Trump says Mexico owes Texas 1.3 million acre-feet of water under a 1944 treaty, and he’s threatening sanctions to try and force its compliance.
An acre foot is the amount of water needed to cover 1 acre of land to a depth of 1 foot.
Trump posted on his social media site that Mexico is “unfortunately violating their Treaty obligation. This is very unfair.”
He wrote that Mexico “has been stealing water from Texas Farmers” and suggested that the U.S. southern neighbor’s holding out on its water obligations was to blame for Texas’ “only sugar mill” closing last year.
Trump also wrote that he’d also recently “halted water shipments” to Tijuana, on Mexico’s border with California, to try and force compliance with the 1944 water treaty.
He added: “We will keep escalating consequences, including TARIFFS and, maybe even SANCTIONS, until Mexico honors the Treaty, and GIVES TEXAS THE WATER THEY ARE OWED!”
Cellphone video showed multiple rescue boats searching through the Hudson River as they responded to a report of a crashed helicopter that authorities say killed six people.
Trump is calling the helicopter that crashed upside-down into New York City’s Hudson River “terrible.”
“Looks like six people, the pilot, two adults, and three children, are no longer with us,” Trump posted on his social media site. “The footage of the accident is horrendous. God bless the families and friends of the victims.”
The president wrote that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his staff “are on it.” He added that “announcements as to exactly what took place, and how, will be made shortly!”
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Trump says he wants William “Billy” Marshall III tapped as director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
In a post on his social media site, the president said Marshall “has a distinguished” law enforcement career, “rising from the ranks of the West Virginia State Police to serving as the current Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.”
Trump added that Marshall is “a Strong Advocate for LAW AND ORDER. He understands the struggles of our prisons better than anyone, and will help fix our broken Criminal Justice System.”
Usually the attorney general, not the president, makes appoints to be director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The position doesn’t require confirmation from the Senate.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis had ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia, now being held in a notorious Salvadoran prison, returned to the U.S. by midnight Monday. Chief Justice John Roberts had paused Xinis’ order to give the court time to weigh the issue.
That deadline has now passed, and the justices directed the judge to clarify her order to take into account how the transfer could affect foreign affairs — specifically the relationship with El Salvador.
The high court also said the administration should be prepared to share what steps it already has taken and what it still might do.
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASA’s Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
The court’s liberal justices said the administration should have hastened to correct “its egregious error” and was “plainly wrong” to suggest it could not bring him home.
“The Government’s argument, moreover, implies that it could deport and incarcerate any person, including U. S. citizens, without legal consequence, so long as it does so before a court can intervene,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote, joined by her two colleagues.
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This undated photo provided by Murray Osorio PLLC shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (Murray Osorio PLLC via AP)
The Supreme Court says the Trump administration must facilitate the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, rejecting the administration’s emergency appeal.
The court acted Thursday in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who had an immigration court order preventing his deportation to his native country over fears he would face persecution from local gangs.
The administration has conceded that it made a mistake in sending him to El Salvador, where he is being held in a notorious prison, but also argued that it no longer could do anything about it.
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In the aftermath of this week’s tariff whiplash, President Donald Trump is deciding exactly what he wants out of trade talks with as many as 75 nations in the coming weeks. AP’s Josh Boak explains where things stand now.
A federal judge says she will halt the Trump administration from ending a program that allowed hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to temporarily live in the U.S.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani said Thursday she will issue a stay on the program, which was set to end later this month. The push to help more than half a million Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans is part of a broader legal effort to protect nationals from Ukraine, Afghanistan and other countries who are here legally.
Last month, the administration revoked legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in 30 days. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said they will lose their legal status April 24.
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A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with a requirement that everyone in the country illegally register with the federal government. The move could have far-reaching repercussions for immigrants across the country.
Judge Trevor Neil McFadden, sided with the administration, which had argued that they were simply enforcing an already existing requirement for everyone in the country who wasn’t an American citizen to register with the government.
The requirement goes into effect Friday.
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An organization that helped public schools in the South meet federal civil rights laws is suing the Trump administration for terminating its work. The Atlanta-based Southern Education Foundation assisted school districts under federal desegregation court orders to address challenges including teacher shortages.
