods coming in from Canada have gone into effect.

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Republican tap-dances around his opposition to Trump tariffs

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) struggled to admit to Fox News that he's worried about the impact President Donald Trump's tariffs will have on American farmers and ranchers.

Dancing around the issue, Thune told reporters, "I'm hoping they're a means to an end and not the end itself. I think they're hopefully temporary -- designed to achieve a specific result."

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'Have a backbone': Dem lawmakers tell leadership to force Mike Johnson's hand

Democratic lawmakers are sending a clear signal to leadership this week, reported Politico's Rachel Bade on Tuesday: we don't want to give Trump the votes to keep the government open if it's a blank check for him to keep doing what he's doing.

The move comes as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) demands a "clean" spending bill that doesn't put any limitations on Trump's dismantling of the civil service, or the powers of tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force that is initiating mass purges of federal workers and gaining access to sensitive taxpayer information.

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