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Trump says European Union will face 50% tariffs and threatens Apple with duties
Trump says talks with E.U. are ‘going nowhere,’ will implement 50% tariff in June
Trump today threatened the European Union with a sweeping 50% tariff, posting that trade talks with the region are “going nowhere.”
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote that he was “recommending a straight 50% Tariff on the European Union, starting on June 1, 2025.”
Trump’s post immediately sent European stock markets lower with stock indexes in Germany and France sharply dropping 2%. Shares in the United Kingdom dropped more than 1%. Dow futures slid more than 500 points and S&P futures dropped 1%.
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Trump threatens 25% tariff on Apple if it does not start making iPhones in America
Trump has threatened Apple with a 25% tariff if it does not start producing iPhones in the U.S., his latest salvo directly targeting a U.S. company over how it conducts its business.
In a post on his Truth Social platform this morning, Trump wrote he had “long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else.”
“If that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S.” Trump said.
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Supreme Court grants Trump request to fire independent agency members but says Federal Reserve is different
The Supreme Court yesterday granted a Trump administration request that allows the president to fire members of independent federal agencies while suggesting that its legal reasoning would not apply to the Federal Reserve.
The move to pause a lower court ruling formalizes a temporary decision along similar lines April 9 that allowed Trump to fire Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board, and Cathy Harris, a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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RFK Jr. talks children’s health in new ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke to NBC News’ Tom Llamas about the new Health and Human Services report saying, “our kids are the sickest kids in the world.”
Trump administration blocks Harvard’s ability to enroll international students
The Trump administration has halted Harvard’s ability to enroll international students amid an ongoing standoff between the government and the Ivy League school.
Harvard has refused to adhere to a set of demands issued by the Trump administration’s Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism that included sweeping reforms to whom the university can hire and admit, and subjecting the ideology of faculty members to an audit approved by the government.
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At Trump’s crypto dinner: Tuxedos, luxury cars and a former NBA star
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Trump held a private event last night for 220 crypto investors who had bought into his meme coin, defying bipartisan concerns from lawmakers that he was selling access to accumulate personal wealth.
Crypto enthusiasts, including former NBA star Lamar Odom, attended the dinner at Trump National Golf Club in northern Virginia, just outside Washington. About 100 demonstrators lined the road to the entrance, trying to shame attendees with chants and signs such as “Trump is a traitor,” “Crypto corruption” and “America is not for sale.”
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