President Trump on Wednesday announced a baseline 10% levy on all U.S. trading partners, in addition to significant reciprocal tariffs on about 60 "worst offender" countries that have trade policies unfriendly to the U.S.
President Trump on Wednesday announced a baseline 10% levy on all U.S. trading partners, in addition to significant reciprocal tariffs on about 60 "worst offender" countries that have trade policies unfriendly to the U.S.
Trump Justice Department lawyers acknowledged that immigration officials made an “administrative error” in accidentally deporting a Salvadoran migrant, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, in mid-March — despite previous court orders not to do so.
Americans are getting increasingly concerned about President Trump’s economic policies, which were key to his 2024 campaign, as prices remain high and tariffs are set to go into effect this week.
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security about the latest high-profile arrest of an international student visa holder. They’re saying this arrest is different than the others — both in the way it was handled (see video below), and because the Tufts University PhD student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was not known to participate in disruptive campus protests.
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Speed Read
Wednesday, April 02
🚨NATION
📌 Takeaways from the elections in Wisconsin and Florida (CNN)
📌 Wild weather expected Wednesday gets a rare ‘high-risk’ designation — the most severe category (AP)
📌 Judge dismisses corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (MO NEWS)
📌 Supreme Court appears divided over whether states can cut off Planned Parenthood funding (AP)
📌 Trump tells inner circle that Musk will leave soon; White House disputes claim (POLITICO)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Senior Russian official visits Washington for talks with Trump administration (CNN)
📌 Suspected U.S. airstrikes in Yemen kill at least 4 people near Hodeida, Houthi rebels say (AP)
📌 Taiwan denies Chinese strikes as Beijing escalates live naval drills around the island (NBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Unanimous Supreme Court upholds FDA block of flavored vapes (ABC)
📌 Tesla reports 336,000 vehicle deliveries in first quarter, 13% drop from a year ago (CNBC)
📌 Norovirus outbreak hits more than 240 people on luxury cruise ship (CNN)
📌 FDA lays off bird flu leadership, among steep cuts to senior veterinarians (CBS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Val Kilmer, ‘Top Gun’ and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65 (AP)
📌 Jason and Kylie Kelce announce birth of fourth daughter (CNN)
📌 David Fincher to direct Brad Pitt in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Netflix follow-up from a Tarantino script (VARIETY)
Featured Interview
One-on-one with Secretary of State Antony Blinken & White House National Securty Council Spokesman Admiral John Kirby
As the Israel-Hamas war continues, Mo News heads to Washington to interview two key national security leaders about the conflict, the US role and other top chanllenges for the US.
