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Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, raising prospect of higher costs for U.S. consumers
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China — fulfilling one of his post-campaign commitments to voters that also carries the risk of sparking higher inflation and disrupting businesses across North America.
Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover. Chopra was one of the more important regulators from the previous Democratic administration who was still on the job since Trump took office on Jan. 20. 
As Trump vows to embrace fossil fuels, U.S. climate policy won't change quickly
President Trump's first weeks in office included executive orders that aim to stop or roll back former President Biden's ambitious climate agenda and redirect the country's attention to fossil fuels.
Democrats elect Minnesota‘s Ken Martin as DNC chair on first ballot
Ken Martin of Minnesota is the new chair of the Democratic National Committee. Members of the DNC elected Martin on the first ballot in a vote outside of Washington D.C.
Politics Friday: Democrats seek a new leader with Minnesota’s DFL party chair
MPR News politics editor and host Brian Bakst and his guests talk about the Democratic National Committee’s election of a new party chair and the Minnesotan who’s campaigning for the job. Later, a conversation with newly elected Minnesota Republican Party Chair Alex Plechash.
Trump’s FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS
Brendan Carr, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump, says the public broadcasters are being investigated for allegedly running commercials.