The levy, effective Aug. 1, aims to protect U.S. supply chains for semiconductors, AI chips, weapons systems, and clean energy tech. Copper pipes are displayed in a home rebuilding store in New York City on July 9, 2025. After President Donald Trump said he would impose a 50 percent tariff on imports of the metal,
Copper pipes are displayed in a home rebuilding store in New York City on July 9, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images President Donald Trump announced on July 9 that the new 50 percent tariff on imports of copper will take effect on Aug. 1. “I am announcing a 50% TARIFF on Copper, effective August 1, 2025,
FIFA has opened an office in Trump Tower in New York City, the organization’s president Gianna Infantino announced this week, in the latest sign of deepening ties between soccer’s governing body and President Trump before the U.S. hosts next year’s World Cup. Infantino announced the decision in a presentation at the Trump Organization’s Manhattan headquarters
UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Feb. 5, 2025. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via Reuters/File Photo The United States will be imposing sanctions on the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, who
UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Feb. 5, 2025. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via Reuters/File Photo Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced the United States will be imposing sanctions on the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on human
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy testifies before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 14, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will take over as the interim administrator of NASA, President Donald Trump said on July 9. “I am pleased to announce that I am directing our GREAT Secretary
President Trump announced Wednesday that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will temporarily lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, weeks after Mr. Trump withdrew an Elon Musk-linked entrepreneur as his pick to lead the space agency. The president praised Duffy in a Wednesday Truth Social post, writing: “He will be a fantastic leader of the ever