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News Articles: President Trump

An American flag flies outside a Walmart store in Miami. In 2020, Walmart was one of many large U.S. companies that pledged to fight racism and increase internal diversity. But now it, Amazon, Facebook and many other companies are ending some of those programs.

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  • Business

How corporate America got DEI wrong

President Trump is accelerating the attacks on diversity-in-business programs. But DEI experts say this may be the wakeup call big companies need.

February 05, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Trump says the U.S. will 'take over' Gaza and relocate its people. What does it mean?

It wasn't immediately clear what legal authority Trump would have to execute his proposals, and they would likely be met by fierce resistance from Palestinians and from regional Arab countries.

February 05, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Elon Musk, left, and President-elect Donald Trump embrace at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington.

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  • Politics

DOGE is making major changes to the federal government. Is it legal?

President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech billionaire and adviser Elon Musk in charge.

February 04, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
President Trump says fentanyl smuggled into the U.S. is a key reason for imposing tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico. But NPR found that Trump and his team made false statements about the fentanyl crisis. Canada, in particular, plays no meaningful role in America's fentanyl-overdose epidemic.

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  • Health

Trump used fentanyl to justify tariffs, but the crisis was already easing

The White House says fentanyl smuggled to the U.S. justifies tariffs against Canada, China and Mexico. But fentanyl deaths and smuggling have been dropping fast — and Canada plays almost no role.

February 03, 2025
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By:
  • Brian Mann
President Trump arrives to speak at the House Republican members conference dinner at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami on Jan. 27.

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  • National

Trump wants to cut the federal workforce. Who they are and what that means

President Trump's efforts to cut the federal workforce by 10% might not save as much money as hoped and could have unintended consequences. NPR explains why.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Crowds gathered along a main thoroughfare in Gainesville, G.a on January 29, 2025 to protest ICE and President Trump's expedited removal policy. The protest followed a weekend of sweeps by ICE and the Department of Homeland Security across Georgia.

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  • Politics

'There is a lot of fear': Latinos gather in North Georgia to protest against mass deportations

This week, some of the first people in Georgia without legal citizenship were reported to be detained by federal agents under Trump’s expedited removal policy, prompting hundreds from the Latino community in Hall County to gather to support each other and speak out against recent federal immigration policy changes.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
People dance and wave large Israeli flags during a rally against campus antisemitism at George Washington University in May 2024 in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

Trump order cracks down on antisemitism and could deport foreign student protesters

The executive order directs government agencies to use all available tools to prosecute or remove perpetrators of antisemitic harassment and violence, especially on college campuses.

January 30, 2025
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By:
  • Tovia Smith
President Trump signs the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 29.

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  • Politics

Trump signs first bill of his second presidency, the Laken Riley Act, into law

The bill is named for a Georgia nursing student who was killed last year by a Venezuelan man without legal status who had a criminal record.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on Jan. 28, in Washington, DC.

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  • News

Trump ends extension of temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants

The move to revoke the extension of temporary protected status would make hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans eligible for deportation.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Jasmine Garsd
President Trump is seen here after signing a range of executive orders on Jan. 23.

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  • Politics

Trump rescinds freeze on federal funding

The development follows a federal judge's order Tuesday that temporarily blocked the effort to pause federal payments for grants and other programs.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • NPR Washington Desk
The entry to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C.

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  • Arts & Life

The Smithsonian will close its diversity office and freeze federal hiring

The Smithsonian isn't a federal agency, but it gets much of its funding from federal appropriations.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
President Trump speaks to journalists as he signs an executive order regarding Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 20.

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  • Politics

With a new home for DOGE in the White House, here's what you need to know

The Department of Government Efficiency, a post-election promise brought to life by President Trump via executive order, looks different than its original proposal to broadly cut federal spending.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
President Donald Trump has promised to greatly curtail the federal government and a memo released Monday by the Office of Management and Budget aims to follow through on that promise by halting a large swath of federal grant programs.

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  • Politics

Trump memo to halt federal funds triggers confusion and constitutional questions

Washington is scrambling to interpret a new Trump administration memo that appears to halt funding for many programs. The impact of the short memo, released Monday, is causing widespread confusion.

January 28, 2025
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez,
  • Deirdre Walsh,
  • and 1 more
A U.S. Army soldier monitors the border with Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, last week. President Trump ordered 1,500 more active military personnel to the southern border, part of a broad immigration crackdown during his first week in office.

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  • National

Trump's immigration orders are a blueprint for sweeping policy changes

President Trump began his immigration crackdown with a flurry of executive orders. Immigration experts say they lay out how he hopes to transform enforcement at the southern U.S. border and beyond.

January 27, 2025
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By:
  • Joel Rose
President Trump speaks at a rally at Circa Resort & Casino on Saturday. The event focused on Trump's first week in office, including his proposed policy to eliminate taxes on tips for service industry employees.

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  • Politics

In Las Vegas, Trump once again pitches no taxes on tips

President Trump's pitch to stop taxing tips is popular with everyone -- except for economists.

January 27, 2025
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  • Asma Khalid
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