Author: Christian Datoc

President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday that he plans to reimplement the original “Liberation Day” tariff rates he placed on U.S. trading partners if deals are not reached at the conclusion of the 90-day pause he put in place Wednesday. The president spoke to reporters for over an hour during his Thursday Cabinet meeting, where he…

President Donald Trump is leveraging a 145% tariff rate, higher than previously thought, on Chinese goods, according to White House officials. Trump made headlines and shifted financial markets Thursday by announcing a 90-day pause on his reciprocal tariff agenda for all U.S. trading partners besides China, Canada, and Mexico. Throughout the pause, the administration will…

EXCLUSIVE — A pair of Trump-world veterans outlined a new blueprint Thursday for directly countering the Chinese Communist Party’s influence on American soil. The Protecting America Initiative, launched by Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Ric Grenell and former acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, published a five-point brief that aims to help federal…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, not President Donald Trump, will attend the Friday dignified transfer of the four U.S. soldiers who died in Lithuania last week during a training exercise. Trump traveled to South Florida Thursday afternoon to attend the LIV golf tournament, which will take place this weekend at Trump National Doral. BODY OF FINAL…

Patience with Elon Musk is running thin in some corners of the GOP as party operatives worry he is galvanizing Democratic voters against President Donald Trump despite his willingness to open his pocketbook for Republicans. Throughout Trump’s first few months back in office, Musk, who is taking a break from his technology empire to spearhead…

President Donald Trump and Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) will announce a new $20 billion investment by Hyundai, news that White House officials cite as evidence of the efficacy of the president’s tariff agenda. The total investment will include plans for a $5 billion steel plant in Louisiana, which is expected to create roughly 1,500 new…

EXCLUSIVE — Two of President Donald Trump’s former Cabinet secretaries launched an advertising campaign on Tuesday boosting the president’s energy agenda. “Free,” a new ad purchased by a conservative nonprofit organization launched by Trump’s former Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette and former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, will run on television and digital platforms across the country. Brouillette’s…

President Donald Trump’s plan to build an “External Revenue Service” is stuck in limbo even as the White House mounts an aggressive trade war with Canada and other countries. On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order directing the Commerce Department to begin formulating plans for standing up the agency, which would…

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins addressed the “uncertainty” felt by farmers amid President Donald Trump‘s trade war, suggesting that current market shocks will continue for “a few weeks or a few months.” As the president ramps up the implementation of new tariffs, Trump and his top aides have started setting expectations for economic “disturbances” ahead of…

President Donald Trump is hoping to reopen negotiations with Iran about containing its nuclear program, even as the administration maintains a “maximum pressure” campaign against the country. Trump told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo in an interview to air Sunday that he sent a letter to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressing his desire for a…