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Dozens of foreign governments were trying to appeal to the president to have steep tariffs rolled back, but the president and his advisers have indicated negotiations could be difficult.President Trump’s plan to impose sweeping tariffs on most of America’s trading partners has governments across the globe racing to schedule phone calls, send delegations to Washington and offer up proposals to lower their import taxes in order to escape the levies. On Monday, European officials offered to drop tariffs to zero on cars and industrial goods imported from the United States, in return for the same treatment. Israel’s prime minister was...

President Donald J Trump announcing the end of the 80-year-old Marshall Plan (aka The European Recovery Program) of one-way tariffs against American imports has triggered a very predictable response from the European Union.While saying the EU is prepared to enter negations toward a zero-tariff trade reciprocity, Comrade Ursula von der Leyen simultaneously announced that Brussels is prepared to launch countermeasures against The United States, in an effort to retain economic control and access to a U.S. consumer market they must exploit for their economic survival.Speaking in very deliberate terms, the EU Komisar states the U.S. decision to demand reciprocity, and...

Among Richard Nixon’s many presidential priorities—ending the Vietnam War, thawing relations with China, expanding environmental protections—there was one initiative his team hoped to keep well under the radar: his secret “enemies list.” In an August 1971 memo, White House Counsel John Dean offered a piquant summary of the project’s goal: to “use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.” The formal list began in June 1971as a short memo of 20 names of people, most of whom had deep ties to the Democratic Party. Actor Paul Newman made an appearance, with the notation “Radic-Lib causes. Heavy Mc Carthy...

“I appreciate what the President is doing on tariffs...Australia has sold $29 billion worth of beef in the United States, and we haven't been able to sell one hamburger in Australia because of barriers…you look at these numbers, and the ranchers of Wyoming are saying thank you Mr. President, it is about time!” --Sen. John Barrasso✓ @SenJohnBarrasso

President Trump on Monday directed a powerful US national security panel to take a fresh look at Nippon Steel’s bid for US Steel to help determine if “further action” is appropriate, raising hopes for an elusive greenlight for the deal. “I direct the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States…to conduct a review of the acquisition of U.S. Steel by (Nippon Steel) to assist me in determining whether further action in this matter may be appropriate,” the memo reads. US Steel did not respond to requests for comment. Nippon Steel said it was “pleased” by the news. “We have...

The speaker also stopped short of guaranteeing House approval this week of a GOP budget plan. Meredith Lee Hill Meredith Lee Hill 04/07/2025, 2:46pm ET Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that the House will provide President Donald Trump with “space” to carry out his massive global tariff regime, even as some GOP lawmakers openly plead with Trump to negotiate off-ramps before the levies kick in on Wednesday. “We’re going to give him the space necessary to do it, and we’ll see how it all develops,” Johnson told reporters Monday afternoon. The speaker went on to argue Trump is “engaging and...

A divided federal appeals court on Monday put on hold an injunction that blocked Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Americans' private data at the Treasury and Education departments and the Office of Personnel Management.

The Justice Department states that the judge who ruled Kilmar Abrego Garcia had to come back to the U.S. overstepped authority. The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block a lower court order to return a Maryland resident, who is also a Salvadoran national, mistakenly deported last month to El Salvador. The Justice Department is arguing before the high court that the judge who ruled the deportee, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, must be returned overstepped his authority. The administration also argued since Garcia was no longer in U.S. custody there was no way to get him back, according...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday warned President Trump’s tariffs will destroy New York City’s economy and likely plunge it right into a recession — as he urged the commander in chief to “back off.” The New York Democrat claimed Trump’s “pinball tariff strategy” could result in a nearly $20 billion direct hit to the Big Apple and threaten hundreds of thousands of jobs. “President Trump’s pinball tariff strategy will wreak total havoc on New York City and is likely to drive us right into a recession. We’ve crunched the numbers, and what doesn’t look good for the nation,...

Yesterday, China issued Retaliatory Tariffs of 34%, on top of their already record setting Tariffs, Non-Monetary Tariffs, Illegal Subsidization of companies, and massive long term Currency Manipulation, despite my warning that any country that Retaliates against the U.S. by issuing additional Tariffs, above and beyond their already existing long term Tariff abuse of our Nation, will be immediately met with new and substantially higher Tariffs, over and above those initially set. Therefore, if China does not withdraw its 34% increase above their already long term trading abuses by tomorrow, April 8th, 2025, the United States will impose ADDITIONAL Tariffs on...

MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire claimed Monday on “Morning Joe” that President Donald Trump is quelling a rebellion from Republican lawmakers over tariffs. Lemire said, “This morning Goldman Sachs again raised the odds of a us recession now to 45%. It’s the second time it has raised its forecast in the last week. We’ve heard from President Trump again this morning. He’s taking it to social a couple of times, including just a moment ago. I’m going to read it. It’s on the screen. ‘The United States has a chance to do something that it should have been done decades ago....

