Trump announces 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs, increases China tariffs to 125%

President Trump on Wednesday announced a 90-day pause on most of his new tariffs, and a lowering of the “reciprocal tariff” rate to 10%, effective immediately, he said on Truth Social.  The U.S. stock market surged immediately after the president’s announcement. At the same time, the president said he’s increasing the tariff rate on goods imported

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire members of labor boards

Gwynne Wilcox on removal from NLRB National Labor Relations Board member speaks out after historic termination 03:23 Washington — The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to halt lower court decisions that voided President Trump’s firings of a member of the National Labor Relations Board and a member of the Merit Systems Protection

Judges block DOJ from removing plaintiffs in Alien Enemies Act deportation case

New challenge on deportations case Judge hearing new challenge on Alien Enemies Act use in deportation flights case 03:33 Federal judges in both New York and Texas have temporarily blocked the deportations of certain Venezuelan migrants facing removal under the Trump administration’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, again stopping its attempts to remove alleged

RFK Jr. says he’s “not familiar” with all health program cuts

In his first network TV interview since becoming Health and Human Services secretary under the Trump administration, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke with CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook about the measles vaccine, major government cuts and health care costs. LaPook met with Kennedy in Mesa, Arizona, where he visited a native health

Trump’s would-be assassin sought weapon to shoot down his plane, DOJ says

Federal prosecutors say Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to assassinate President Trump as he golfed last September during the 2024 campaign, also attempted to acquire an anti-aircraft weapon to shoot down Mr. Trump’s plane. In a filing Monday, the government said that in August, “Routh sought to purchase the devices online from an