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WASHINGTONWondering aloud about whose idea it was to make so much gebakje in the first place, bloated Americans across the nation confirmed Tuesday that they were still struggling to work their way through all of the leftover rijstevlaai from the holidays. Dont get me wrong, I usually cant get enough rijstevlaai in December, but we may have overdone it with the nagerecht this time, said Itasca, IL, resident Morris Hayworth, who echoed the sentiment of over 340 million Americans as they moaned and clutched their stomachs, glancing over at tinfoil-wrapped plates still laden with banketstaaf and beschuit met muisjes from the seasons festive gatherings. Ugh, take these away from meI cant even look at another pepernoot. This happens every year. At first, I dont think well have enough stoofpeertjes for everyone. Then we find ourselves eating stoofpeertjes well into January. Maybe if everybody hadnt filled up on stokbrood met kruidenboter at Christmas dinner, our freezer wouldnt be packed to the gills with konijn op grootmoeders wijze. Hayworth went on to add that he and the rest of the U.S. populace were toying with the idea of just doing a simple gourmetten next year to cut down on leftovers.The post Bloated Nation Struggling To Work Way Through Leftover Rijstevlaai appeared first on The Onion.

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New signage, The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, is unveiled on the Kennedy Center, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)2025-12-30T15:28:55Z More artists have canceled scheduled performances at the Kennedy Center following the addition of President Donald Trumps name to the facility, with jazz supergroup The Cookers pulling out of a planned New Years Eve concert, and the institutions president saying the cancellations belie the artists unwillingness to see their music as crossing lines of political disparity.The fresh round of cancellations after Trump put his name of the building follows an earlier artist backlash in spring. After Trump ousted the Kennedy Center board and named himself the institutions chairman in February, performer Issa Rae and the producers of Hamilton cancelled scheduled engagements while musicians Ben Folds and Renee Flaming stepped down from advisory roles. The Cookers, a jazz supergroup performing together for nearly two decades, announced their withdrawal from A Jazz New Years Eve on their website, saying the decision has come together very quickly and acknowledging frustration from those who may have planned to attend. The group didnt mention the buildings renaming or the Trump administration but did say that, when they return to performing, they wanted to ensure that the room is able to celebrate the full presence of the music and everyone in it, reiterating a commitment to playing music that reaches across divisions rather than deepening them. The group may not have addressed the Kennedy Center situation directly, but one of its members has. On Saturday, saxophone player Billy Harper said in comments posted on the Jazz Stage Facebook page that he would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name (and being controlled by the kind of board) that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture. The same music I devoted my life to creating and advancing. According to the White House, Trumps handpicked board approved the renaming. Harper said both the board, as well as the name displayed on the building itself represents a mentality and practices I always stood against. And still do, today more than ever. Richard Grenell, a Trump ally whom the president chose to head the Kennedy Center after he forced out the previous leadership, posted Monday night on X that The artists who are now canceling shows were booked by the previous far left leadership, intimating the bookings were made under the Biden administration. In a statement to The Associated Press, Grenell said Tuesday the last minute cancellations prove that they were always unwilling to perform for everyone even those they disagree with politically, adding that the Kennedy Center had been flooded with inquiries from real artists willing to perform for everyone and who reject political statements in their artistry.There was no immediate word from Kennedy Center officials if the entity would pursue legal action against the group, as Grenell said it would after musician Chuck Redd canceled a Christmas Eve performance. Following that withdrawal, in which Redd cited the Kennedy Center renaming, Grenell said he would seek $1 million in damages for what he called a political stunt. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, and Congress passed a law the following year naming the center as a living memorial to him. Scholars have said any changes to the buildings name would need congressional approval; the law explicitly prohibits the board of trustees from making the center into a memorial to anyone else, and from putting another persons name on the buildings exterior.