Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday, becoming the first foreign leader to visit Trump since he .
Whether Netanyahu鈥檚 visit succeeds in bringing down or eliminating Israel鈥檚 tariffs remains to be seen, but how it plays out could try to address the new tariffs.
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Speaker Mike Johnson says the House will give Trump 鈥榮pace鈥� on tariffs
Johnson said House Republicans are intent on giving President Trump more time to change the country鈥檚 trade imbalances with other nations.
Johnson was asked about giving Congress a chance to weigh in on the recent tariffs increases Trump has announced. The Senate, for example, passed a resolution last week that would thwart Trump鈥檚 ability to impose tariffs on Canada.
But Johnson said the country had a $1.2 trillion trade deficit in goods last year, and Americans understand Trump is trying to address that.
鈥淲e are going to give him the space necessary to do it,鈥� Johnson said.
White House threatens to veto bill to give Congress oversight of how presidents use tariffs
The White House released a statement to congressional offices saying the bill, which is being spearheaded by Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., would 鈥渟everely constrain鈥� the president鈥檚 ability to use tariffs 鈥渢o respond to national emergencies and foreign threats.鈥�
The statement was a setback for a bipartisan bill that was already unlikely to advance quickly, but Republican support for the legislation also showed that GOP lawmakers are uneasy with Trump鈥檚 sweeping tariffs. Seven Republican senators are cosponsoring the bill.
Bogus report on tariff pause briefly lifted markets before White House denied it
The confusion 鈥� which was amplified on social media and by some traditional media outlets 鈥� lasted less than a half hour but reflected a jittery mood on Wall Street as stocks plunged over worries that Trump鈥檚 tariffs could torpedo the global economy.
The origin of the false report was unclear but it appeared to be a misinterpretation of comments made by Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council, during a Fox News interview Monday morning. Asked whether Trump would consider a 90-day tariff pause suggested by a prominent hedge fund manager, Hassett said 鈥淚 think the president is going to decide what the president is going to decide.鈥�
Nearly two hours later, multiple user accounts on social media platform X posted identical messages claiming Hassett said Trump is considering a pause for all countries except China.
The White House initially appeared as confused as everyone else. But after 20 minutes, a government account rejected the report as 鈥渇ake news.鈥�
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Japan鈥檚 prime minister urged Trump to reconsider tariffs
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in a 25 minute call with Trump on Monday raised concerns that the tariffs by the U.S. could weaken investment capacity among Japanese companies.
鈥淭he recent tariff measures by the United States are extremely regrettable,鈥� Ishiba told reporters following the call. 鈥淚 told the president that Japan has been the world鈥檚 largest investor in the U.S. for five consecutive years, and I also strongly expressed concern that the U.S. tariffs will reduce the investment capacity of Japanese companies.鈥�
US bishops halt partnerships with federal government on aid programs, citing funding cuts
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops says it鈥檚 ending a half-century of partnerships with the federal government to serve refugees and children, saying the 鈥渉eartbreaking鈥� decision follows the Trump administration鈥檚 abrupt halt to funding for refugee resettlement.
The break will inevitably result in fewer services than what Catholic agencies were able to offer in the past to the needy, the bishops said.
鈥淎s a national effort, we simply cannot sustain the work on our own at current levels or in current form,鈥� said Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the USCCB. 鈥淲e will work to identify alternative means of support for the people the federal government has already admitted to these programs. We ask your prayers for the many staff and refugees impacted.鈥�
The decision means the bishops won鈥檛 be renewing existing agreements with the federal government, the bishops said. The announcement didn鈥檛 say how long current agreements were scheduled to last.
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Beijing cites President Reagan to blast Trump鈥檚 tariffs and protectionism
Beijing has issued several strongly-worded rebukes to Trump鈥檚 tariffs, including one entirely in the words of late-President Ronald Reagan.
鈥淗igh tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars,鈥� the Republican president said in a video clip dated 1987, as posted on the X social media site Monday by the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. The embassy wrote that the decades-old speech 鈥渇inds new relevance in 2025.鈥�
鈥淭he result is more and more tariffs, higher and higher trader barriers, and less and less competition,鈥� Reagan said in the speech, in which he warned of the worst from tariff wars: markets should collapse, businesses shut down, and millions of people lose jobs.
