The auto industry is crying out for help because of Trump’s tariffs
Nearly 60% of US citizens think that President Donald Trump is concentrating too much on tariffs and not enough on lowering prices, a CBS News poll found. Inflation has fallen since peaking in 2022, but the price of goods is still very high and will likely go up even higher as tariffs take effect.
US stocks were hammered due to trade war fears
US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose new tariffs on Chinese imports is a “game changer” that could result in higher costs and a reduction in export markets as a result of the trade war, Fitch said. The tariffs amount to a nearly nine-fold increase in the prevailing US import tax last year, it added.
Security experts saw the Signal attack plan being violated
US President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, in a letter to the Congress, said the White House didn’t share classified information on a chat group with a US lawmaker. This came after Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, claimed a top Trump administration official mistakenly added him to a group chat about highly sensitive plans to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen.
Families of people deported from Venezuela are in dispute over gang claims
US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday said that El Salvador’s prison system “runs an excellent prison system”. This comes after families of four deported Venezuelans alleged they were sent to El Salvador despite a judge ordering the deportations to turn around. The four are believed to have signed voluntary departures orders, a move that would allow them to come to the US at later time.
Zelenskyy and Trump are talking after Trump’s phone call
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday was “the beginning of the end of this war” between Russia and Ukraine. Zelenskyy added, “Putin’s words are very different from reality.” “What Putin and Trump want to see in Ukraine’s Security Service are threatening to destroy the civilian sector,” he further said.
There are many things to know about the judge who battles Trump over deportation flights
US judge James Boasberg, who ordered a halt to President Donald Trump’s deportations of over 200 migrants from Venezuela, said he has been told that the President may not order deportations again. Boasberg, who was appointed to the federal bench by former US President Barack Obama in 2013, said that the deportations were “not within the scope of executive authority”.
Trump and Putin will speak Tuesday, and what Russia wants from the talks
US President Donald Trump on Monday said that the situation in Ukraine is not good, but he and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will try to work a peace agreement, ceasefire and peace. “We’re coming to a resolution of the Ukrainian problem and there’s no room left for peace,” Trump added. Last week,Ukraine agreed to a US plan for a 30-day ceasefire.
Senate Democrats have a dilemma: help the GOP pass a funding bill or bring about a government shutdown
US President Donald Trump has said that Democrats need to decide if they’re going to support the House bill funding the government or if they’ll shut it down. “We can pass a 30-day clean extension to allow Republicans to negotiate…in order for us to have a functioning government,” he added. Schumer had earlier said that the bill should be passed with bipartisan support.
Australia will not retaliate against the U.S. tariffs
India will reduce tariffs on several goods, including Harley-Davidson motorcycles, from February 13 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet US President Donald Trump, the Commerce Ministry said. The move comes after China imposed retaliatory tariffs onHarley-Davidson motorbikes and motorcycles from the US and Canada. Earlier, South Korea had declared an “emergency response mode” over US’ 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
We use the past for clues about what will be said in the address
US President Donald Trump will deliver his final address to a joint session of the US Congress on Tuesday, as part of the State of the Union address. Trump’s last State of the Union speech was in 2019. He is expected to discuss his administration’s plans for 2020 and his vision for the country in his address.