___Associated Press writers Steven Sloan and Hillel Italie contributed to this report. MEG KINNARD Kinnard covers national politics for The Associated Press. She lives in South Carolina. twitter instagram mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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WASHINGTONClaiming that his longstanding interest in the arts made him a perfect fit for the role, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had appointed himself to the divine muses. Many are saying these nine inspirational goddesses have become beholden to DEI and woke ideology, so Im ascending Mount Helicon as a muse to make sure literature, science, and music continue to serve the American people, Trump said during a press conference, adding that in his position as the 10th muse, he would embody the practices of pastoral poetry and late-night posting sprees on Truth Social. Buskin-shod Melpomene must be doing very well, because its a tragedy whats happened to the muses. Calliope is turning epic poetry into a Marxist nightmare, and Terpsichore, its so sad what shes doing to chorus and dance, isnt it, folks? And what happened to Euterpe? Good old Euterpe, we loved Euterpe. But the flutes now, theyre terrible, so were going in and fixing it. I actually had a great relationship with the Titaness Mnemosyne in the 1980s, and she used to say, Donald, we need someone like you in the muses to keep my daughters in line. So its happening. Im in charge, and together were going to make Boeotia great again. At press time, Trump had reportedly been transformed into a magpie after boasting that the Kennedy Center could stage a production of The Phantom Of The Opera more beautifully than the nine original muses.The post Trump Appoints Self To Divine Muses appeared first on The Onion.

Caroline Kennedy, ambassador of the United States to Australia, left, arrives with her husband, Edwin Schlossberg, center left, and her children, Tatiana Schlossberg, center right, and Jack Schlossberg, right, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, before the presentation ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)2025-12-30T19:28:31Z Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, one of three grandchildren of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died. She was 35.Schlossberg, daughter of Kennedys daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and Edwin Schlossberg, revealed she had terminal cancer in a November 2025 essay in The New Yorker. A family statement disclosing her death was posted on social media Tuesday by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts, the statement said. It did not disclose a cause of death or say where she had died.Schlossberg was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May 2024 at 34. After the birth of her second child, her doctor noticed her white blood cell count was high. It turned out to be acute myeloid leukemia with a rare mutation, mostly seen in older people.In the essay, A Battle With My Blood, Schlossberg recounted going through rounds of chemotherapy and two stem cell transplants and participating in clinical trials. During the most recent trial, she wrote, her doctor told her he could keep me alive for a year, maybe. Schlossberg also criticized policies pushed by her mothers cousin, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in the essay, saying policies he backed could hurt cancer patients like her. Her mother had urged senators to reject his confirmation. As I spent more and more of my life under the care of doctors, nurses, and researchers striving to improve the lives of others, I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers, the essay reads. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on Schlossberg had worked as a reporter covering climate change and the environment for The New York Times Science section. Her 2019 book Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Dont Know You Have won the Society of Environmental Journalists Rachel Carson Environment Book Award in 2020. Schlossberg wrote in The New Yorker essay that she feared her daughter and son wouldnt remember her. She felt cheated and sad that she wouldnt get to keep living the wonderful life she had with her husband, George Moran. While her parents and two siblings tried to hide their pain from her, she said she felt it every day. Her siblings, Rose and Jack Schlossberg, are JFKs other grandchildren. For my whole life, I have tried to be good, to be a good student and a good sister and a good daughter, and to protect my mother and never make her upset or angry, she said. Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our familys life, and theres nothing I can do to stop it.Schlossbergs mother Caroline was 5 years old when her father, President Kennedy, was assassinated in Dallas in 1963. She was 10 when her uncle, Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated in Los Angeles in 1968 while he was running for president. Carolines brother, John F. Kennedy Jr., died in 1999 when the single-engine plane he was piloting plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, near Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts. His wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, also died in the crash.___Levy reported from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Brumfield from Cockeysville, Maryland. MARC LEVY Levy covers politics and state government in Pennsylvania for The Associated Press. He is based in Harrisburg. twitter

Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura leave the United States District Court District of Maryland, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Greenbelt, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)2025-12-30T19:23:54Z NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A newly unsealed order in the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia reveals that high-level Justice Department officials pushed for his indictment, calling it a top priority, only after he was mistakenly deported and then ordered returned to the U.S. Abrego Garcia has pleaded not guilty in federal court in Tennessee to charges of human smuggling. He is seeking to have the case dismissed on the grounds that the prosecution is vindictive a way for President Donald Trumps administration to punish him for the embarrassment of his mistaken deportation.To support that argument, he has asked the government to turn over documents that reveal how the decision was made to prosecute him in 2025 for an incident that occurred in 2022. On Dec. 3, U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw filed an order under seal that compelled the government to provide some documents to Abrego Garcia and his attorneys. That order was unsealed on Tuesday and sheds new light on the case. Earlier, Crenshaw found that there was some evidence that the prosecution of Abrego Garcia could be vindictive. He specifically cited a statement by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on a Fox News program that seemed to suggest that the Department of Justice charged Abrego Garcia because he had won his wrongful deportation case. Rob McGuire, who was the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee until late December, argued that those statements were irrelevant because he alone made the decision to prosecute, and he has no animus against Abrego Garcia. In the newly unsealed order, Crenshaw writes, Some of the documents suggest not only that McGuire was not a solitary decision-maker, but he in fact reported to others in DOJ and the decision to prosecute Abrego may have been a joint decision.DOJ officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The human smuggling charges stem from a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee where Abrego Garcia was pulled over for speeding. There were nine passengers in the car, and state troopers discussed the possibility of human smuggling among themselves. However, he was ultimately allowed to leave with only a warning. The case was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations, but there is no record of any effort to charge him until April 2025, according to court records. The order does not give a lot of detail on what is in the documents that were turned over to Abrego Garcia, but it shows that Aakash Singh, who works under Blanche in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, contacted McGuire about Abrego Garcias case on April 27, the same day that McGuire received a file on the case from Homeland Security Investigations. That was several days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Abrego Garcias favor on April 10. On April 30, Singh said in an email to McGuire that the prosecution was a top priority for the Deputy Attorney Generals Office, according to the order. Singh and McGuire continued to communicate about the prosecution. On May 15, McGuire emailed his staff that Blanche would like Garcia charged sooner rather than later, Crenshaw writes. On May 18, Singh wrote to McGuire and others to hold the draft indictment until they got clearance to file it. The implication is that clearance would come from the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, Crenshaw writes. A hearing on the motion to dismiss the case on the basis of vindictive prosecution is scheduled for Jan. 28. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

This combination of undated images provided by Hardman for Iowa and Lucas Loftin on Friday, Dec. 26, 2205, shows Democrat Renee Hardman and Republican Lucas Loftin, who are running against each other in the special election for the state Senate seat representing parts of Des Moines suburbs. (Hardman for Iowa, Lucas Loftin via AP)2025-12-30T05:04:22Z DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Some Iowans are ringing in 2026 with a special election on the final Tuesday of the year, casting ballots for a state senator in a race that offers Republicans an opportunity to reclaim two-thirds control of the chamber.Democrat Renee Hardman faces Republican Lucas Loftin in the election for the state Senate seat representing parts of Des Moines suburbs. The seat is vacant after the Oct. 6 death of state Sen. Claire Celsi, a Democrat.Flipping the seat would give Republicans supermajority status once again, just months after a Democrat flipped a Republican seat in an August special election, giving Democrats 17 seats to Republicans 33. Celsis death left the Democratic caucus at 16.Senate Republicans left Des Moines last spring with a supermajority, which allows the party to easily confirm Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds appointments to state agencies and commissions. A Hardman win in Tuesdays election would limit Republicans power in the Senate as lawmakers prepare to return to Des Moines for the 2026 legislative session. Without a supermajority, Republicans would have to rely on support from at least one Democrat to approve Reynolds nominees. Democrats outnumber Republicans in the district by about 3,300 voters, 37% to 30%, but a holiday week special election may prove more volatile.About a third of registered voters in the district are affiliated with another party or register without a political party. Celsi won her 2024 reelection bid against a Libertarian competitor with 69% of the district electorate. But she earned a smaller majority of voters in 2022 58% against a Republican, who earned 42% of the vote. That was similar to the share Republican President Donald Trump received in the district last year.Hardman, who would be the first Black woman elected to the Iowa state Senate, is the CEO of nonprofit Lutheran Services of Iowa and a member of the West Des Moines City Council. Loftin, who started as a tree trimmer for Wright Service Corp. in 2007, has since transitioned to software and data project management for the environmental services company.___Schoenbaum reported from Salt Lake City. HANNAH FINGERHUT Fingerhut is a government and politics reporter based in Des Moines, Iowa. mailto HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Schoenbaum is a government and politics reporter based in Salt Lake City, Utah. She also covers general news in the Rockies and LGBTQ+ rights policies in U.S. statehouses. twitter mailto

