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Sean Craig

Sean Craig is a reporter in Berlin. He previously covered media for the Financial Post, and has written for BuzzFeed News, Vice, the National Observer and the Toronto Star.
Air Canada's aircraft seen at Calgary International Airport, on December 26, 2024, in Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Canada.
MAPLE LEAVES

US-Canada Flight Bookings Down 70% Amid Trump’s Trade War

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called President Donald Trump’s latest salvo in his trade war a “direct attack” on Wednesday.

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Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting held by President Donald Trump at the White House on March 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.
SPINNING HIS WHEELS

Musk Warns New Trump Tariffs Are ‘Significant’ Cost to Tesla

Financial indicators suggest the Musk-led carmaker will get off lightly compared to its competition under the president’s auto tariffs.

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Donald Trump
SCHOOL’S OUT

New Trump Plan Could Ban Foreign Students From Some Colleges

“Everyone is fair game,” an administration official told Axios, referring to the 1.5 million people with student visas in the U.S.

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President Donald Trump reacts to a reporter's question from the Resolute Desk after signing an executive order to appoint the deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration in the Oval Office at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.
‘WE HAVE LISTENED’

Social Security Walks Back Service Cuts After Outrage

Advocates and retirees blasted changes announced by the acting SSA commissioner, which one group said could “ultimately collapse the system.”

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President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House on February 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.
DEMOCRAZY

Trump Revamps Election Rules With Sweeping Executive Order

“It is an illegal power grab that would block tens of millions from voting,” said Wendy Weiser of the Brennan Center for Justice.

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U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, takes a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White Hous
OH MIKE

Another Reason Trump Wasn’t Happy With Waltz After Chat Leak

“The president was p---ed that Waltz could be so stupid,” a source told Politico.

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President Donald Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the first day of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan on June 28, 2019.
AUTOCRAT’S AMOUR

It’s True: Putin Gave Trump Specially Commissioned Portrait

Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, previously described the artwork as “beautiful.”

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The cohosts of Fox & Friends during the March 25, 2025 broadcast of the Fox News morning chat show.
NUMBERS GAME

‘Fox & Friends’ Demand Answers on Group Chat ‘Mistake’

“How does this most horrific of all reporters in Washington, D.C. get added to your text chain?” co-host Kayleigh McEnany asked.

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Donald Trump
CAN’T TAKE A JOKE

Trump Plots New Event to Rival Correspondents’ Dinner

The MAGA gala could also have a theme: Melania Trump’s birthday.

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Brit Hume appears on Fox News on March 24, 2025.
NOT HAVING IT

Fox News Analyst Floored by Hegseth’s Attempt to Deny Leak

Brit Hume called Hegseth’s disclosure in a Trump administration group chat that inadvertently included a journalist “a major leak.”

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