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China imposes 84% tariffs on US as leaders vow to hit back President Donald Trump said countries were attempting to negotiate, while China imposed 84% tariffs on U.S. imports. WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump told Americans Wednesday to “BE COOL!” and his administration downplayed an escalating trade war as China and the European Union responded … Read more
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, said in an interview Tuesday that he encourages people to get vaccinated against measles after an outbreak killed two children in Texas. “We encourage people to get the measles vaccine,” Kennedy told CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook during his Make America Healthy … Read more
Billionaire Jared Isaacman is set to appear Wednesday morning to field questions from Congress before he could become the next NASA administrator. SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts perform first commercial spacewalk Billionaire Jared Issacman and SpaceX employee Sarah Gillis exited the aircraft and performed suit mobility checks. Isaacman has been to space twice, both times on … Read more
China vows to ‘fight to the end’ on President Trump’s tariffs President Donald Trump threatened China with more tariffs after they put a 34% tariff on U.S. imports. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff blitz rolled out Wednesday with a flurry of reciprocal levies on trading partners, including one sky-high fee: a tax on Chinese goods … Read more
Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh | Reuters WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has frozen over $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern University while it investigates both schools over civil rights violations, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. The funding being paused includes mostly grants and contracts … Read more
Timothy Martin, a member of Declare Emergency, a climate activist group known for eye-catching protests, was found guilty of defacing a glass case protecting a timeless Degas sculpture Just Stop Oil protesters throw soup at Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ Just Stop Oil protesters threw cans of tomato soup on Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting at … Read more
Elon Musk snaps at Peter Navarro over CNBC tariff comments Elon Musk hit back at Peter Navarro after President Trump’s trade advisor commented on Tesla during a CNBC interview on tariffs. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration will soon impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals coming from foreign countries, predicting drug companies will move their … Read more
Thousands of IRS employees laid off as tax refund season gets underway Thousands of IRS employees were laid off, primarily affecting President Biden’s expansion hires aimed at tax enforcement on wealthy taxpayers. Acting IRS Commissioner Melanie Krause is expected to resign, according to two administration officials, continuing turmoil is the agency’s top leadership. Krause is … Read more
