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Trump: I Paused Tariffs Because People Were 'Yippy'

Bessent says president will negotiate 'bespoke' trade deals with other countries

(Newser) - President Trump said Wednesday that he paused most of his "reciprocal" tariffs on other countries because people were getting "yippy" and "afraid." The president said he had been watching the bond market, where there has been a major sell-off, and he thought people were "getting...

White House Not Backing Down From Its Fight Against AP

It filed a notice of appeal Wednesday afternoon

(Newser) - The Trump administration said Wednesday it would appeal a federal court decision that ordered it to re-admit Associated Press journalists to White House events on First Amendment grounds. The AP reports the government filed a notice of appeal early Wednesday afternoon on behalf of the three officials sued by the...

Trump Announces Tariffs Pause, With a Big Exception

He says tariff on imports from China is going up to 125%, effective immediately

(Newser) - Stock indexes skyrocketed Wednesday within minutes of President Trump announcing a pause on tariffs just hours after they took effect—with one big exception. In a Truth Social post, Trump said he was raising the tariff "charged to China" to 125%, effective immediately. Earlier Wednesday, China had responded to...

Trump's Tariffs Prod Delta to Yank Its 2025 Guidance

The airline had originally expected best financial year ever

(Newser) - As trade tensions ripple through the economy, Delta Air Lines yanked its full-year guidance on Wednesday. CNBC sees it as a big "shift" for the country's most profitable airline, which had initially expected the "best financial year in our history." In March it trimmed its...

Trump's Advice to Americans on Tariffs: 'Be Cool'

Also, buy stocks and reshore your company

(Newser) - Consumer confidence is sinking , China and the EU have introduced retaliatory tariffs within the last few hours, and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says we're likely spiraling toward a recession . The president's response? "Be cool." President Trump took to Truth Social Wednesday morning to share the following:...

Dimon: Yeah, We're 'Likely' Spiraling Toward Recession

JPMorgan Chase chief had warned earlier this week that Trump's tariff war might be problematic

(Newser) - Earlier this week, Jamie Dimon sent up a red flag on the tit-for-tat trade war spurred by the Trump administration, which has sent markets into a tailspin , warning that the resulting tariffs will likely bring about "inflationary outcomes" and "slow down growth." He hedged at the time...

China Raises Tariffs 84%, Vows 'Fight to the End'

Tariffs on US goods jump from 34% to 84%, effective Thursday

(Newser) - Hours after President Trump's 104% tariffs on Chinese goods went into effect, China did exactly what Trump urged it not to do: It retaliated. Beijing increased tariffs on US goods from 34% to 84%, effective Thursday. US stock index futures fell sharply with the announcement, per Reuters . Speaking before...

Trump Helps to Replace Historic White House Tree

White House calls it a 'MAGAnolia'

(Newser) - President Trump on Tuesday helped shovel dirt onto the replacement for a historic White House tree that had to be removed because of safety concerns around its deteriorating condition. "We have a beautiful tree now at the White House," Trump said. The White House did not allow news...

Trump Halts $1.8B in Funding for Cornell, Northwestern

Administration says alleged civil rights violations are being investigated at the schools

(Newser) - More than $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and around $790 million for Northwestern University have been frozen while the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at both schools, the White House says. It's part of a broader push to use government funding to get major academic...

Elon Musk: Peter Navarro Is a 'Moron'

Feud between DOGE mastermind and Trump's top trade adviser heats up

(Newser) - Elon Musk continued ramping up the rhetoric in his ongoing tariff-related feud with President Trump's top trade adviser, calling Peter Navarro a "moron" who is "dumber than a sack of bricks." The insults came in response to Navarro referring to Musk as a "car assembler"...

Trump Signs 4 Orders on 'Beautiful' Coal

'I told my people, never use the word coal unless you put beautiful, clean before it'

(Newser) - President Trump signed a series of executive orders Tuesday aimed at boosting the struggling coal industry, a reliable but polluting energy source that's long been in decline. Under the four orders, Trump uses his emergency authority to allow some older coal-fired power plants set for retirement to keep producing...

