Trump, Mexico and tariffs
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The President of Mexico says she will sue a New York lawyer who reportedly accused her administration of being corrupt and her of being soft on a drug cartel. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo made her announcement on Monday in response to comments and a tweet from Jeffrey Licthman – the
Fundación 911, a nonprofit that provides equipment and training to fire departments across Mexico, sent a crew of 40 members to support local first responders.
President Donald Trump has signed a fentanyl crackdown bill championed by New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich (D). The Halt Fentanyl Act permanently reclassifies the drug as
Alex Witt spoke with New York Times White House Correspondent Tyler Pager about what might be motivating President Trump to impose 30% tariffs on Mexico and the E.U. She also asked him about the President's upcoming announcement about Russia,
Mexico's president on Monday hit back at U.S. criticism that her government was not doing enough to combat fentanyl, calling for the United States to do more to arrest drug traffickers on its own turf and stop the flow of weapons south across the border.
President Claudia Sheinbaum is exploring legal avenues after a Mexican man died following an immigration raid in California.
Sheinbaum is accusing New York-based criminal lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman of defamation after he said that the Mexican president "acts as the public relations arm of a drug trafficking organization."
The arrest came only days after the former middleweight champion lost a match against influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Anaheim, California.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. wasn't arrested earlier in Mexico because of his time spent in the U.S.
The US is imposing a 17% tariff on most tomatoes imported from Mexico with immediate effect, the government said. The duty came into force after the US withdrew from a long-standing agreement with its southern neighbour,