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Children watch television at ABC Learning Center in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)2025-12-31T21:13:16Z The Trump administration has said it is freezing child care funds to all states until they provide more verification and administrative data about the programs in a move fueled by a series of fraud schemes at Minnesota day care centers run by Somali residents.All 50 states will be impacted by the review, but the Republican administration is focusing most of its ire on the blue state of Minnesota. Minnesota Democratic Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement Wednesday that he was exploring all our legal options to ensure that critical childcare services do not get abruptly slashed based on pretext and grandstanding.Minnesota will face additional hurdles to restart child care funding by needing to provide even more verification for child care centers in the state that are suspected of fraud. The administration is also calling for an audit of some Minnesota child care centers after a series of fraud schemes involving government programs in the state in recent years. It is unclear how much more robust the verification process for states will be than it was before the new measures were implemented. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim ONeill called it a response to blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota and across the country in a social media post announcing the change on Tuesday. Officials are also requiring all states to provide additional verification to get child care funds.Here are some things to know about these moves: More verification needed for all states to get child care fundsAll 50 states will have to provide additional levels of verification and administrative data before they receive more funding from the Child Care and Development Fund, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson. However, before Minnesota can receive child care funds again, it will have to provide even more verification for child care centers in that state that are suspected of fraud, such as attendance and licensing records, past enforcement actions and inspection reports.In his post on Tuesday, ONeill said all Administration for Children and Families payments nationwide would require justification and a receipt or photo evidence before money is sent, but the HHS spokesperson said Wednesday that the additional verifications only apply to CCDF payments. Walz says Trump is politicizing the issue Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, said in a social media post that fraudsters are a serious issue that the state has spent years cracking down on but that this move is part of Trumps long game.Hes politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans, Walz said.State Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy condemned the move in a statement Wednesday.Republicans are playing sick games and winning devastating prizes, Murphy said. And now, tens of thousands of Minnesota families will pay the price as Donalds Trumps agents strip away crucial funding. Our day care system is already stressed; this reckless decision could force a collapse that affects all of us. Fraud investigations could stretch to other programs, statesThe administration launched efforts in recent weeks to track down fraud in other programs in Minnesota and is looking at fraud in other states. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an interview with Fox & Friends on Wednesday that the administration is considering similar fraud investigations in other blue states, such as California and New York.The administration will continue to send officers to investigate potential fraud sites in Minnesota and deport undocumented immigrants, Leavitt said, adding that the Department of Homeland Security is considering plans to denaturalize citizens.The Department of Labor is also investigating the states unemployment insurance program, Leavitt said. The administration this month threatened to withhold SNAP food aid funding from Democratic-controlled states, including Minnesota, unless they provide information about people receiving assistance. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in December sent Minnesota a letter threatening to disqualify it from SNAP and cut funding unless it recertified the eligibility for over 100,000 households and interviewed them in-person within 30 days, according to a lawsuit filed by Minnesotas attorney general, who Leavitt criticized. Attention focused on MinnesotaThe announcement came a day after U.S. Homeland Security officials conducted a fraud investigation in Minneapolis, questioning workers at unidentified businesses. Trump has criticized Walzs administration over the cases, capitalizing on them to target the Somali diaspora in the state, which has the largest Somali population in the U.S.In his post Tuesday, ONeill, who is serving as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, referenced a right-wing influencer who posted a video last week claiming he found that day care centers operated by Somali residents in Minneapolis had committed up to $100 million in fraud. Meanwhile, there are concerns about harassment that home-based day care providers and members of the Somali community nationwide might face amid the vitriol, including Trumps comments earlier this month, referring to Somali immigrants as garbage. Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown released a statement about home-based day care providers being harassed and accused of fraud, saying, Showing up on someones porch, threatening, or harassing them isnt an investigation. Neither is filming minors who may be in the home. CHARLOTTE KRAMON Kramon covers government and politics from Atlanta. She is a Report for America corps member. twitter mailto

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2025-12-31T17:16:21Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump issued the first vetoes of his second term on Tuesday, rejecting two low-profile bipartisan bills, a move that had the effect of punishing backers who had opposed the presidents positions on other issues.Trump vetoed drinking water pipeline legislation from Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, a longtime ally who broke with the president in November to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He also vetoed legislation that would have given the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida more control of some of its tribal lands. The tribe was among groups suing the administration over an immigration detention center in the Everglades known as " Alligator Alcatraz.Both bills had bipartisan support and had been noncontroversial until the White House announced Trumps vetoes Tuesday night. Trump appeared to acknowledge the tribes opposition to the detention facility in a letter to Congress explaining his veto. The Miccosukee Tribe has actively sought to obstruct reasonable immigration policies that the American people decisively voted for when I was elected, Trump wrote. Trump did not allude to Boebert in his veto of her legislation, but raised concerns about the cost of the water pipeline at the heart of that bill. Boebert, one of four House Republicans who sided with House Democrats early on to force the release of the Epstein files, shared a statement on social media suggesting that the veto may have been political retaliation. I sincerely hope this veto has nothing to do with political retaliation for calling out corruption and demanding accountability. Americans deserve leadership that puts people over politics, her statement said. Boebert added in another post: This isnt over.The Florida legislation had been sponsored by Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez, whom Trump has endorsed. Gimenez and the Miccosukee Tribe were not immediately available for comment on Wednesday. When asked whether the vetoes were punishment, the White House did not answer and instead referred to Trumps statements explaining the vetoes.Congress can override the vetoes by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the House and the Senate, but its unclear if theres enough support in the Republican-controlled chambers to do so, especially heading into a midterm election year where many of them will be on the ballot and many GOP members will count on Trumps backing.Boeberts legislation, the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act, aimed to improve access to clean drinking water in eastern Colorado. While the congresswoman has long been a staunch supporter of Trump, she found herself at odds with the president with her support this year for legislation that required the Justice Department to release files related to Epstein.Trump fought the proposal before reversing in the face of growing Republican support for releasing the files. Members of his administration even met with Boebert in the White House Situation Room to discuss the matter, though she didnt change her mind. Republican Rep. Jeff Hurd of Colorado, who co-sponsored the legislation, said he was deeply disappointed by Trumps veto. This was a bipartisan, unanimous bill passed by Congress to uphold a long-standing federal commitment to southeastern Colorado, Hurd said in a statement. He said the legislation did not authorize any new construction spending or expand the federal governments original commitment to the pipeline project, but adjusted the terms of repaying its costs.___Kinnard reported from Chapin, South Carolina. MICHELLE L. PRICE Price covers the White House. She previously covered the 2024 presidential campaign and politics, government and other news in New York, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. She is based in Washington. twitter mailto MEG KINNARD Kinnard covers national politics for The Associated Press. She lives in South Carolina. twitter instagram mailto

