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"The ball is in China's court. China needs to make a deal with us. We don't have to make a deal with them," said a statement from Trump read out by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. "There's no difference between China and any other country except they are much larger," she told a briefing.

Former President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered his first major speech since leaving the White House nearly three months ago, calling on the budget-slashing Trump administration to keep its hands off Social Security.

The suit argues that Trump unlawfully seized Congress's authority to impose tariffs and calls his justification — framing trade deficits as a national emergency — baseless.

Many X users are displeased with the White House after the official White House account on X posted a photo of Elon Musk and one of his sons at a UFC event Saturday.

The US President warned Sunday that no country would be "getting off the hook" on tariffs, as his administration suggested exemptions seen as favoring China would be short-lived. The world's two largest economies have been locked in a fast-moving, high-stakes game of brinkmanship since Trump launched a global tariff assault.

Pennsylvania police arrested a 38-year-old man accused of setting fire to the governor's mansion on Sunday, forcing Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.) and his family and guests to evacuate the residence.

President Trump has threatened sanctions on Mexico if it still fails to fulfill its commitments under the 1944 Water Treaty with the U.S., which requires the country to deliver 1.75 million acre-feet of water to its neighbor every five years.

According to a memo shared on Thursday, Hegseth described the spending on outside consultants as unnecessary. "These terminations represent $5.1 billion in wasteful spending ... and nearly $4 billion in estimated savings."

Energy prices also dropped by 2.4% in March, driven primarily by a sharp 6.3% decline in gasoline costs, which outweighed the rises in electricity and natural gas prices.

At the time of his appointment, agency staff had not been informed of Patel's selection, and his dual role overseeing both the FBI and ATF was regarded as highly irregular.

Elon Musk has repeatedly said there was fraudulent activity within federal agencies, and on Tuesday, the DOGE alleged that thousands of people "born in the future" claimed a total of $69 million in unemployment benefits.

The recalled butter was distributed in seven states: Arkansas, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to limit federal judges' power to oppose President Donald Trump's policies with injunctions, after the White House blasted such hurdles.

As headlines swirl about looming Trump-era tariffs on Chinese imports, FashionNova decided to do what FashionNova does best: fire off a wild marketing text.

China's Finance Ministry has criticized the U.S. move, calling it a "mistake on top of a mistake."

Critics of U.S. President Trump expressed their thoughts on the ongoing shakeup global markets—US stocks included—are experiencing following new tariffs his administration imposed on China.

Elon Musk has joined the frenzy over the adorable dire wolves brought to life by a genetics and biosciences company, but their "de-extinction" has also raised concerns on whether it's a good thing or not to revive a long-extinct species.

Harvard's borrowing plan follows a similar move by Princeton University, which announced on April 1 that it may issue about US$320 million in taxable bonds later this month. Princeton also revealed that the US government had frozen several research grants.

Billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman suggested that Trump consider a temporary break from the tariff strategy—a "90-day timeout"—to negotiate better trade deals to solve the "asymmetric tariff deals and induce trillions of dollars of new investment in our country."

The severe weather system that brought in deadly flooding across the mid-Mississippi River Valley over the weekend is moving through the southeast Monday, and it is expected to bring scattered thunderstorms and heavy rainfall that could trigger more flooding.

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that China would have agreed to a deal on the sale of TikTok if it were not for the tariffs imposed by Washington on Beijing last week.

Violent storms battering the central-eastern United States have killed at least 17 people, officials said Sunday, with the National Weather Service warning of "devastating" flash flooding.

Holding a prototype that bore his face and an inscription "The Trump Card", the Republican president told reporters that the special visa would probably be available "in less than two weeks".

Haugh was not involved in the controversial Signal group chat about a military operation in Yemen, but testified last week before the House Intelligence Committee about the risks of using Signal for sensitive discussions.

"Thanks Elon" was trending on X Thursday after the tech titan re-shared a video of people demonstrating outside a Tesla location to show their support to the Tesla CEO amid increasing scrutiny over his role at the DOGE.

Nearly 2.5 million people were placed in a "high-risk" zone, which included parts of west Tennessee, northeast Arkansas, southeast Missouri, and regions of western Kentucky and southern Illinois.

Republicans are using the accounting method called the "current policy baseline" to show that extending Trump's tax cuts would cost nothing. Democrats strongly oppose this, calling it "magic math" because it hides the true cost, which could be in the trillions.

The job cuts have impacted researchers, scientists, and senior officials, leading to the loss of key figures who shaped U.S. policies on drug approvals, medical research, and public health.

Judge Beryl Howell on Tuesday chose not to make a decision, but review briefings from both USIP and the Justice Department before considering whether to block the transfer.