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'Volatile times': Fox host says markets are 'freaking out' in response to new tariffs

One Fox News host was alarmed at the stock market tumbling in what was apparent a direct response to President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcement.

During her Monday episode of The Story, Fox News host Martha MacCallum interviewed Canadian businessman Kevin O'Leary (who is also a cast member of the show Shark Tank) about Trump's new 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico being implemented this week. While O'Leary was speaking about Trump's new proposal for a seminconductor manufacturing plant, MacCallum observed that the Dow Jones Industrial Average was rapidly bleeding out at the close of trading.

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Trump official: Americans should raise 'backyard' chickens if they're mad about egg prices

During an outbreak of avian flu that has caused egg prices to skyrocket, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested a creative solution for those struggling with rising costs, especially in light of President Donald Trump’s promise to stabilize grocery prices.

Appearing on Fox News over the weekend, she advised people to consider raising chickens in their backyards

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‘Spitting in the face of the law’: Dems hatch plan to snub Trump's speech

A Democratic revolt ahead of President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday has started to take shape as two more senators announced they would join other Democrats on Capitol Hill to snub the speech.

That’s according to a new report in Axios, which detailed the internal struggle building among congressional Democrats on how to best deal with Trump’s first big address to Congress of his second term.

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'Orders are going out right now': Trump pausing all military aid to Ukraine

President Donald Trump is pausing all military aid to Ukraine following a public spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Fox News correspondent Lucas Tomlinson reported Monday evening.

The pause will remain in effect until Trump "determines the Ukrainians show a commitment to good faith peace negotiations, Tomlinson tweeted, citing a senior Trump administration official.

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Trump puts US allies on notice - power comes first

by Shaun TANDON

With his flailing of Ukraine's leader, Donald Trump is making clearer than ever that he cares more about power than friends -- a chilling message for America's global network of allies.

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MLS's San Diego vows to tackle homophobic chanting

Major League Soccer's newest club, San Diego FC, say they will take action to stop homophobic chanting after a taunt used in Mexican football blighted their first ever home game.

San Diego drew 0-0 at home to St Louis City FC at their Snapdragon Stadium on Saturday but the one-word chant was heard several times throughout the match.

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US first lady backs deepfake porn bill in first solo engagement

by Anuj CHOPRA

US First Lady Melania Trump on Monday threw her support behind a bill aimed at protecting Americans from deepfake revenge pornography, in her first solo public engagement since her husband returned to the White House.

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Ex pro-wrestling chief confirmed as Trump education secretary

Donald Trump's pick for US education secretary, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon, was confirmed by the Senate Monday to lead a department the president has been clear he wants to dismantle.

Trump, 78, promised to decentralize education as he campaigned for a return to the White House, saying he would devolve the department's powers to state governments.

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Trump's USPS takeover opens up 'Pandora’s box of mischief': Voting rights advocates

Recent reports have indicated President Donald Trump intends to dissolve the board of governors for the U.S. Postal Service, strip the organization of its independence, and place it under direct control of the Department of the Treasury, with a possible eye toward privatizing the service — a move that could be against the law and that has Postal Service officials gearing up for a battle.

But there's another potential devastating consequence of Trump's planned move to dismantle and privatize the mail, wrote Jacob Knutson for the voting-rights group Democracy Docket: mail-in voting could be disrupted.

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‘Total lie': Senator warns Americans don't trust 'anything coming out of DOGE'

Tech billionaire Elon Musk still has more work to do to win over lawmakers on Capitol Hill who remain skeptical over his true intentions as head of the Department of Government Efficiency initiative, or DOGE.

“I don't trust Elon Musk, and I don't trust DOGE,” Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) said Monday while delivering a forceful condemnation of President Donald Trump’s top ally and his supposed cost-cutting goals that have wreaked havoc inside federal agencies, and left many government employees suddenly without work.

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Republican touts Medicaid work requirements — by citing states where they didn't work

As Republicans debate a way to cut spending to implement President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, they are considering adding work requirements to Medicaid. To support the idea, one GOP lawmaker cited two examples: However, those were instances in which Medicaid work requirements went wrong.

“There are already tens of millions of Americans who are subject to work requirements. This is not a new concept,” Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) told NOTUS in a piece published Monday. “[Work requirements] are fantastically effective in helping people… The evidence suggests that overwhelmingly, the impact, on average, is positive.”

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French prime minister condemns Trump over 'staggering scene' of 'brutality'

France's Prime Minister François Bayrou is unimpressed with President Donald Trump's angry dressing down of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week, The Associated Press reported Monday.

“On Friday night, in the Oval Office of the White House, a staggering scene unfurled before the lenses of the entire world, marked by brutality, a desire to humiliate, with the goal of making Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fold through threats, so that he gives in to the demands of his aggressors,” said Bayrou during a parliamentary debate. “All this was summed up in one phrase before the planet’s cameras: ‘Either you find a deal with Putin or we will abandon you.’”

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'Big blow': Expert flags latest major loss from FBI's 'crown jewel' 'forced out' by Trump

The head of the FBI's New York field office resigned Monday afternoon, facing pressure from President Donald Trump's administration.

James Dennehy announced his resignation in an email to staff, NBC News reported. His resignation comes after Kash Patel began his first week leading the bureau last week. Before that, Justice Department deputy attorney general, Emil Bove, began a search for all FBI staff who worked on cases around the Jan. 6 attackers. Dennehy clashed with Bove over that probe into the staff.

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