Trump Administration to Fast-Track Velvet-Wood Uranium Mine in Utah

An environmental review of the project, known as Velvet-Wood, would normally take roughly a year. The government says it will complete the process in two weeks.

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Trump Family Bitcoin Company Announces Plan to Go Public

American Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency firm co-founded by Eric Trump, said it was merging with a company traded on the Nasdaq, the latest expansion of the family’s investments in crypto.

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Tariff Truce With China Demonstrates the Limits of Trump’s Aggression

President Trump’s triple-digit tariffs on Chinese products disrupted global trade — but haven’t appeared to result in major concessions from Beijing.

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Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay

The president announced an executive order aimed at lowering U.S. drug costs, revisiting an idea that was blocked in court during his first term.

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Trump Signs Executive Order Asking Companies to Lower Drug Prices

The president has long complained that the United States pays more for medicines than other wealthy countries. But he offered no clear legal authority to mandate lower prices.

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Trump, Pressed on Qatari Jet, Says Only ‘Stupid’ People Reject Gifts

The president grew angry when questioned about the ethical implications of accepting a luxury jetliner from a foreign government.

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White South Africans Granted Refugee Status by Trump Arrive in the U.S.

President Trump had halted essentially refugee admissions on his first day in office before creating a pathway for Afrikaners, a white ethnic minority that ruled during apartheid.

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Hawley Urges Republicans Not to Cut Medicaid as House Debates Reductions

The Republican senator from Missouri called potentially deep cuts in the program “morally wrong” and “politically suicidal” for his party as it courts working-class voters.

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Trump Picks Deputy Attorney General as Acting Librarian of Congress

After firing the head of the Library of Congress, the president put his former personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, in charge of the facility.

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Republicans Want Budget Cuts, but Not the Political Consequences

With a crucial week looming in the House, the G.O.P. is groping for ways to achieve savings without provoking a political backlash. It’s a little tricky.

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