Trump’s administration in February canceled the Southern Education Foundation’s contract to run an Equity Assistance Center after he signed executive orders calling for the elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Southern Education Foundation challenges the decision to cancel its contract, calling it “capricious” and “unlawful.”
“Far from violating civil rights law,” the Equity Assistance Center “enforces the civil rights law,” the lawsuit said.
Congress authorized funding for what were originally called “Desegregation Centers” through Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, promoting public school desegregation.
Traders Bryan Masseria, left and Columb Lytle work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
U.S. stocks surrendered a chunk of their historic gains from the day before as President Donald Trump’s trade war continues to threaten the economy.
The S&P 500 fell 3.5% on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 2.5%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 4.3%.
China announced more countermeasures against the United States, and losses for stocks accelerated after the White House clarified that it would tax Chinese imports at 145%, not the 125% rate Trump had earlier written about.
The swings also hit the bond market despite a better-than-expected report on inflation. U.S. crude oil prices fell more than 3%.
The U.S. on Thursday imposed economic sanctions on the owner of several firms that operate roughly 30 ships that transport Iranian oil illegally, as part of Iran’s “shadow fleet.”
United Arab Emirates-based Indian national Jugwinder Singh Brar and his two UAE and two India-based entities have been sanctioned.
The Treasury Department alleges that Brar’s ships transfer Iranian oil in waters off Iraq, Iran, the UAE and the Gulf of Oman.
“The Iranian regime relies on its network of unscrupulous shippers and brokers like Brar and his companies to enable its oil sales and finance its destabilizing activities,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
“The European Union is a mafia,” Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden said at a tele-town hall on Thursday. “They do protectionist policies with their individual industries, and then they hide it from the international community, including the United States, to give themselves a competitive trade advantage.”
Van Orden said he delivered that message to representatives from Estonia, France and Poland hours before the tariffs were paused on Wednesday.
“I was just telling those cats, ‘It’s over,’” Van Orden said.
When one constituent on the town hall asked about volatility in the stock market, Van Orden said once the trade agreements are reordered “it’s going to be a lot better.”
The White House has said that the grants violate an executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
A lawsuit filed by groups representing teacher training programs had obtained a preliminary injunction against the cuts.
But in a different lawsuit, filed by Democratic attorneys general, the Supreme Court granted an emergency appeal from the government, allowing the administration to move forward with canceling the funding.
Plaintiffs in both cases have argued the grants are not DEI initiatives and ending them would hurt the pipeline of educators, especially in rural areas that struggle to retain teachers.
The Trump administration reversed its funding cutoff for a program that had sent 126 young Afghan women overseas for university despite a Taliban prohibition on women’s education, five days after terminating the program mid-school year without warning.
“Please disregard my previous email,” Thursday’s email from the U.S. Agency for International Development serving notice of the program’s reinstatement said. The email was viewed by The Associated Press.
Elon Musk associate Jeremy Lewin abruptly suspended hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts for some of USAID’s last remaining humanitarian work around the world over the weekend.
Lewin and the State Department reinstated some of the funding Tuesday after the AP reported on the cuts. U.S. funding for U.N. emergency food programs in Afghanistan and Yemen remains cut, however.
Lawmakers, the U.N. and aid organizations had pushed for restoration of the contracts.
The women’s education program, a project with Texas A & M University, is funded by interest payments from a $50 million 2019 endowment by USAID. Program managers say the project has no employees or office in Afghanistan.
A crowd gathers in Foley Square, outside the Manhattan federal court, in support of Mahmoud Khalil, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
Facing a deadline to turn over evidence for its attempted deportation of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, the federal government has instead submitted a brief memo, citing the Trump administration’s authority to expel noncitizens whose presence in the country damages U.S. foreign policy interests.
The two-page memo, which was obtained by The Associated Press and is signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil, a legal permanent U.S. resident and student who served as spokesperson for campus activists last year during large demonstrations against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and the war in Gaza.
Rather, Rubio wrote, Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs.
