Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Other Electronics From Reciprocal Tariffs

Tech companies like Apple stand to gain relief from the exemption. President Donald Trump exempted a range of everyday products, specifically in the electronic category, from reciprocal tariffs while importing into the United States. Items excluded from reciprocal tariffs include smartphones, computers, servers, laptops, tablets, motherboards, processors, memory modules, machines used for manufacturing semiconductor devices,

Trump Authorizes Military to Take Control of Federal Land Along Southern Border

The military will use the land to build border barriers and deploy detection and monitoring systems. President Donald Trump on Friday issued a memorandum authorizing the U.S. military to take control of a strip of federal land along the southern border to curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking. “Our southern border is under attack from

What Israel Really Thinks About Trump’s Nuclear Talks With Iran. Plus, Did Keith Ellison Fight Fraud or Feed It?

A successful failure: Publicly, Israel has said that the Trump administration could negotiate a “good” deal to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Privately, our Andrew Tobin reports, the Jewish state’s decision makers see the negotiations, which are scheduled to begin today in Oman, as almost certain to end in failure or disaster—so they’re

Lawmakers, State Officials Debate Trump’s Order on Election Integrity

A recent hearing by the House Subcommittee on Elections revealed a deep partisan divide over Trump’s executive order on election integrity and the SAVE Act. President Donald Trump’s recent executive order titled “The Preserving and Protecting of the Integrity of American Elections” and the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) were the topics at an

Trump at the Intersection of Main Street and Wall Street

Donald Trump has a talent for attracting attention, but even so, the events since Liberation Day have been unusually dramatic and consequential. After Trump used emergency powers to impose a universal tariff and even higher duties on America’s top trading partners, the stock market plunged. At one point, the S&P 500 was down 14 percent.

US–Iran Talks to Begin in Oman

Trump has increased pressure in recent week for Iran to agree to a new deal to limit the country’s nuclear development. Senior U.S. negotiators will meet with their Iranian counterparts in Oman on April 12, for what President Donald Trump has set up to be a high-stakes negotiation over Iran’s nuclear program. Trump has increased