President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday via Truth Social a 90-day pause on tariffs for countries that have reached out to address trade deficits, and a 125% tariff on China. The pause comes a week after “Liberation Day,” the day in which the tariffs were first introduced.

On April 2, President Donald Trump introduced two new forms of tariffs aimed at equalizing trade deficits between the US and its trade competitors. The first tariff introduced is a universal 10% import tax on all imported goods in the US. The second, deemed the "reciprocal tax”, will charge 60 nations 50% of what they charge for US products in tariffs and non-tariff barriers.

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and other top Trump administration officials mistakenly included Jeffrey Goldberg, the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic (Left bias), in a messaging chain that detailed planned strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. The plans, shared by Hegseth, specified when the strikes would take place and which forces would be used.

President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 on Saturday to target immigrant street gangs, particularly the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA).

On Saturday, Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate, was arrested by federal immigration authorities.

President Donald Trump enacted 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Tuesday, and 35% tariffs on China. The countries responded by placing equal tariffs of their own, with China blacklisting 20 US companies. Earlier today, Trump announced he would delay tariffs on Mexico for USMCA compliant goods. On Monday, the Dow fell by nearly 650 points as the market prepared for the tariffs.

As the Ukraine war enters its fourth year, The United Nations (UN) Security Council approved a U.S.-backed competing resolution Monday that refrains from blaming Russia for starting the Ukraine war and calls to end the conflict.

President Donald Trump made critical remarks aimed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, saying he “started” the war and calling him a “dictator.”

President Donald Trump doubled down on his proposal to “take” Gaza Tuesday during a meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan. The proposal is part of a larger plan for the rebuilding of Gaza under U.S. ownership, first announced during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s two-and-a-half week push to reorganize USAID came to a head Tuesday after Trump signed an order placing almost all USAID workers on administrative leave. The order excludes “designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs.”