Summarizing Trump’s Second Term Moves—Bigly!

March 13, 2025

Day of Trump's Second Term

CNN  —  As Wall Street reeled for a second straight day on Tuesday, President Donald Trump chose not to appear with worried working people but to prop up the share prices and wealth of the world’s richest man – Elon Musk – with a bizarre sales pitch for Tesla on the White House South Lawn.
WASHINGTON — The Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the organization’s staff—a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency. Department officials announced the cuts Tuesday, raising questions about the agency’s ability to continue usual operations. The Trump Administration had
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s threat Tuesday to double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada led the provincial government of Ontario to suspend its planned surcharges on electricity sold to the United States. As a result, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said the U.S. President pulled back
How a phone call with Trump may have surged the Russian market The DOW Jones is now down more than 2,500 points since President Donald Trump took office and as US stocks have plunged, Russian stocks have surged. CNN's Erin Burnett reports on a phone call Trump made to Russian President Vladimir Putin that may
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has temporarily paused millions of dollars in federal funding to the University of Maine system, the school said Tuesday, as the agency reviews its compliance with new orders aimed at banning transgender athletes. The freeze comes after President Donald Trump publicly sparred with Maine's Democratic governor in a
Anderson Cooper reacts to Trump touting Tesla alongside Elon Musk at White House On the south lawn of the White House, President Donald Trump held a combination press conference and live Tesla ad, accompanied by the company’s CEO Elon Musk – all in front of a line of shiny Tesla vehicles. CNN’s Anderson Cooper reports.
President Trump and White House senior adviser, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk depart after looking at Tesla vehicles on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Trump stepped into a car outside the White House on Tuesday afternoon — but not
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