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)2025-12-31T13:48:40Z President Donald Trump made a lot of tariff threats and trade promises this year. Many materialized into a barrage of new import taxes that overturned decades of U.S. economic policy but others have yet to be fulfilled as 2025 comes to a close.Some of Trumps unrealized threats reflect a broader approach from a president with a track record of using sky-high levies to pressure other countries into new trade deals, one-up retaliatory measures or even punish political critics. At the same time, they arrived as growing list of tariffs did go into effect from Trumps punishing new taxes on imported metals, to tit-for-tat levies with top U.S. trading partners like China plunging consumers and businesses worldwide into uncertainty.Heres what Trump said when announcing some of his biggest (but still unrealized) tariff threats and promises this year, and where things stand today. External Revenue ServiceIn his words: 1. Trump in a Jan. 14 social media post: For far too long, we have relied on taxing our Great People using the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ... We will begin charging those that make money off of us with Trade, and they will start paying, FINALLY, their fair share. January 20, 2025, will be the birth date of the External Revenue Service.2. Trump in his Jan. 20 inaugural address: We are establishing the External Revenue Service to collect all tariffs, duties, and revenues. It will be massive amounts of money pouring into our Treasury, coming from foreign sources.What happened: The External Revenue Service has yet to be established as of the end of December. While administration officials continued to reiterate plans for launching the External Revenue Service during Trumps first months back in office, the entity does not yet exist. 200% tariff on European wine, Champagne and spirits In his words:3. Trump in a March 13 social media post: The European Union, one of the most hostile and abusive taxing and tariffing authorities in the World, which was formed for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the United States, has just put a nasty 50% Tariff on Whisky. If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the U.S. will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AND OTHER E.U. REPRESENTED COUNTRIES.What happened: The EUs planned levy on American whiskey which it unveiled as part of broader retaliation in response to Trumps new steel and aluminum tariffs was postponed, with the latest delay reportedly running until at least February. Trumps 200% tariff threat on European alcohol never materialized. But spirits were not included in the EU-U.S. trade deal struck over the summer, which set a 15% rate on most European imports. 100% tariff on foreign-made filmsIn his words:4. Trump in a May 4 social media post: The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death ... I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.5. Trump in a Sept. 29 social media post: Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, just like stealing candy from a baby ... I will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States.What happened: Despite Trumps repeated threats, the U.S. has yet to impose a 100% tariff on foreign films. After his initial May promise to initiate the process, the White House said no final decision had been made. Also still unclear is how the U.S. would tax a movie made overseas. Tariffs on pharmaceutical drugsIn his words:6. Trump in a Cabinet meeting on July 8: Well be announcing something very soon on pharmaceuticals. Were going to give people about a year, a year and a half, to come in. And after that, theyre going to be tariffed ... Theyre going to be tariffed at a very, very high rate, like 200 percent.7. Trump in a Sept. 25 social media post: Starting October 1st, 2025, we will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product, unless a Company IS BUILDING their Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant in America.What happened: The president did not sign an executive order imposing a 100% tariff on pharma products on Oct. 1 and, as of today, no levy has been put into place. But Trump previously suggested that steep levies on pharmaceutical drugs could arrive further down the road, telling CNBC in August that he would start by charging a small tariff and potentially raise the rate as high as 250%. Meanwhile, trade agreements with specific countries set their own rates or exemptions with the U.K., for example, securing a 0% tariff on all British medicine exported to the U.S. for three years. The administration also announced deals with specific companies with promises of lower drug prices.100% tariff on computer chipsIn his words: 8. Trump on August 6: Well be putting a tariff of approximately 100% on chips and semiconductors ... But if youre building in the United States of America, theres no charge.What happened: A sweeping 100% on computer chips has yet to go into effect. When announcing his plans to impose the levy back in August, Trump was not specific about the timing. And other details have remained scarce.$2,000 tariff dividendIn his words:9. Trump in a Nov. 9 social media post: People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS! ... A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.What happened: Details about how, when and if a tariff dividend will reach Americans are still scarce. Budget experts have said that the math doesnt add up. And Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested that it might not mean checks from the government. Instead, Bessent told ABC in November, the rebate might take the form of tax cuts. White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett also told CBS News that its up to Congress. WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Grantham-Philips is a business reporter who covers trending news for The Associated Press. She is based in New York. twitter mailto