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Trump hits Iran trade partners with tariffs as protest toll soars
- US President Donald Trump announced a 25-percent tariff on any country doing business with Iran, ramping up pressure as a rights group estimated a crackdown on protests has killed at least 648 people. Iranian authorities insisted they have regained control after successive nights of mass protests nationwide since Thursday that have posed one of the biggest challenges to the clerical leadership since the 1979 ...

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House Republican introduces bill to authorize Trump to take Greenland
- Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Republican Rep. Randy Fine introduced legislation Monday authorizing President Donald Trump to take measures necessary to acquire Greenland, amid renewed White House rhetoric about taking the autonomous Danish island. The Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act, which is anything but assured of passage through the House, would give Trump the power to take the island, including through annexation, ...

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Trump says any country doing business with Iran will be hit with a 25% tariff
- said Monday that he'll impose a tariff of 25% on any country that does business with Iran. "Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. It's unclear how the tariff will be implemented or which countries could be affected. The White House did ...

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