Daily Briefing: Trade whiplash

Good morning!🙋🏼‍♀️ I’m Nicole Fallert. Ask a friend if they can spell “éclaircissement.” Close out the week with Friday’s news: Illinois toys and Trump’s tariff reprieve The Trump administration won temporary reprieve Thursday after an appeals court ruled the White House can keep up tariffs while challenging a court order that had blocked them. Trade whiplash: … Read more

US proposes 60-day ceasefire for Gaza

Samia Nakhoul and Hatem Maher  |  Reuters May 30 (Reuters) – A U.S. plan for Gaza seen by Reuters on Friday proposes a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 28 Israeli hostages alive and dead in the first week, in exchange for the release of 1,236 Palestinian prisoners and the remains of 180 dead Palestinians. … Read more

Musk goes from Trump’s chainsaw-wielding sidekick to suddenly gone

Elon Musk hoped to transform the federal government by making it significantly smaller. But his DOGE effort proved more challenging that he expected. Elon Musk officially departs Trump administration Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration as his allotted 130 days as a “special government employee” ends. Elon Musk leaves DOGE without meeting his ambitious … Read more