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Businesses brace for new tariffs as Trump is set to unveil details
President Trump is set to announce new tariffs on potentially hundreds of U.S. trading partners in a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House on Wednesday. The White House press secretary says the ...NBC News - 4d -
Trump Administration Begins Layoffs at CDC, FDA and Other Health Agencies
The cuts were part of a Trump administration plan announced last week to dismiss thousands of employees and drastically overhaul the Health and Human Services Department under Secretary Robert F. ...The New York Times - 4d -
White House pranks journalists on April Fools’ Day
The White House played an April Fools’ Day prank on journalists inside the press room. Around 6 p.m. EDT, the White House Assistant Press Secretary Taylor Rogers announced over the loudspeaker that ...The Hill - 4d -
Hegseth indicates US backing for Taiwan – but it is transactional Trump who has the final word
Defence secretary’s trip to Asia shows the Trump administration is engaged with the region, but analysts warn Taipei to tread carefully . On Tuesday China’s military launched joint drills around ...The Guardian - 4d -
McMahon meeting with House Democrats over Education Department layoffs
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is having a meeting with House Democrats Wednesday over their concerns surrounding the layoffs at the Department of Education, which she and President Trump have ...The Hill - 4d -
Four key takeaways as Trump’s sweeping HHS layoffs begin
Thousands of employees across the vast Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began receiving layoff notices as early as 5 a.m. on Tuesday. The purge comes on the heels of HHS Secretary ...The Hill - 4d -
Democrats investigating RFK Jr. bird flu response
Several House Democrats are investigating Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his bird flu response, which they called "dangerous and reckless." In a Tuesday letter ...The Hill - 3d -
Sean Duffy’s daughter lays into Luna proxy voting push: 'Feel free to resign'
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s daughter, Evita Duffy-Alfonso, laid into the effort for proxy voting led by Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna after the House tanked a procedural rule ...The Hill - 3d -
Texas man arrested for 'making terroristic threats' against ICE agents, Noem
A Texas man was arrested for “making terroristic threats” against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, the Dallas ...The Hill - 3d -
Smithsonian’s Leader’s Future Unclear After Trump Executive Order
The president’s executive order demanding change at the institution presents a perilous test for Lonnie G. Bunch III, its secretary, whom the White House calls a partisan Democrat.The New York Times - 3d -
Lutnick to plunging markets: Let Trump run the global economy
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said President Trump should run the global economy as markets plummet due to the onset of Wednesday’s tariff announcement for a range of nations. “Let Donald Trump ...The Hill - 2d -
HHS staff to brief House committee following massive agency layoffs
House Democrats on the Energy and Commerce committee are demanding a hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F Kennedy Jr. about the massive layoffs happening at his agency. ...The Hill - 2d -
House Democrats press Bessent on IRS layoffs
House Democrats led by Rep. Brad Schneider (Ill.) pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on mass layoffs at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a Wednesday letter requesting the Trump ...The Hill - 2d -
HHS gutted programs to help people quit smoking. The impact could be deadly.
Public health experts were stunned this week when Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and DOGE gutted key groups that had been successful in helping Americans quit smoking.NBC News - 2d -
Leavitt: Trump tariffs won’t lead to 'pain' for American-owned businesses or US workers
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump’s tariffs won’t lead to “pain” for U.S. workers or American-owned businesses amid concern after “Liberation Day.” Leavitt joined ...The Hill - 2d -
Kennedy suggests 20 percent of HHS cuts may be reversed
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he expects about 20 percent of fired employees to be reinstated as the agency backtracks after making cuts ...The Hill - 2d -
Trump claims Starmer is ‘very happy’ about tariffs imposed on Britain
UK foreign secretary regrets ‘return to protectionism’ and says Britons will be concerned about impact on finances. Business live – latest updates Donald Trump has claimed that the UK is “very ...The Guardian - 2d -
Rubio says markets will recover after Trump tariff announcement
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the global financial markets will bounce back after plunging for a second day, following President Trump’s rollout of a fresh set of tariffs. Rubio said Friday ...The Hill - 1d -
RFK Jr says 20% of Doge’s health agency job cuts were mistakes
Health secretary says roles will need to be reinstated amid Trump administration’s push to slash federal workforce. Around a fifth of the 10,000 jobs cut from the US Department of Health and Human ...The Guardian - 1d -
Rubio defends Trump tariffs, says Putin needs to show he ‘wants peace’
Speaking at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters President Trump’s tariffs will “reset” global trade. Rubio also said Russia needs to show it is serious ...NBC News - 1d -
US’s Rubio shrugs off market falls at Nato press conference – Europe live
US secretary of state says ‘markets will adjust’ during press conference following Nato summit in Brussels. Asked further about Ukraine, Rutte lists a number of projects by Nato member states, ...The Guardian - 1d -
Trump to send Hegseth to Dover ceremony for remains of US soldiers
President Trump will not attend the dignified transfer of four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in Lithuania last week, instead sending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Dover ...The Hill - 1d -
RFK Jr. says 20% of health agency layoffs could be mistakes
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday that he expects about 20% of fired employees may have been cut by mistake, and some could be brought back, ...CBS News - 1d -
US ‘testing’ if Russia is serious about peace in Ukraine, says Marco Rubio
Secretary of state says Putin ‘will have to make a decision’ as US officials appear to be growing impatient. The US will know within weeks whether Russia is serious about pursuing peace with ...The Guardian - 1d -
Ousted FDA vaccine director calls Kennedy's start 'very scary'
Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official pressured to resign over his disagreements with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., warned in an interview ...The Hill - 1d -
Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again | Jagan Chapagain
A record number of humanitarian workers were killed last year. My staff’s red uniforms should have protected them. Instead they became their death shrouds. Jagan Chapagain is secretary general of ...The Guardian - 1d -
Trump administration eviscerates maternal and child health programs
Alarm over ‘the health of the nation’s children’ follows federal workforce cuts by health secretary RFK Jr. Multiple maternal and child health programs have been eliminated or hollowed out as part ...The Guardian - 1d -
US revokes all visas for South Sudanese over country’s failure to repatriate citizens
State department ‘taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and prevent further entry’, secretary of state says. Washington is revoking all visas for South Sudanese ...The Guardian - 12h