Netanyahu arrives at the White House
Trump greeted the Israeli prime minister with the firm handshake as he arrived for talks.
Trump ignored shouted questions from reporters about the tumbling global markets and whether he would lift tariffs on Israel.
Former Utah congresswoman Mia Love, who died last month, honored
Family and friends of the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress gathered in Salt Lake City on Monday to honor her life. Love died of brain cancer at age 49.
Hundreds of mourners attended the service at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute of Religion at the University of Utah.
Love鈥檚 sister Cyndi Brito shared childhood memories, including how Love used to rehearse all day and night for starring roles in her school plays.
鈥淪is, we will always, always look up to you,鈥� Brito said. 鈥淜eep being the best.鈥�
The former lawmaker had undergone treatment for an aggressive brain tumor called glioblastoma. She died at her home in Saratoga Springs, Utah, weeks after her daughter announced she was no longer responding to treatment.
Love, born Ludmya Bourdeau, represented Utah on Capitol Hill from 2015 to 2019.
Trump and Netanyahu have scrapped their plan for a joint news conference Monday afternoon
The White House did not offer any immediate explanation for why the news conference was canceled, but Trump and Netanyahu were expected to make comments to reporters at the start of their scheduled Oval Office meeting.
Experts say Beijing is unlikely to back down after Trump threatened to raise tariffs on China
President Trump threatened to raise the tariffs if Beijing doesn鈥檛 withdraw its retaliatory tariffs.
鈥淎t this point, it is extremely unlikely for China to back down,鈥� said Yun Sun, director of the China program at the Washington-based think tank Stimson Center, adding any leadership summit between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping 鈥渄oesn鈥檛 appear likely in the near future.鈥�
鈥淐hina is increasingly convinced that the tariff is not negotiable because Trump鈥檚 eventual goal is to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.,鈥� Sun said.
Craig Singleton, senior China fellow at another Washington-based think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies, called Trump鈥檚 threat Monday 鈥渁 blunt ultimatum to Beijing that sharply raises the takes in the U.S.-China tariff war.鈥� He said Beijing鈥檚 rigid system and fear of looking weak prevent Xi from opening back channels with the Trump administration that could offer relief.
DOGE cancels life-saving aid in the Mideast and education for Afghan women
A member of Elon Musk鈥檚 Department of Government Efficiency team has terminated some of the last remaining life-saving programs for refugees and others in the Middle East, two U.S. and U.N. officials tell The Associated Press.
The AP viewed some of the new contract termination notices, sent late last week by Jeremy Lewin, a DOGE associate now overseeing the dismantling of USAID. A USAID official and an official with the U.N. spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they weren鈥檛 authorized to speak.
The move severs U.S. funding for some key projects by the World Food Program, the world鈥檚 largest provider of food aid. Another notice viewed by the AP terminated funding for sending Afghan women overseas for education. An administrator for the program, which is a project of Texas A & M University, said the women would now face return to Afghanistan, where their lives may be in danger from the Taliban. That administrator also spoke on condition of anonymity because that person wasn鈥檛 authorized to speak.
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Trump welcomes Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and the champion LA Dodgers to the White House
The Monday visit was to congratulate the baseball team for winning the World Series last season.
Trump singled out several Los Angeles Dodgers for their achievements last season, praising Ohtani for becoming baseball鈥檚 first 50/50 player, Japanese pitcher Yoshi Yamamoto and NL Championship Series MVP Tommy Edman.
Trump praised Betts for his play 鈥� and took a dig at the Boston Red Sox for trading him to the Dodgers 鈥� and they shook hands at the ceremony.
