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• Hundreds of law firms, former judges sign onto briefs in support of Perkins Coie

  04-04-2025 22:43 via thehill.com
  
  Hundreds of law firms and former judges have signed onto friend-of-the-court briefs in support of Perkins Coie as the law firm challenges President Trump’s executive order targeting it.  More than 500 law firms and 300 retired judges asked for leave to file two amicus briefs condemning Trump’s order stripping security clearances from and severing government ties with the major law firm, which previously did work for Democrats. “Although we do not take this step lightl
  
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• Jeffries accuses Trump of tanking the economy to create opportunities for the rich

  08-04-2025 00:04 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday accused President Trump of intentionally crashing the economy to benefit the GOP’s wealthy donors and other well-heeled interests. The Democratic leader said Trump’s tariffs, which prompted a stock-market sell-off and fears of a global recession, have been applied so haphazardly — and done such immediate harm — that no other plausible explanation fits. “The Trump tariffs, which are a tax on the Ameri
  
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• Bessent: Trump will be ready to negotiate tariffs 'at a point'

  08-04-2025 00:00 via thehill.com
  
  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said President Trump will be ready for trade negotiations "at a point," while the administration has showed no signs of backing off its implementation of sweeping tariffs.Bessent was asked on Fox Business Network about opening trade negotiations with Japan and he suggested that Trump will be ready to negotiate with all trading partners.“As I advised on many shows on April 2nd, I suggested that the foreign officials keep your cool, do not escalate
  
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• Mark Cuban: Tariffs, DOGE cuts could result in 'far worse situation than 2008'

  07-04-2025 23:48 via thehill.com
  
  Billionaire investor Mark Cuban predicted the United States economy would be in a “far worse situation than 2008” if President Trump’s tariffs stay in place and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to make steep cuts to the federal budget.“If the new tariffs stay in place for multiple years, and are enforced and inflationary, and DOGE continues to cut and fire, we will be in a far worse situation than 2008,” Cuban wrote Saturday in
  
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• Maine sues USDA over funding freeze

  07-04-2025 23:35 via thehill.com
  
  Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey (D) sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Monday over the agency’s recent decision to withhold federal funds from the state over its refusal to comply with the Trump administration’s orders to ban transgender athletes from girl’s and women’s sports in schools. The complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine alleges the USDA’s funding freeze is “blatantly unlawful” and hampers the st
  
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• GOP Rep. John James announces run for Michigan governor

  07-04-2025 23:22 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. John James (R-Mich.) launched a bid for Michigan governor on Monday, becoming the latest Republican to jump in the primary. James said in a statement that Michigan is being "held back by a lack of strong, competent leadership" and that the state has been "dominated by radical, out of touch policies." "It's time to get Michigan's government out of fantasyland and back to common sense," James said. "President Trump and I have been in each other's corner through thick and thin for ei
  
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• Democrats reject Johnson-Luna deal to kill proxy voting 

  07-04-2025 23:04 via thehill.com
  
  The Democratic sponsors of legislation empowering new parents to vote remotely are rejecting a recent alternative from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) designed to block the proxy vote legislation from reaching the floor.Over the weekend, Johnson cut a deal with GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.), who was leading the charge to force floor action on proxy voting. Their compromise would create a system of “vote pairing,” designed to empower pregnant lawmakers and young mothers with som
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene: Countries that don't negotiate with Trump will 'lose bigly'

  07-04-2025 22:49 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Monday that countries that don’t try to negotiate a trade deal with President Trump will “lose bigly.”The outspoken, far-right congresswoman echoed a sentiment expressed last week by the president’s son Eric Trump, who advised countries not to wait to try to make a deal on tariffs.The Trump administration has sent mixed signals on whether Trump's tariffs are the opening gambit of trade negotiation or whether they are "here to stay.
  
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• Trump shows no signs of backing off tariffs

  07-04-2025 22:35 via thehill.com
  
  The White House showed no signs Monday of backing off its implementation of sweeping tariffs on dozens of other nations, even as its approach rattled financial markets and raised the specter of an economic slowdown.President Trump was adamant that the aggressive tariffs, which are set to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, were a necessary tool to rebalance trade and reorient the U.S. economy after years of being taken advantage of.He also announced he would impose a new 50 percent tariff on
  
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• Spartz says Ukraine not positioned to keep land in peace talks

  07-04-2025 22:23 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) said in a new interview that Ukraine is not positioned to keep some of its land in peace talks with Russia.“I just don’t see how they [Ukraine] can be positioned to demand to keep the land. If they would be winning the war, that will be very different,” the Ukrainian-born GOP lawmaker said in an interview with The Telegraph published Monday.“As I said two years ago, the best thing is to win wars as fast as you can. As long as it takes usually
  
