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Trump aides insist that tariffs will remain, even after court ruling

President Trump’s top economic advisers stressed Sunday that they would not be deterred by a recent court decision declaring many of the administration’s tariffs to be illegal, pointing to other authorities the White House could invoke to pressure China and other nations into trade negotiations.

Can Trump fix the national debt? Republican senators, many investors, and even Musk have doubts.
President Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters, and even Elon Musk that he won’t bury the federal government in debt with his multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package.

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A federal judge delivered a beatdown to the Trump administration, in support of WilmerHale. Here’s how.
Judge Richard Leon, a Mass. native, struck down the entirety of President Trump’s WilmerHale order as unconstitutional.

Can Trump fix the national debt? Republican senators, many investors, and even Elon Musk have doubts.
The White House has viciously lashed out at anyone who has voiced concern about the debt snowballing under Trump, even though it did exactly that in his first term after his 2017 tax cuts.

Trump aides say tariffs will remain, even after court ruling
President Trump’s top economic advisers stressed Sunday that they would not be deterred by a court decision that declared many of the administration’s tariffs to be illegal.

Treasury Secretary Bessent says US will never default on its debt
Scott Bessent said the US “is never going to default” as the deadline for increasing the federal debt ceiling gets closer.

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Trump tells US steelworkers he’s going to double tariffs on foreign steel to 50 percent

Trump said doubling the levies on imported steel “will even further secure the steel industry in the US.” But such a dramatic increase could raise prices for consumers.

Eric Spofford arrested on federal indictment for allegedly conspiring to stalk NHPR journalists

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Trump gives Elon Musk an Oval Office sendoff, crediting him with ‘colossal change’

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