Trump, Liberation Day and Tariffs
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President Donald Trump is “highly likely” to extend the 90-day tariff pause for countries negotiating with the U.S. in “good faith,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday. During a House Ways and Means Committee hearing,
President Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he would send letters to trading partners in the next week or two setting unilateral tariff rates. “At a certain point, we’re just going to send letters out.
The Trump administration is “highly likely” to extend next month’s deadline for countries to agree one-for-one trade deals — so long as they are engaged in “good-faith negotiations,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told lawmakers Wednesday.
The UK economy shrank by 0.3% during April after Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on foreign imports, official numbers show. It’s a blow to Rachel Reeves, who tried to splash the cash for government departments in her spending review yesterday.
President Donald Trump hailed an appeals court ruling keeping his tariffs in place temporarily as a “great and important win” Wednesday morning, falsely claiming the court upheld his “Liberation Day” tariffs—though the actual court ruling says nothing about the merits of Trump’s signature policy, and judges could still strike the tariffs down.
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday night that President Trump’s 'Liberation Day' tariffs could stay in force while it considers whether the president has the ultimate legal authority to impose the duties.
Mr. Funk was the managing editor of Pleroma Media, and worked as a breaking news reporter at The Messenger after spending 25 years at Fox Television as a producer, executive producer, and digital content director.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sold off nearly two dozen stocks before President Donald Trump's tariff announcement sent the stock market into a tailspin, according to new disclosure reports. Hegseth reported selling between $100,