Trump also boasted that egg prices have dropped 鈥�73%鈥� on his watch and he refused to introduce some senators at the ceremony, because 鈥淚 just don鈥檛 particularly like them, so I won鈥檛 introduce (them).鈥�
Trump seeks new review of Nippon Steel鈥檚 proposed purchase of US Steel on national security grounds
Trump campaigned last year in opposition of the deal, saying a Japanese company鈥檚 acquisition of the company would hurt American manufacturing. But shortly after becoming president, Trump said he鈥檇 reached an agreement for Nippon Steel to instead invest in U.S. Steel without providing details.
The directive signed Monday by Trump would give the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, CFIUS, 45 days to review the proposed purchase.
Trump threatens more tariffs on China as global markets plunge
It raises fresh concerns that Trump鈥檚 drive to rebalance the global economy could lead to a trade war.
The threat, which Trump delivered Monday on social media, came after China said it would retaliate against U.S. tariffs announced last week.
鈥淚f China does not withdraw its 34% increase above their already long term trading abuses by tomorrow, April 8th, 2025, the United States will impose ADDITIONAL Tariffs on China of 50%, effective April 9th,鈥� he wrote on Truth Social. 鈥淎dditionally, all talks with China concerning their requested meetings with us will be terminated!鈥�
Trump has remained defiant as the stock market and fears of a recession grew.
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Trump administration ends some USAID contracts providing lifesaving aid, officials say
The Trump administration has notified the World Food Program and other partners that it鈥檚 terminated some of the last remaining lifesaving humanitarian programs across the Middle East, a U.S. and U.N. official told The Associated Press.
An official with USAID says about 60 letters canceling contracts were sent over the past week, including to the World Food Program.
An official with the United Nations says WFP received termination letters for Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.
The USAID official says U.S. funding for key programs in Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe also were affected, including those providing food, water, medical care and shelter for people displaced by war.
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Trump administration asks SCOTUS to block order to return man sent to notorious El Salvador prison
The Justice Department argued in an emergency appeal to the justices that U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis overstepped her authority when she ordered returned to the United States.
Abrego Garcia is no longer in U.S. custody and the government has no way to get him back, the administration argued.
Xinis gave the administration until just before midnight Tuesday to 鈥渇acilitate and effectuate鈥� Abrego Garcia鈥檚 return.
The federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, denied the administration鈥檚 request for a stay.
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Miami鈥檚 鈥楲ittle Venezuela鈥� fears Trump鈥檚 moves against migration
Wilmer Escaray left Venezuela in 2007 and enrolled at Miami Dade College, opening his first restaurant six years later.
Today, he has a dozen businesses that hire Venezuelan migrants like he once was, workers who are now terrified by what could be the end of their legal shield from deportation.
Since the start of February, the Trump administration has ended two federal programs that together to live and work legally in the U.S. along with hundreds of thousands of .
In the largest Venezuelan community in the United States, people dread what could face them if lawsuits that aim to stop the government fail. It鈥檚 all anyone discusses in 鈥淟ittle Venezuela鈥� or 鈥淒oralzuela,鈥� a city of 80,000 people surrounded by Miami sprawl, freeways and the Florida Everglades.
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Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet on tariffs, the war in Gaza and more
The Monday meeting will make Netanyahu the first foreign leader to visit Trump since he .
Whether Netanyahu鈥檚 visit succeeds in bringing down or eliminating Israel鈥檚 tariffs remains to be seen, but how it plays out could try to address the new tariffs.
Netanyahu鈥檚 office has put the focus of his hastily organized Washington visit on the tariffs, while stressing that the two leaders will discuss major geopolitical issues including , tensions with Iran, Israel-Turkey ties and the International Criminal Court, which last year. Trump in February signed an over its investigations of Israel.
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Market rises on report that a pause in tariffs is being considered
The stock market briefly spiked on a report that Kevin Hassett, a top White House economic adviser, said the president was considering a 90-day pause on tariffs.
The supposed remark from Hassett circulated on social media, but no one could pinpoint where it came from even as the market flashed from red to green.
Hassett had spoken to Fox News earlier in the morning, when he was asked about a potential pause. However, he was noncommittal.
鈥淚 think the president is going to decide what the president is going to decide,鈥� he said.
