Trump places 25% tariff on imported autos
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Trump places 25% tariff on imported autos
President Donald Trump says he is placing 25% tariffs on auto imports. The White House says the move will foster domestic manufacturing, but it could also put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains. Trump told reporters on Wednesday that “this will continue to spur growth.” The tariffs could be complicated as even U.S. automakers source their components from around the world. That means they could face higher costs and lower sales. Shares in General Motors fell roughly 3% Wednesday. Ford’s stock was up slightly. Stellantis, the owner of Jeep and Chrysler, dropped nearly 4%.
Trump says Signal chat isn't 'really an FBI thing.'
FBI Director Kash Patel wasn’t part of a Signal chat discussing detailed attack plans. But that didn’t spare him from being questioned by lawmakers this week about whether the nation’s premier law enforcement agency would investigate. Patel made no such commitments during two days of Senate and House hearings, instead testifying that he had not reviewed text messages inadvertently shared with the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic. President Donald Trump insisted that “it’s not really an FBI thing,”.
Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits the El Salvador prison
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration says are members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang have been held since their removal from the U.S. Noem’s trip Wednesday to the prison where inmates are packed into cells and never allowed outside comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting people it describes as the “worst of the worst.” The Trump administration is arguing in federal court that it was justified in sending the Venezuelans to El Salvador, while activists say the prison is rife with human rights abuses.
Turkish student at Tufts University detained
A lawyer for a Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University says she has been detained by Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation. The lawyer for 30-year-old Rumeysa Ozturk says she had just left her home in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Tuesday when she was stopped by agents. Surveillance video appears to show six people whose faces are covered taking her phone as she yells and is handcuffed. A judge ordered that she not be moved out of Massachusetts and gave the government until Friday to respond. But as of Wednesday evening, she was listed in online records as being at processing center in southern Louisiana. The DHS confirmed Ozturk’s detention and the termination of her visa.
President Donald Trump says he is placing 25% tariffs on auto imports. The White House says the move will foster domestic manufacturing, but it could also put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains. Trump told reporters on Wednesday that “this will continue to spur growth.” The tariffs could be complicated as even U.S. automakers source their components from around the world. That means they could face higher costs and lower sales. Shares in General Motors fell roughly 3% Wednesday. Ford’s stock was up slightly. Stellantis, the owner of Jeep and Chrysler, dropped nearly 4%.
Trump says Signal chat isn't 'really an FBI thing.'
FBI Director Kash Patel wasn’t part of a Signal chat discussing detailed attack plans. But that didn’t spare him from being questioned by lawmakers this week about whether the nation’s premier law enforcement agency would investigate. Patel made no such commitments during two days of Senate and House hearings, instead testifying that he had not reviewed text messages inadvertently shared with the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic. President Donald Trump insisted that “it’s not really an FBI thing,”.
Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits the El Salvador prison
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration says are members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang have been held since their removal from the U.S. Noem’s trip Wednesday to the prison where inmates are packed into cells and never allowed outside comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting people it describes as the “worst of the worst.” The Trump administration is arguing in federal court that it was justified in sending the Venezuelans to El Salvador, while activists say the prison is rife with human rights abuses.
Turkish student at Tufts University detained
A lawyer for a Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University says she has been detained by Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation. The lawyer for 30-year-old Rumeysa Ozturk says she had just left her home in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Tuesday when she was stopped by agents. Surveillance video appears to show six people whose faces are covered taking her phone as she yells and is handcuffed. A judge ordered that she not be moved out of Massachusetts and gave the government until Friday to respond. But as of Wednesday evening, she was listed in online records as being at processing center in southern Louisiana. The DHS confirmed Ozturk’s detention and the termination of her visa.
