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The guidance that was issued also excludes flash drives and memory cards from the new tariffs President Trump exempted phones, computers and chips from his new tariffs on Friday. The guidance that was issued also excludes flash drives and memory cards. Trump has imposed 145% tariffs on imports from China. He paused further tariff actions on other countries in favor of a 10% baseline tariff.

President Donald Trump will exempt automakers from proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada for one month after pleas from industry leaders. “We are going to give a one month exemption on any autos coming through USMCA,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a press conference on Wednesday. “Reciprocal tariffs will still go into effect on April, 2, but at the request of the companies associated with USMCA, the president is giving them an exemption for one month so they are not at an economic disadvantage,” she continued.

Native Canadians are second class citizens. Justin Trudeau’s crackdown on protests under an Emergencies Act order specifically exempts refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants and other ethnic minorities.Yes, really.The Canadian government’s Emergency Measures Regulations: SOR/2022-21 order bans people from taking part “in a public assembly that may reasonably be expected to lead to a breach of the peace.”However, the law does not apply to “any person in a class of persons whose presence in Canada, as determined by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration or the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, is in the national interest.”This includes Indians, refugees, immigrants,...

President Obama will exempt all military personnel accounts from the $500 billion in defense cuts under sequestration, the Obama administration said in a letter to Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Jeffrey Zients told Congress the president is exercising his authority in the Budget Control Act to exempt military personnel from the 10-year sequestration cuts, according to the letter obtained by The Hill. The decision to exempt personnel will place further strain on the budget accounts that defense contractors rely on for weapons programs, should the automatic spending cuts occur.

The United States on Thursday exempted China and Singapore from sanctions over purchases of oil from Iran, hours before restrictions would have entered into force against their banks.

It seems that the Islamic terrorist-supporting and USA-based CAIR has decided that “their” people–those following the “religious” practices that began the terror attacks in the first place and continue through today–must be exempt from these searches as it is against said “religion.” So, to again prove that the Obama regime fully supports Islam and everything it teaches and does, DHS chief Janet Napolitano is “inclined” to go along with the terrorists (against US citizens) and is even considering allowing Muslim women to pat themselves down–and then only in their head area!

TEXAS — Under a state Homeland Security law enacted in June, public officials cannot disclose the locations of certain security cameras on private and public property. If the provision is applied retroactively, it could strike down an open-records request filed last fall by the University of Texas at Austin student newspaper, which was asking for information about cameras on campus and in the city. Gov. Rick Perry signed House Bill 9 on June 22, effectively sealing information about state-funded security systems in order to protect public or private property from an act of terrorism or related criminal activity. Records that...