Attorneys for Khalil said the memo proved the Trump administration was “targeting Mahmoud’s free speech rights about Palestine.”
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during a Cabinet meeting with Trump that he is undertaking a “massive testing and research effort” to determine the cause of autism.
Autism is a developmental disability caused by differences in the brain that presents with a wide range of symptoms that may include delays in language, learning, social and emotional skills.
Kennedy said on Thursday that by September, “we will know” the cause of the developmental disability.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits University of Utah to discuss Utah’s new fluoride ban and food additives legislation, Monday, April 7, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
Scientists believe genetics and environmental factors can play a role, but the exact cause is unknown.
Anti-vaccine advocates, including Kennedy, have for years inaccurately claimed that routine childhood shots may cause autism.
The belief first gained traction decades ago after the publication of flawed studies that have since been retracted. Decades’ worth of subsequent studies have found no connection between vaccines and autism.
National intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard said at the Cabinet meeting that more than 100 people have been working “around the clock” to scan papers related to the 1960s killings of both leaders.
Gabbard told Trump that the papers have been “sitting in boxes in storage for decades” and “have never been scanned or seen before.” She said they’d be ready for release soon.
Kennedy’s son, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was also at the meeting, said he was “very grateful” when Trump asked how he left about the pending release.
Trump ordered the papers released when he took office again in January.
FILE – Bridget Brink talks before she testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing, May 10, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate confirmed Brink on May 18 as Ambassador to Ukraine, filling the post as U.S. officials plan to return American diplomats to Kyiv as the country battles the Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
The departure of Bridget Brink after nearly three years in Kyiv comes at a time of uncertainty over the Trump administration’s attempts to broker a peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
The State Department said on Thursday that Brink will be leaving her post, although it was not immediately clear exactly when she would depart.
Brink assumed the post under former President Joe Biden’s administration and has been a staunch advocate for U.S. military assistance to Ukraine.
Her resignation had been expected for some time, especially considering the Trump administration’s premium on rapprochement with Russia and ending the war.
Seated around a large oval table, Trump had each department head give brief reports on what they are doing.
Several Cabinet secretaries used the opportunity to slip in praise for Trump’s style of leadership.
Elon Musk also attended and spoke about the work he’s doing cutting the government and the savings he expects to achieve.
The top U.S. commander in the Pacific is warning senators that the military support China and North Korea are providing to Russia in its war on Ukraine risks security in his region as Moscow provides critical military assistance to both in return.
Adm. Samuel Paparo, head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that China has provided 70% of the machine tools and 90% of the legacy chips to Russia to help Moscow “rebuild its war machine.”
And in exchange, China is potentially getting help in technologies to make its submarines move more quietly, along with other assistance.
Paparo said North Korea is sending “thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of artillery shells” and thousands of short-range missiles to Russia. The expectation, he said, is that Pyongyang will get air defense and surface-to-air missile support.
Ksenia Karelina, a ballerina, was released on Thursday as part of a prisoner swap and is on her way back to the U.S.
On the other end of the exchange was a Russian German man jailed on smuggling charges in the U.S.
Trump said at a Cabinet meeting that he appreciated the release by Russia and that it followed conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump credited the involvement of UFC CEO Dana White, a friend of his, for bringing attention to the case.
Karelina’s fiance, Chris Van Heerden, is a professional boxer.
The U.S. House on Thursday approved legislation requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for anyone registering to vote, something voting rights groups have warned could disenfranchise millions of Americans.
The bill, known as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or the SAVE Act, now heads to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain because Republicans don’t have a large enough majority to avoid a filibuster.
If it eventually becomes the law, the SAVE Act would take effect immediately and apply to all voter registration applications.
“This has no impact on individuals that are currently registered to vote,” said Rep. Bryan Steil, a Wisconsin Republican who has been advocating for the bill.
Voting rights groups say there is more to the story.
The law would affect voters who already are registered if they move, change their name or otherwise need to update their registration. That was acknowledged to some extent by the bill’s author, Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, during a recent hearing on the legislation.
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Like usual, Elon Musk participated in Trump’s Cabinet meeting to promote his work with the Department of Government Efficiency.