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• Roberts temporarily halts deadline for Trump administration to return mistakenly deported man

  07-04-2025 22:03 via thehill.com
  
  Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily halted a judge’s midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return to the country a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Roberts agreed to hold the deadline until the high court can resolve the Trump administration’s emergency request to lift the judge’s order.  The order does not address the underlying merits of the dispute and is not necessarily an indication of how the court will ru
  
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• Live updates: US to have direct talks with Iran; markets slide eases amid tariff moves

  07-04-2025 21:59 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump is holding firm in his economic plans, even as stocks opened Monday morning at a loss and discontent grew over the weekend with his tariff agenda.He pushed back on criticism quickly Monday, calling on Americans to be patient. Later in the morning, he threatened an additional 50 percent tariff on China, which had responded last week to Trump's 34 percent tariff on imports by implementing the same on American imports.Amid the tariff tension, Trump's Monday agenda included a meetin
  
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• Trump says he’s not looking at a pause on tariffs

  07-04-2025 21:54 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Monday said he’s not considering a pause on tariffs, following an unconfirmed report earlier in the day that he was considering a 90-day pause, which caused the stock market to jump.“We’re not looking at that,” Trump said when asked if he’s open to a pause.“We have many, many countries that are coming to negotiate deals with us and they’re going to be fair deals and in certain cases, they’re going to be paying substantial tariffs
  
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• Trump: U.S.-Iran to hold direct nuclear talks on Saturday 

  07-04-2025 21:47 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said the U.S. will hold direct talks with Iran over its nuclear program, saying a meeting is set for Saturday. He made his remarks alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a meeting that was arranged on short notice. “We're having direct talks with Iran, and they've started. It'll go on Saturday,” Trump said from the Oval Office. Trump said he’s focusing on diplomacy over threatening military action. Trump, in his first term, w
  
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• Bessent opening trade negotiations with Japan

  07-04-2025 21:40 via thehill.com
  
  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Monday that the U.S. is opening trade negotiations with Japan.Bessent, in a post on X, said President Trump has tasked him and U.S. Trade Repreprestative Jamieson Greer to lead the talks.“Following a very constructive phone discussion with the Government of Japan, @POTUS @realDonaldTrump has tasked me and @USTradeRep to open negotiations to implement the President’s vision for the new Golden Age of Global Trade with @JPN_PMO Shigeru Ishi
  
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• Live updates: US to have direct talks with Iran; Netanyahu, Trump meeting underway

  07-04-2025 21:31 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump is holding firm in his economic plans, even as stocks opened Monday morning at a loss and discontent grew over the weekend with his tariff agenda.He pushed back on criticism quickly Monday, calling on Americans to be patient. Later in the morning, he threatened an additional 50 percent tariff on China, which had responded last week to Trump's 34 percent tariff on imports by implementing the same on American imports.Amid the tariff tension, Trump's Monday agenda includes a meetin
  
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• Trump orders new review of proposed US Steel acquisition

  07-04-2025 20:58 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump ordered on Monday a new review of a proposed U.S. Steel acquisition by Japanese corporation Nippon Steel.In a memo to multiple government figures including department heads, the president told the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to conduct a review of the acquisition of U.S. Steel for help “in determining whether further action in this matter may be appropriate.”Earlier this year, former President Biden announced that he was going to stop
  
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• DOJ planned to send US marshals to ex-employee's home over Mel Gibson discussion

  07-04-2025 20:51 via thehill.com
  
  The Department of Justice (DOJ) was preparing to send U.S. marshals to a former employee's home ahead of an appearance she was set to make with two high-profile Democrats over restoring actor Mel Gibson's gun rights.Correspondence between former Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer and the Justice Department indicates the department planned to dispatch U.S. marshals to deliver a letter seeking to dissuade her from talking at the event about allegations that she was fired for recommending Gibson's gun right
  
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• Bessent: Federal layoffs will help fill factory jobs created by Trump tariffs

  07-04-2025 20:37 via thehill.com
  
  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration is planning to boost U.S. manufacturing employment with policies meant to steer laid-off federal workers into factories.In an interview with Tucker Carlson published Friday on the social platform X, the Treasury secretary said he believed the U.S. had enough workers to fill thousands of manufacturing jobs Trump hopes to create through steep import taxes."On one side, the president is reordering trade," Bessent said. "On the other si
  
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• Live updates: Netanyahu, Trump meeting underway; markets volatile as White House holds firm on tariffs