A Christian nurse in the United Kingdom was suspended from her position after an investigation into her referring to a transgender patient — a convicted pedophile — as “mister.” Jennifer Melle, 40, faced disciplinary action for declining to use the patient’s preferred gender identity during an incident at a hospital in South London. The suspension, by Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals, followed a confrontation that occurred during Melle’s night shift at St Helier Hospital on May 22, 2024, involving a male patient identified as Mr. X, who is serving a sentence in a high-security men’s prison for sexually exploiting...

A bombshell transcript obtained by conservative journalist Julie Kelly exposes how Judge James Boasberg deliberately positioned himself to target President Trump's administration over deportations of criminal illegal aliens. The shocking revelations demonstrate how far the activist judiciary will go to obstruct Trump's legal immigration enforcement efforts. Kelly's analysis of Thursday's hearing transcript reveals Boasberg's calculated moves to interfere with executive authority. The judge, who claims his assignment to the case was "random," actually knew the case was coming to him. “I have just received the (purchased) transcript from Thursday's hearing before Jeb Boasberg. Lots of good stuff especially as I...

In his highly quoted speech to the Munich Security Conference, Vice President J.D. Vance singled out a country unfamiliar to many Americans: Romania. Mr. Vance condemned what he described as Europe’s crackdown on free speech and mentioned Romania’s election annulment. In December, “Romania straight up canceled the results of a presidential election based on the flimsy suspicions of an intelligence agency and enormous pressure from its continental neighbors,” he said. “The argument was that Russian disinformation had infected the Romanian elections, but I’d ask my European friends to have some perspective. If your democracy can be destroyed with a few...

How stupid do you have to be to try to defund a government agency that doesn't cost anything?Call it Sara Jacobs-stupid, the billionaire heiress who represents my congressional district in San Diego, having come out with what she calls the 'Delete DOGE' Act.I just introduced the Delete DOGE Act, which – you guessed it – would defund DOGE. — Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (@RepSaraJacobs) April 4, 2025The motive of which is obvious enough for anyone with a brain to see.Jacobs's family, which owns the Qualcomm fortune, courtesy of old gramps Irwin Jacobs, who founded the company, is heavily involved with USAID-funded...

Are you ready for the Circle IPO? The “stablecoin” giant just filed to go public. It’s aiming for a valuation between $4 billion and $5 billion and plans to list on the NYSE as early as June under the ticker CRCL. It will be the biggest crypto IPO since Coinbase (COIN) went public back in 2021. Circle is the company behind USD Coin (USDC)— the world’s second-biggest stablecoin. I’ll share my favorite way to profit from the rise of stablecoins in a minute. First, let me quickly break down what stablecoins are and why they’re a huge disruption to the...

David Stockman was President Reagan's former budget director. Back in the '80s, news magazines used to put him on the cover and call him things along the line of Mr. Mean, etc., because he was so serious about budget cutting. He knows a lot about how to do it in a government context. He's also insistent that numbers add up. Over the years, he hasn't been afraid to speak truth to power, even if the power is one of the good guys. While he can be critical of good leaders on green eyeshade issues, he's not a #neverTrump or part...

Earlier this week I was called a “Nazi” online. This isn’t new. I get this at least once a week. As a published historian, I find the misuse of that label a mark of ignorance. I found that a few of my colleagues also had been called the same thing. It got me thinking; how many lies are out there that the Left has used? As it turns out, there are a lot of lies being spewed. This isn’t the usual self-proclaimed social justice warriors leveling these baseless accusations. In many cases this is coming from members of the House,...

During the opening monologue on Sunday’s broadcast of FNC’s “Life, Liberty & Levin,” host Mark Levin offered his view on President Donald Trump’s tariff plan and contrasted it with the Democratic Party’s approach to the economy. Levin called the Trump administration’s effort a “growth plan” while criticizing Democrats for their approach centered on the redistribution of wealth. Transcript as follows: LEVIN: Can somebody please tell me what exactly are the Democrats doing to help our economy, to improve our country? What are they doing to help working men and women across the country, manufacturing across the country? All they want...

Griswold, a Democrat and Colorado’s current secretary of state, called herself the “most qualified person in this race” given her experience pushing back against Donald Trump Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced Monday morning that she is running to become Colorado’s next attorney general, framing her candidacy and qualifications around her experience pushing back against the Trump administration. “Colorado needs a strong, proven leader in this critical moment to stand up to Donald Trump, to protect our rights and freedoms,” the Democrat said in an interview. “I’ve always stood up to extremists — and I won’t back down.” Colorado’s current...