Elon Musk attends the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
In a message to Americans, he said, “We’re going to be spending their tax dollars in a way that is fair and sensible and good.”
But there was something different about his remarks this time.
Musk said he expected to achieve $150 billion in savings during the next fiscal year by reducing waste and fraud, which he described as “very common.”
That’s much lower than his previous target of cutting $1 trillion — a number he used last month in a Fox News interview.
Musk and Trump have said the billionaire entrepreneur will likely end his job with the administration in the near future.
Trump said at his Cabinet meeting that he’s going to allow farmers to recommend migrant workers who can remain in the country for a while and eventually be admitted to the country with legal status.
Trump offered few details about the new proposal, which seems to be a softening of his pledge for a large-scale deportation of immigrants who are in the country illegally.
“So the farmer will come in with a letter concerning certain people saying ‘They’re great. They’re working hard.’ We’re going to slow it down a little bit for them,” Trump said.
Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told CNN International on Thursday that Trump’s recent sweeping tariffs are “the worst self-inflicted wound that I have ever seen an administration impose on a well-functioning economy.”
Yellen, a former Federal Reserve Chair, said the U.S. “had a very well-functioning economy and President Trump has taken a wrecking ball to it.”
Yellen served as Fed chair under both Trump and former President Barack Obama.
Trump has opened a meeting with his Cabinet by defending his moves on tariffs.
“We’re very happy with the way the country’s running. We’re trying to get the world to treat us fairly,” Trump said.
He said of yesterday’s retreat from many of his steep tariffs and the market’s wild swings, “We had a big day yesterday.”
In a post on his social media site, Trump said the bill’s passage “sets the stage for one of the Greatest and Most Important Signings in the History of our Country.”
The measure next goes to the White House for the Republican president’s signature.
House Republicans voted narrowly on Thursday to approve the bill after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the night to satisfy party holdouts who had refused to vote for trillions of dollars in tax breaks without deeper cuts to federal spending.
Officials from the United States and Russia met on Thursday in Istanbul to discuss repairing long-strained diplomatic relations even while a ceasefire agreement to end the Russia-Ukraine war remains elusive.
The State Department said the talks resulted in the exchange of notes “to finalize an understanding to ensure the stability of diplomatic banking for Russian and U.S. bilateral missions” in the two countries.
Both countries had imposed financial sanctions on each other’s embassies and consulates in recent years after the onset of Russia-Ukraine hostilities and had also ordered dramatic drawdowns in their respective diplomatic presences. A finalized agreement on banking could be a first step toward restoring staffing to those missions.
However, staffing levels are still a concern, according to the State Department.
Other issues remain unresolved, including the status of closed Russian consulates and other facilities in the United States and U.S. consulates in Russia.
The two sides agreed to hold follow-up meetings at dates and venues to be determined, the State Department said in a statement.
The move announced Thursday at the start of a Senate confirmation hearing for Kathleen Sgamma follows revelations that she criticized Trump in 2021 for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
David Bernhardt, interior secretary during Trump’s first term, said Sgamma’s withdrawal as nominee to head the Bureau of Land Management was “self-inflicted.”
He included a link to a website that posted her 2021 comments. Bernhardt suggested that people whose views don’t align with Trump’s should not seek political appointments.
Kathleen Sgamma, President, Western Energy Alliance, speaks during a House Committee on Natural Resources hearing on America’s Energy and Mineral potential, Feb. 8, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
“I am disgusted by the violence witnessed yesterday and President Trump’s role in spreading misinformation that incited it,” Sgamma said in the comments earlier reported by Documented, which describes itself as a watchdog journalism project.
Sgamma did not immediately respond to a telephone message seeking comment.
The longtime oil and gas industry representative had appeared well-poised to carry out Trump’s plans to roll back restrictions on energy development, including in Western states where the land bureau has vast holdings.
The agency also oversees mining, grazing and recreation.
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U.S. stocks are giving back much of their historic gains from the day before as Wall Street weighs a trade war that has cooled in temperature but is still threatening the economy.
The S&P 500 fell 5% on Thursday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,746 points, and the Nasdaq composite sank 5.8%.
