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Trump has unleashed chaos by distraction upon the international community. That’s no accident

February 10, 2025, 12:57pm Nation & World

The Saudis are furious. The Danes are scrambling. Colombia has backed down. Mexico and Canada stand in a purgatory between tariff wars with the US and … not. China has retaliated, launching a trade war between the economic superpowers. The Brits, long proud of their “special relationship” with the United… Read story

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the White House to sign a new North American trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, Jan. 29, 2020, in Washington. The President is joined by Vice President Mike Pence, left, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, right, and others.

Trump’s latest tariff plans on steel, aluminum and other imports are spreading uncertainty

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the White House to sign a new North American trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, Jan. 29, 2020, in Washington. The President is joined by Vice President Mike Pence, left, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, right, and others.

February 10, 2025, 12:45pm Business

President Donald Trump plans to on Monday formally announce 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports as part of an aggressive effort to remake the existing terms of world trade that so far has compounded economic uncertainty. Read story

John Ley (The Columbian files)

Rep. John Ley pleads guilty to two voter violation charges

John Ley (The Columbian files)

February 10, 2025, 12:05pm Clark County News

State Rep. John Ley, who was elected to the 18th District in November, pleaded guilty Friday to two charges of attempted voter violations: knowingly providing false information and candidacy declaration. Read story

FILE - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tries to get into his house as he arrives home in Chicago, Feb. 19, 2020, after his release from Colorado prison late Tuesday.

Trump is expected to pardon ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich 5 years after commuting his sentence

FILE - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tries to get into his house as he arrives home in Chicago, Feb. 19, 2020, after his release from Colorado prison late Tuesday.

February 10, 2025, 11:38am Politics

President Donald Trump on Monday will pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to a person familiar with his plans who was not authorized to speak publicly. Read story

The Rehan family in their encampment in the ruins of their home amid widespread destruction caused by the Israeli military's ground and air offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025.

Trump says no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza under his plan for U.S. ‘ownership’

The Rehan family in their encampment in the ruins of their home amid widespread destruction caused by the Israeli military's ground and air offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025.

February 10, 2025, 8:32am Latest News

President Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. “ownership” of the war-torn territory, contradicting other officials in his administration who have sought to argue Trump was only calling for the temporary relocation of its population. Read story

President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025.

Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state in Super Bowl interview

President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025.

February 10, 2025, 8:30am Politics

President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl preshow. Read story

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin speaks about a federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to someone in the country illegally during a  news conference on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 in Boston.

Third judge blocks Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship for kids of people in US illegally

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin speaks about a federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to someone in the country illegally during a  news conference on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 in Boston.

February 10, 2025, 8:28am Nation & World

A third federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. illegally. Read story

Senate Democratic Leaders including from left, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.,Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speak Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Patty Murray: RFK Jr. meeting was most troubling she’s had in 32 years

Senate Democratic Leaders including from left, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.,Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speak Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

February 10, 2025, 8:27am Latest News

In public confirmation hearings last month, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the nation’s health agencies, confirmed that he said Lyme disease is highly likely an engineered bioweapon, refused to say that vaccines don’t cause autism and stumbled to identify the basic aspects of Medicare and… Read story