What Happened Today – Feb 1 February 21, 2025 by 7606pwpadmin Donald Trump announced a 25% surcharge on goods from Canada and Mexico. Economy https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/01/politics/mexico-canada-china-tariffs-trump/index.html Donald Trump announced an additional 10% tariff on energy imported from Canada Economy https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/north-america-braces-new-trump-tariffs-saturday-deadline-nears-2025-01-31/ Donald Trump added a 10% tariff on top of China’s existing tariffs Economy https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariff-enacted-february-1-canada-mexico-china/ Treasury Secretary gives Elon Musk’s team to the nation’s payment network EconomyOversight https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/us/politics/elon-musk-doge-federal-payments-system.html The United States conducted airstrikes in Somalia today War https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/01/donald-trump-us-airstrikes-islamic-state-somalia The Pentagon offices of Politico, NBC, NPR, and the New York Times were reassigned to conservative media outlets Censorship https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/pentagon-removes-major-media-outlets-nbc-news-dedicated-workstations-p-rcna190276 Donald Trump fired the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau EconomyFederal PersonnelOversight https://www.axios.com/2025/02/01/trump-cfpb-rohit-chopra-fired The USAID website has gone offline CensorshipOversight https://fedscoop.com/usaid-website-goes-dark-staff-emails-deactivated-amid-doge-takeover-source-says/ 50 Education Dept employees placed on leave for past jobs in DEI roles DEIFederal Personnel https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/01/trump-dei-energy-education-departments/