Even a better-than-expected report on inflation wasn’t enough to get U.S. stocks to climb further. Losses for stocks accelerated after the White House clarified that Chinese imports will be tariffed at 145%, not the 125% rate that Trump had earlier written about.
U.S. egg prices increased in March to reach a record high of $6.23 per dozen, even with a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having bird flu outbreaks.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday suggested the rise in egg prices will be temporary, however. She pointed to the Consumer Price Index more broadly showing a slight dip for goods and services cost across the U.S. economy in March.
“We’re also moving into the Super Bowl of eggs, which is Easter,” Rollins said. “So from the beginning, I’ve said this is sort of the high price for retail for eggs, but we feel very confident that will continue to come back down.”
An email was sent by human resources this week, stating: “Masks should not be worn in public spaces in the Kennedy Center. This is especially important for our public-facing staff and front of house employees.”
A staff member, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, confirmed the change in policy. The staffer at the Washington-based performing arts center said they were concerned for people who might need masks for health reasons.
On Thursday, a page on health and safety on the center’s website was no longer available. The page used to state: “Masks are optional in all Kennedy Center spaces for visitors and staff. If you prefer to wear a mask, you are welcome to do so.”
When Trump said Wednesday that Chinese imports would be tariffed at 125%, that wasn’t completely accurate.
An aerial view of Xiasha Container Terminal on a canal in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province Sunday, April 06, 2025. (Chinatopix Via AP)
His post on Truth Social had excluded the 20% tariffs that the U.S. president put on China for its role in the production of fentanyl. The White House said Thursday once that figure is added in that the new tariffs total 145%.
Previous statements by administration officials had emphasized the 125% rate.
House Republicans passed one of their signature issues for the year on Thursday, approving legislation to require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote for federal elections, one of President Donald Trump’s top election-related priorities.
Rep. Bryan Steil, a Wisconsin Republican who chairs the committee that handles election-related legislation, said during arguments Thursday that the bill is meant to “restore Americans’ confidence in our elections” and prevent non-citizens from voting.
Democrats lined up against the bill and warned that it risks disenfranchising millions of Americans who do not have ready access to the proper documents, including married or divorced women who have changed their names. Democratic Rep. Joe Morelle of New York said the legislation “would force Americans into a paperwork nightmare.”
The bill’s fate is uncertain in the Senate. While Republicans won control of the chamber last fall, they have a narrow majority that falls short of the 60 votes they would need to overcome a filibuster.
A Trump administration official said Trump will sign a bill into law today that overturns the Biden Administration’s “Broker Rule,” which requires digital asset brokers to report certain decentralized financial — or DeFi — transactions to the IRS.
The move rolls back the regulation that was set to take effect on the cryptocurrency industry in 2027. It is Trump’s first crypto regulation signing since taking office in January.
Republicans have railed against the rule, arguing that it is unworkable since DeFi platforms operate on blockchains without human intervention and the rule stifles innovation in the crypto space, threatening to push digital asset innovation overseas.
House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework on Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who had refused to advance trillions of dollars in tax breaks without deeper spending cuts.
Johnson stood with Senate Majority Leader John Thune early in the morning at the Capitol and said Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which seeks as much as $1.5 trillion in cuts to federal programs and services, was on track. The speaker had abruptly halted voting Wednesday night.
“I believe we have the votes,” said Johnson, R-La. “We’ll take the next big step.”
Thune, R-S.D., also tried to assure House conservatives that many GOP senators are aligned with their pursuit of spending reductions.
“We certainly are going to do everything we can,” Thune said.
The 216-214 vote pushed the budget plan forward, one more milestone for Johnson, who could only lose a few detractors from his slim Republican majority.
Attorney General Merrick Garland, right, listens as Acting Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) Director Marvin G. Richardson speaks at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms headquarters in Washington, Thursday, July 22, 2021. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)
The second highest-ranking official at the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been pushed out by the Trump administration, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Marvin Richardson, who has served since 2019 as deputy director of the agency responsible for enforcing U.S. gun laws, has decided to retire after being told Wednesday evening to either leave or be fired, the person said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a personnel matter.
