Trump official who dismantled USAID leaves the State Department

Humeyra Pamuk  |  Reuters Fired USAID employees applauded leaving DC office for last time Demonstrators outside the USAID offices in Washington, D.C., broke into applause as fired employees returned to pick up their belongings. Pete Marocco, the Trump administration official who played a major role in dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, has left … Read more

Tariffs ‘unfolding exactly like we thought it would’: Trump advisor

Trade advisor Peter Navarro said carve-outs for smartphones and other tech products weren’t really exclusions from sky-high tariffs on Chinese imports. Trump smartphone tariff measures ‘coming soon,’ Lutnick says Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that tariffs on smartphones and other electronics would come “soon.” “You want to call it an exemption – po-tay-toes, po-tah-toes,” Navarro … Read more

Is Supreme Court friend or foe to Trump 2.0?

In recent decisions, conservatives on the Supreme Court overturned or trimmed lower court rulings against the Trump administration. SCOTUS orders mistakenly deported Maryland man’s return to US The Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man deported to El Salvador. “It will be interesting to see whether the … Read more

Why are migrants in Arizona receiving government notices to ‘leave’?

Sen. Ruben Gallego explains his immigration reform priorities Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego explains the areas where he hopes to find common ground with Republicans on immigration. Arizona Republic Hundreds of asylum seekers paroled into the U.S. via the CBP One app received parole termination notices. Asylum seekers with pending cases or other deportation protections are … Read more

When will Trump impose smartphone tariffs? Exemptions ‘not permanent’

“This is not a permanent sort of exemption,” Commrece Secretary Howard Lutnick said of Trump’s tariff carve-outs for tech products. Trump’s tariffs have Chinese-American businesses feeling squeezed As U.S. President Donald Trump trades tariff threats with Beijing, Chinese-American business owners in California say they’re feeling squeezed. Importer Taylor Chao says that pain will be passed … Read more

Trump team pushes immigrant gang claims

Recently, Attorney General Pam Bondi, standing with FBI Director Kash Patel, said an arrested Salvadoran man was a top U.S. leader of the MS-13 street gang and a terrorist. Andrew Goudsward and Ted Hesson  |  Reuters DOJ drops case against alleged top MS-13 leader The Department of Justice has withdrawn its case against a Virginia … Read more