  07-04-2025 20:07 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump is holding firm in his economic plans, even as stocks opened Monday morning at a loss and discontent grew over the weekend with his tariff agenda.He pushed back on criticism quickly Monday, calling on Americans to be patient. Later in the morning, he threatened an additional 50 percent tariff on China, which had responded last week to Trump's 34 percent tariff on imports by implementing the same on American imports.Amid the tariff tension, Trump's Monday agenda includes a meetin
  
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• Two Senate Republicans urge Trump to take EU tariff deal

  07-04-2025 19:46 via thehill.com
  
  A pair of Senate Republicans on Monday urged President Trump to accept the European Union’s offer of “zero-for-zero tariffs” on cars and industrial goods amid the administration's growing trade wars.“Let’s take that deal!” Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) wrote on the social platform X from his personal account.“Much to gain,” Lee added.Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) chimed in, writing in response, “Totally agree with @BasedMikeLee.”“At some poi
  
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• 2 Senate Republicans urge Trump to take EU tariff deal

  07-04-2025 19:46 via thehill.com
  
  A pair of Senate Republicans on Monday urged President Trump to accept the European Union’s offer of “zero-for-zero tariffs” on cars and industrial goods amid the administration's growing trade wars.“Let’s take that deal!” Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) wrote on the social platform X from his personal account.“Much to gain,” Lee added.Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) chimed in, writing in response, “Totally agree with @BasedMikeLee.”“At some poi
  
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• Trump, Netanyahu nix White House press conference

  07-04-2025 19:39 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Monday opted to nix a formal press conference that would have had President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu taking questions from a wider swath or reporters, choosing instead for the two leaders to face the small group of media in the Oval Office.The president’s daily guidance indicated that Trump would participate in a bilateral meeting with Netanyahu at 2 p.m. followed by a press conference in the East Room of the White House just 30 minutes later.A
  
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• 7 GOP senators sign on to bill to check Trump's trade authority

  07-04-2025 18:59 via thehill.com
  
  Seven Republican senators, including Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), the Senate’s president pro tempore, and Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.), the former Senate Republican leader, have signed on to a bipartisan bill that would require Congress to approve President Trump’s steep tariffs on trading partners.Grassley and McConnell have joined five other Republicans — Sens. Jerry Moran (Kan.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Thom Tillis (N.C.), Todd Young (Ind.) and Susan Collins (Maine) — in
  
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• Trump planning military parade through DC for 79th birthday

  07-04-2025 18:52 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration is planning a June 14 military parade through the streets of Washington, D.C., to mark the president's 79th birthday.It will also mark the Army’s 250th anniversary. A senior administration official confirmed the plans to NewsNation, The Hill’s sister network.Washington City Paper first reported on the parade, noting it will stretch almost 4 miles from the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., to the White House.President Trump in his first term in 2018
  
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• Trump adviser fires back at Bill Ackman: 'Nuclear winter' talk 'completely irresponsible'

  07-04-2025 18:07 via thehill.com
  
  White House National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett said in a Monday interview that billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman “should ease off the rhetoric” after he warned that President Trump’s tariffs could lead to a “self-induced, economic nuclear winter.”In an interview Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Hassett called the remarks by Ackman, who endorsed Trump for president last year, “completely irrespons
  
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• Trump swipes at California's Dems while celebrating Dodgers

  07-04-2025 18:01 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Monday welcomed the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House.Trump celebrated the Dodgers' victory over the New York Yankees last October, praising the team's resilience, talent and "movie star" looks.The president also used the event to swipe at California's Democratic senators, who were in attendance for the event in the East Room."We have a couple senators here. I just don't particularly like them, so I won't introduce them," Trump said, referring to Sen
  
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• Watch: Trump and Netanyahu meet at White House

  07-04-2025 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his second visit to the White House this year for a meeting with President Trump.The meeting took place just days after Trump announced a 17 percent tariff on imported goods from the Middle Eastern country. Netanyahu will be the first international leader to visit the White House after the president’s “Liberation Day” tariffs announcement against U.S. trading partners. The prime minister’s office said the two l
  
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• Watch live: Trump and Netanyahu meet at White House

  07-04-2025 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes his second visit to the White House this year for a meeting with President Trump.The meeting will take place just days after Trump announced a 17 percent tariff on imported goods from the Middle Eastern country. Netanyahu will be the first international leader to visit the White House after the president’s “Liberation Day” tariffs announcement against U.S. trading partners. The prime minister’s office said th
  
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• Trump on possibility of sending American inmates to El Salvador prison: 'I love that'

  07-04-2025 17:39 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said on Sunday he would “love” to send American inmates to El Salvador’s mega-prison but first needs to check if it’s legal.Speaking with reporters on Air Force One, Trump was asked whether he plans to discuss El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's offer to take in and house American prisoners with him.“Well, I love that,” Trump said. “If we could take some of our 20-time wise guys that push people into subways and that hit people over the
  
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