The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher on Tuesday as Trump administration officials indicated that negotiations are ongoing between the United States and other countries over tariffs, but the markets plunged as the day progressed. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down roughly 800 points, the Nasdaq Composite slid 3
‘It makes a lot of sense when you want to make sure that nobody can evade these rules,’ China expert Gordon Chang said in an interview. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on various countries aim to close trade loopholes that China has used to bypass duties, particularly through transshipment, in which goods are exported via
The White House, meanwhile, has a Rapid Response team that actively works to respond to contesting narratives and explain the administration’s accomplishments. The National Democratic Party has launched a new initiative called the “People’s Cabinet” to counter the Trump administration. Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), said the goal is to “cut
The president rejected the EU’s proposals for a ‘zero for zero’ tariffs on cars and industrial goods. U.S. President Donald Trump said late on April 7 that the European Union would need to buy $350 billion worth of American energy to secure relief from tariffs. Trump was responding to European Commission President Ursula von der
In waving through planned 2025 sale, the Trump administration clears deck for more, bigger lease offerings. Bidding for nearly 100 million acres of offshore oil and gas leases off Louisiana and east Texas will begin in June in a sale similar to one offered by the Biden administration in April 2024. The U.S. Department of
President Trump has endorsed the idea of new mothers being able to vote by proxy. Democrats leading the charge on an effort to allow new parents in Congress to vote by proxy rejected a deal between House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) that would have watered down the proposal. A
Kennedy joined EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for a MAHA tour in Utah, which banned fluoride in public drinking water last month. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on April 7 that he will tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop recommending fluoridation in municipal water nationwide. Kennedy