Democratic Congressman Bucks Party on Tariffs

Maine's Jared Golden supports the idea to help manufacturing

(Newser) - Congressman Jaren Golden occupies an unusual place on Capitol Hill: He is a Democrat who supports President Trump's tariffs. "My biggest worry is that they're going to do this and lose faith and political will and back away," he tells Axios , adding that he would vote...

After Edits to Underground Railroad Page, NPS Reverts

Harriet Tubman pic, slavery mentions were deleted; NPS rep says edits were made 'without approval'

(Newser) - The National Park Service has restored a webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad after Tubman's photo was removed, along with numerous mentions of slavery. The Washington Post described various website changes on Sunday, attributing these to strict interpretations of President Trump's executive orders to eliminate "...

Supreme Court Gives Trump a Win on Firings

Justices temporarily halt order requiring probationary workers to be rehired

(Newser) - President Trump has scored a second—albeit temporary—win from the Supreme Court in as many days. On Tuesday, the court paused a lower court's ruling that the government must rehire thousands of probationary workers who were dismissed, reports the Washington Post . The 7-2 ruling comes a day after...

You Don't Want to Know How Much an iPhone May Soon Cost

If tariff talks don't work and Apple doesn't absorb the hit, an iPhone 16 Pro Max could be $2.3K

(Newser) - As the stock market rides another rough day on Monday, Americans are nervously waiting to see what the Trump administration's tariffs war will do to their shopping bills. It doesn't look good when it comes to picking up a new iPhone: Analysts on Thursday said that iPhone prices...

Report: Trump Wants to Fine Migrants $998 a Day

'It's to project fear in communities,' a former ICE official tells Reuters

(Newser) - The Trump administration is continuing its push to deport or otherwise vacate immigrants from the United States, and it's now come up with a plan for those who won't leave on their own: Deplete their bank accounts. Reuters has seen documents that suggest President Trump plans to fine...

Navarro Ramps Up Tariffs Fight With Musk
Navarro
Ramps Up
Tariffs Fight
With Musk
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Apr 8, 2025 7:11 AM CDT

Navarro Ramps Up Tariffs Fight With Musk

Their feuding illustrates a growing split in Trump world

(Newser) - Two of President Trump's top advisers are having a nasty war of words about tariffs. The spat involves Elon Musk and Peter Navarro, the latter being Trump's top trade adviser and a lead architect of the tariffs. Musk has spoken out against them, and Navarro again suggested on...

How Fake News Caused a Market Surge
How an Errant Headline
Caused Markets to Surge
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Apr 8, 2025 5:21 AM CDT

How an Errant Headline Caused Markets to Surge

News outlets trace false information, though origin is still vague

(Newser) - Markets see-sawed wildly Monday before ultimately ending slightly lower , thanks in part to what the Trump administration referred to as "fake news" regarding tariffs. What happened, per CNN and NBC News :
  • At around 8:30am Eastern time, Fox News interviewed National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, who was asked
...

Soldiers Discharged Over Vaccine Mandate Are Reenlisted

Trump ordered the move early in his 2nd term

(Newser) - The US Army has reenlisted more than 23 soldiers who were discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine after the Pentagon mandated the vaccine in 2021. The action follows an order by President Trump to rehire affected troops and provide back pay; the vaccine mandate was dropped in 2023 and...

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Deportations Resume
Divided SCOTUS Says
Deportations Can Resume
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Apr 7, 2025 6:32 PM CDT

Divided SCOTUS Says Deportations Can Resume

But migrants must get a chance to challenge deportation under 18th century wartime law

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has lifted a court order blocking the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under an 18th century wartime law. In a bitterly divided 5-4 decision Monday, the court said the migrants still must get a chance to challenge their deportation before they are taken out of the...

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