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NY Times – Politics

President Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on metal imports. The move is expected to raise costs for U.S. manufacturers of cars, solar panels and other products, potentially slowing the economy. [...]

Elon Musk has signaled he wants to make some donations not just to his own super PAC, which is called America PAC and has spent heavily on President Trump in the past, but to an outside entity. [...]

Representative Keith Self of Texas insisted on calling Representative Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, “Mr. McBride,” and adjourned the session when challenged about it. [...]

President Trump has spent years bashing electric vehicles. But with Elon Musk by his side, he said he would buy a bright red one. [...]

Slater, a longtime Washington lawyer, has been particularly critical of power in the tech industry. [...]

More than two dozen G.O.P. members of the House and Senate called on the International Olympic Committee to align its eligibility rules with President Trump’s transgender sports ban. [...]