Politics

WATCH: 'Boys will be boys,' White House's Leavitt says of Musk-Navarro public spat over tariffs

By Molly Finnegan

"These are obviously two individuals who have very different views on trade and on tariffs," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a response to a question from a reporter.

WATCH: Trump suggests 'major tariff on pharmaceuticals' forthcoming at National Republican Congressional Committee dinner

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump promised Tuesday to impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals so that more medications would be made in the U.S.

WATCH: Trump signs executive order to bolster U.S. coal industry

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Under the orders, President Donald Trump uses his emergency authority to allow some older coal-fired power plants set for retirement to keep producing electricity to meet rising U.S. power demand amid growth in data centers, artificial intelligence and electric cars.

As clock ticks down to Trump's new tariffs, White House keeps world guessing

By Chris Megerian, Josh Boak, Stephen Groves, Associated Press

President Donald Trump tried to have it both ways this week, saying "there can be permanent tariffs, and there can also be negotiations."…

WATCH: Cortez Masto grills Trump trade rep on what he's doing to shield tourism industry from tariff fallout

By Erica R. Hendry

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., pressed U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday, saying she was concerned that Greer was not being realistic nor "intellectually honest" about the time it takes to negotiate trade agreements.

Supreme Court blocks order that Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The justices acted Tuesday in the Republican administration's emergency appeal of a ruling by a federal judge in California ordering that 16,000 probationary employees be reinstated while a lawsuit plays out because their firings didn't follow federal law.

WATCH: 'No particular timeline' for tariff negotiations, U.S. trade rep says hours before they begin

By Erica R. Hendry

The tariffs are set to begin at midnight Wednesday unless other action is taken.

WATCH: State Department says funding to some life-saving UN food programs was cut by mistake

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

“There were a few programs that were cut in other countries that were not meant to be cut, that have been rolled back and put into place,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce told reporters.

Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after they receive a court hearing

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The court’s action appears to bar the administration from immediately resuming the flights that last month carried hundreds of migrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

RFK Jr. will tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Health Secretary Robert Kennedy cannot order communities to stop fluoridation, but he can direct the CDC to stop recommending it and work with the EPA to change the allowed amount.