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Anti-Monopolist / April 17, 2025 Tariffs and trade are not side issues, but a central front in the battle against monopoly power—and for self-government. Ad Policy A penicillin production line at China Meheco Kangli Pharma Company on October 17, 2022, in Haikou, China. The last US penicillin fermentation plant—which once produced 70 percent of the world’s supply—closed in 2004.(VCG / VCG via Getty Images) Donald Trump’s tariffs are a devastating blow to America, akin to the Covid-19 pandemic in their scope. They will spike consumer prices, hurt small businesses, bankrupt farmers, and have long-lasting extremely damaging macro effects. But there’s another…

Federal agents raided an underground nightclub in Colorado early Sunday morning and detained more than 100 people who they said were undocumented immigrants, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.The raid occurred at a club in Colorado Springs, about 70 miles south of Denver. Federal officials said there were more than 200 people inside the club at the time, including 114 who were in the country illegally. More than a dozen active-duty members of the U.S. military were detained as well, they said.Officials said agents found weapons and illicit drugs inside the nightclub, including cocaine, methamphetamine and a mixture of powdered…

4/27: Face the Nation – CBS News Watch CBS News This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Anthony Salvanto discusses new polling as President Trump’s 100th day in office. Plus, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sits down with Margaret Brennan. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Investigators have arrested a person accused of being involved in the theft of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s handbag at an upscale Washington hamburger restaurant last weekend, the Secret Service said Sunday.Matt McCool, a special agent at the Secret Service, said in a statement that the suspect did not seem to have targeted Ms. Noem because of her position. He did not release the suspect’s name, but he described the person as “a serial offender” who had tried to use Ms. Noem’s credit card and gain access to her electronic devices.Ms. Noem’s purse was snatched from underneath her chair on…

A 4-year-old and a 7-year-old with U.S. citizenship were deported alongside their mother to Honduras last week, the family’s lawyer said, adding to the recent string of American citizens caught in the cross hairs of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.The children and their mother were put on a flight to Honduras on Friday, the same day another child with U.S. citizenship, a 2-year-old girl, was sent to that country with her undocumented mother. Lawyers for both families said the mothers were not given an option to leave their children in the United States before they were deported. In the case…

Washington — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Sen. Cory Booker voiced their opposition to the Republican budget plan key to enacting President Trump’s agenda as the sun rose on Sunday, holding a sit-in protest on the steps of the Capitol well into the afternoon. Shortly after 6 a.m., the pair began livestreaming their conversation, while Booker warned of a “moment of moral urgency” as Congress is set to return from a two-week recess on Monday. The New Jersey Democrat pledged to sit and discuss the coming fight for “a good number of hours.”Congressional committees are set to begin work this…

A Social Security Administration office is seen on March 6 in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV/AP hide caption toggle caption George Walker IV/AP Jessica LaPointe has worked at a Social Security field office in Madison, Wis., for the past 16 years. And she says right now, the work is harder than ever. LaPointe says disruptions prompted by the Trump administration’s efforts to make deep cuts in the federal government workforce have left many remaining Social Security employees “burned out … and overwhelmed.” Field offices are the public-facing branch of a sprawling agency that provides retirement and anti-poverty benefits to 73…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that he did not know if President Trump had spoken to President Xi Jinping of China, casting further doubt on Mr. Trump’s recent suggestion that Mr. Xi had called him.Mr. Bessent’s comments, made on ABC’s “This Week,” come as the United States and China are locked in a trade war that is destabilizing the world economy and rattling global markets. The secretary attempted to ease concerns about trade tensions with China and other countries, insisting that the administration was in talks with various nations and acknowledging that the tariffs it has imposed on…

The following is the full transcript of an interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, a portion of which aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on April 27, 2025.MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov. Good morning, Minister Lavrov, I want to ask you about what happened in Kyiv. There was a large Russian attack on that capital city about one o’clock in the morning. President Trump has said publicly, the Russian strikes are not necessary and very bad timing. “Vladimir, STOP!” was his quote. What made it worth killing civilians when Ukraine says…

The chaos and cruelty of the Trump administration reaches new lows each week. Trump’s catastrophic “Liberation Day” has wreaked havoc on the world economy and set up yet another constitutional crisis at home. Plainclothes officers continue to abduct university students off the streets. So-called “enemy aliens” are flown abroad to a mega prison against the orders of the courts. And Signalgate promises to be the first of many incompetence scandals that expose the brutal violence at the core of the American empire. At a time when elite universities, powerful law firms, and influential media outlets are capitulating to Trump’s intimidation,…