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Vice President JD Vance鈥檚 mom marks sobriety with a ceremony at the White House
Vance鈥檚 mother, Beverly Aikins鈥� on Friday received a 10-year sobriety medallion in the Roosevelt Room at a ceremony with friends and family.
Vance described Aikins鈥� past drug addiction in his bestselling book 鈥淗illbilly Elegy.鈥�
Appeals court reverses two Trump firings of board members
The cases are likely headed to a Supreme Court showdown on the president鈥檚 power over independent agencies.
A divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued the ruling in the lawsuits separately brought by Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox.
The ruling reverses, at least for now, a judgement from a three-judge panel from the same appellate court.
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Finger pointing as markets plunge
The dispute over tariffs has caused some fracturing within Trump鈥檚 political coalition.
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said the president was 鈥渓aunching a global economic war against the whole world at once鈥� and urged him to 鈥渃all a time out.鈥�
鈥淲e are heading for a self-induced, economic nuclear winter,鈥� he wrote on X on Sunday.
Top White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told Fox News on Monday morning that Ackman should 鈥渆ase off the rhetoric a little bit.鈥�
Hassett said critics were exaggerating the impact of trade disputes and talk of an 鈥渆conomic nuclear winter鈥� was 鈥渃ompletely irresponsible rhetoric.鈥�
Trump digs in his heels
The president showed no interest in changing course despite turmoil in global markets.
He said other countries had been 鈥渢aking advantage of the Good OL鈥� USA鈥� on international trade.
鈥淥ur past 鈥榣eaders鈥� are to blame for allowing this, and so much else, to happen to our Country,鈥� he wrote on Truth Social. 鈥淢AKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!鈥�
Trump criticized China for increasing its own tariffs and 鈥渘ot acknowledging my warning for abusing countries not to retaliate.鈥�
In conservative Alabama, Republicans cheer for Trump 鈥� with some quiet concerns and caveats
On a day when stock markets around the world dropped precipitously, Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl led a celebration of the president whose sparked the sell-off.
With no mention of the Wall Street roller coaster and global economic uncertainty, Wahl declared his state GOP鈥檚 鈥淭rump Victory Dinner鈥� 鈥� and the broader national moment 鈥� a triumph. And for anyone who rejects Trump, his agenda and the 鈥淎merica First鈥� army that backs it all, Wahl had an offer: 鈥淭he Alabama Republican Party will buy them a plane ticket to any country in the world they want to go to.鈥�
Wahl鈥檚 audience 鈥� an assembly of lobbyists and donors, state lawmakers, local party officials and grassroots activists 鈥� laughed, applauded and sometimes roared throughout last week鈥檚 gala in downtown Birmingham.
Yet beyond the cheerleading, there were signs of a more cautious optimism and some worried whispers over Trump鈥檚 sweeping tariffs, the particulars of and the aggressive slashing by .
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Trump鈥檚 schedule for Monday
This morning, at 11 a.m., World Series Champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, will visit the White House and meet the president. Later, at 1 p.m., Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House and meet with Trump. At 2 p.m., Netanyahu and Trump will participate in a Bilateral Meeting in the Oval Office. At 2:30 p.m., they will hold a joint news conference.
Trump says he鈥檚 not backing down on tariffs, calls them 鈥榤edicine鈥� as markets reel
Trump said Sunday that he won鈥檛 back down on his sweeping tariffs on imports from most of the world unless countries even out their trade with the U.S.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said he didn鈥檛 want global markets to fall, but also that he wasn鈥檛 concerned about the massive sell-off either, adding, 鈥渟ometimes you have to take medicine to fix something.鈥�
His comments came as global financial markets appeared on track to continue sharp declines once trading resumes Monday, and after Trump鈥檚 aides sought to soothe market concerns by saying more than 50 nations had reached out about launching negotiations to lift the tariffs.
The higher rates are set to be collected beginning Wednesday. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said unfair trade practices are not 鈥渢he kind of thing you can negotiate away in days or weeks.鈥� The United States, he said, must see 鈥渨hat the countries offer and whether it鈥檚 believable.鈥�
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