Richardson didn’t immediately respond to an email on Thursday. A Justice Department official declined to comment.
It comes amid intense upheaval at the agency that’s long been a target of conservatives.
On Wednesday, ATF senior leaders were informed that Kash Patel, the FBI director who also had been serving as acting ATF chief, had been replaced by Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll.
Speaker Mike Johnson is meeting with holdouts before a key vote that’s necessary for Republicans to extend tax cuts and boost border security spending later this year without any help from Democrats.
The holdouts are seeking greater assurances that Republicans will deliver significant spending cuts to go along with extending the individual and estate tax cuts that expire at the end of this year.
- Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said the only commitments so far are verbal. “I’d like to see something in writing,” Burchett said.
- Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., said he’s still uncommitted going into the meeting, and was looking for “a little bit more solid assurance” on spending cuts.
- Rep. Andy Harris, chairman of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus, struck an optimistic tone going into the meeting. “I think there is progress being made,” Harris said.
Ryan Routh will be charged with attempted first-degree murder and terrorism, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said on Thursday.
Prosecutors say Routh methodically plotted to kill Trump at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course last September. Routh allegedly aimed his rifle at a Secret Service agent, who opened fire and prompted him to drop his weapon and flee without firing.
The Secret Service had spotted Routh before Trump came into view at the golf course.
“Attempting to take the life of a former president and a leading presidential candidate isn’t just an attack on one man — this was a political attack against our Republican form of government and our shared American values,” Uthmeier said.
Correction: An earlier version of this post mistakenly reported that Routh will be charged with first-degree murder.
Senate Democrats are asking for the U.S. Office of Government Ethics to look into whether anyone benefited financially from advanced knowledge of Trump’s decision to back down on tariffs to most countries on Wednesday.
The Republican president said on social media on Wednesday morning that it was a “great time to buy,” then announced less than four hours later that nearly all tariffs would be paused for 90 days. It caused the stock market to soar.
Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff of California and Ruben Gallego of Arizona released a letter this morning to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Jamieson Greer, the acting director of the ethics office, asking for “an urgent inquiry into whether President Trump, his family, or other members of the administration engaged in insider trading or other illegal financial transactions.”
While Democrats don’t have the power to force the investigation, they are hoping the demands direct scrutiny at the issue.
China on Thursday said it will “appropriately reduce the number of imported U.S. films,” as the tariff war has escalated between the world’s two largest economies.
A spokesperson for the China Film Administration said it is “inevitable” that Chinese audiences would find American films less palatable given the “wrong move by the U.S. to wantonly implement tariffs on China.”
The spokesperson said China would follow market rules and respect the preferences of China’s moviegoers to reduce the import of American films. Chinese authorities have long controlled the distribution of foreign films, limiting them to a set quota each year.
China and the U.S. are the world’s two largest film markets by box office revenue.
Unveiled Thursday by the White House Historical Association, the ornament features the red china plate of former President Ronald Reagan’s administration on one side and the gold-rimmed china plate of former President Bill Clinton’s on the other.
First issued in 1981, the ornament usually honors presidents in their order of service; last year’s was a tribute to former President Jimmy Carter.
But Stewart McLaurin, the association’s president, says it sometimes is used to highlight important White House anniversaries or occasions.
President Ulysses Grant held the first state dinner in December 1874 for King David Kalakaua, one of the last monarchs of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Bessent will travel to Buenos Aires on Monday to meet with President Javier Milei and Minister of Economy Luis Caputo to show support for Argentina’s “bold economic reforms,” the Treasury Department said in a statement.
Trump’s recent sweeping tariff package included 10% on Argentina, though on Wednesday he announced a 90-day pause on the tariffs for most countries except China — whose tariffs he raised to 125%.
A Treasury news release states that during his meetings in Argentina, Bessent will “reiterate the United States’ firm backing for the continued implementation of President Milei’s robust economic agenda and encourage the international community to fully support President Milei’s economic reform efforts.”
“I look forward to our positive discussions about Argentina’s economy, and to exploring the ways our nations can further deepen our vital economic relationship,” Bessent said.
