'...On Wednesday evening, Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on all foreign-made cars to protect the nation’s auto industry from unfair trade competition. GM executives said they will be increasing production of light-duty trucks at the automaker’s Fort Wayne Assembly Plant in Indiana...'
'...A White House fact sheet states that the move will "turn over education to families instead of bureaucracies. Trump and proponents of eliminating the department have long said the agency has failed American students.
"NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) scores reveal a national crisis — our children are falling behind," Harrison Fields, the White House principal deputy press secretary, told Fox News. "Over the past four years, Democrats have allowed millions of illegal minors into the country, straining school resources and diverting focus from American students."...'
'...The transit agency quickly responded by suing to keep the toll in place.
The scheme, which went into effect Jan. 5, irked many blue collar folks — who said they need vehicles for their jobs, or that taking public transit doubles their commuting time. ...'Allison Rivera, 42, who works in a medical office in Manhattan said she’s been forking over $45 a week just to get to her job.
“Finally,” she said of the scrapped toll. “It was so unfair to pay an extra $9 to get to work [daily].”
Ricky Stevens, 58, who works in a deli in the East Village added, “I didn’t vote for Trump, but he’s doing more for New Yorkers than our governor. Isn’t that sad?”
'...Former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Biden’s Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, and attorneys Andrew Weissmann, Mark Zaid and Norm Eisen, also had their clearances revoked. ...'
'the U.S. will not grant visas to transgender women athletes trying to enter the country to participate in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. ...an executive order aimed at prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in women's sports and directing agencies to withdraw federal funding for any schools that refuse to comply. ...'
'...President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council and put a halt to funding for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency on Tuesday, the same day he's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Politico reported Monday.
Trump's executive order would reinstate policies that were in place under his first administration eight years ago. ...accused the HRC of "consistent bias" against Israel, while the UNRWA has been linked to the Hamas terrorists, with Israel — not the U.N. — outing several agency staffers also being members of the Gazan terrorist outfit. '
'...The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is offering buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by next week — an unprecedented move to shrink the U.S. government at breakneck speed.
A memo from the Office of Personnel Management, the government’s human resources agency, also said it would begin subjecting all federal employees to "enhanced standards of suitability and conduct" and ominously warned of future downsizing. ...'
'US president-elect [Trump] posted on social media about plan to impose 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada over [illegal] immigration ...Trump posted on social media that he would “sign all necessary documents” to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% tariff on all goods products coming into the United States, adding the levy would remain in place until “such time as drugs, in particular fentanyl, and all illegal aliens stop this invasion of our country!”...'
