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Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different​

By WILL WEISSERT
Updated 11:02 PM CDT, April 7, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers and manufacturers from foreign competition: tariffs.

President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930, even as many economists warned that the levies would prompt retaliatory tariffs from other countries, which is precisely what happened. The U.S. economy plunged deeper into a devastating financial crisis that it would not pull out of until World War II.

Most historians look back on Smoot-Hawley as a mistake that made a bad economic climate much worse. But tariffs have a new champion in President Donald Trump.

Like Trump, Hoover was elected largely because of his business acumen. An international mining engineer, financier and humanitarian, he took office in 1929 like an energetic CEO, eager to promote public-private partnerships and use the levers of government to promote economic growth.

“Anyone not only can be rich, but ought to be rich,” he declared in his inaugural address before convening a special session of Congress to better protect U.S. farmers with “limited changes of the tariff.” ...

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Trump threatens more tariffs on China as global markets shudder over how much pain economy can take

The Republican president's threat came Monday after Beijing retaliated against his announcement of tariffs last week.
apnews.com

Trump administration weighs drone strikes on Mexican cartels

The administration has increased surveillance flights over Mexico as it tries to track the powerful cartels that dominate the fentanyl trade.
www.nbcnews.com

Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges' review

The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to use an 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants, but says they must get a court hearing before they are taken from the United States.
apnews.com

Boasberg contempt showdown looms after Supreme Court hands Trump immigration win

President Donald Trump praised the Supreme Court’s ruling, but a contempt hearing Tuesday could upend the win as Judge James Boasberg presses officials on secretive deportations.
www.foxnews.com

Trump’s refusal to blink on tariffs raises the risks of an ugly endgame | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump doesn’t look like he’s going to blink.
www.cnn.com

Trump says he won’t pause tariff plan as global markets plunge

Despite hopes that the U.S. will back off trade policies, President Donald Trump said he’s not going to pause plans for tariffs.
apnews.com

Trump admin live updates: Supreme Court OKs Venezuelan deportations, but with due process

Supreme Court allows Trump to continue deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act, but says detainees must be given due process.
abcnews.go.com

Judge strikes down controversial Biden mandate to increase nursing home staffing | CNN Politics

A federal judge in Texas on Monday nixed a controversial Biden administration rule that would have required nursing homes to boost their nursing staff in coming years.
www.cnn.com

UK markets analyst comments on losses as trade war threatens to intensify

UK market analysts responded cautiously to a slight market recovery as world shares and U.S. futures advanced Tuesday. (AP Video by Kwiyeon Ha)
apnews.com

Zelensky confirms Ukraine troops active in Russia's Belgorod region

Ukraine's operations in a second region in Russia are explicitly acknowledged for the first time.
www.bbc.com

Stocks open higher Tuesday — but signs of an escalating trade war abound

Global stocks clawed back a fraction of their enormous recent losses in early trading Tuesday, but mutual and escalating threats between the U.S. and China stand to get worse.
www.nbcnews.com

Trump admin tells prosecutors to ease up on crypto enforcement

The Trump administration is pulling back its enforcement of crypto regulations, disbanding a unit dedicated to cryptocurrency enforcement
abcnews.go.com

RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soon to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide.
apnews.com

For opioid victims, payouts fall short while governments reap millions

Pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the nation's opioid crisis are paying state and local governments billions of dollars in legal settlements. But how much are victims getting?
www.cbsnews.com

Dem governors revolt against Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs

Democratic governors have rejected President Donald Trump's tariffs and tried to thwart their impact on individual states.
www.foxnews.com

Trump, Putin want Zelenskyy out. But is a vote possible in wartime Ukraine?

US and Russian leaders, united in distrusting Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy, exaggerate claims of his falling ratings.
www.aljazeera.com

Pentagon considering proposal to cut thousands of troops from Europe, officials say

Experts warn that the timing of the potential drawdown could alarm NATO allies and embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin.
www.nbcnews.com
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SCOOP: Treasury Secretary Bessent to huddle with key Republican caucus as Trump enacts tariff plan

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FIRST ON FOX: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be on Capitol Hill again on Wednesday to meet with a key Republican caucus, Fox News Digital has learned.

A source familiar with the planning told Fox News Digital that Bessent is among the speakers at the Republican Study Committee's weekly lunch on Wednesday. Discussions are likely to focus on tariffs and the budget reconciliation process, the source anticipated. It comes as House Republicans wrestle with a way forward on both fronts.

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Supreme Court rules on status of tens of thousands of fired probationary employees

  • News source: FOX News
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the Trump administration and upheld the mass firing of tens of thousands of probationary federal employees, ruling that the administration has the authority to dismiss workers across roughly a dozen government agencies.

The majority of the high court ruled that the plaintiffs, nine non-profit organizations who had sued to reinstate the employees, lacked standing to sue.

"The District Court’s injunction was based solely on the allegations of the nine non-profit-organization plaintiffs in this case. But under...
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Migrant convicted of killing his son arrested by ICE years after initial deportation

  • News source: FOX News
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Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a Mexican national who had previously been deported after a conviction of deliberate homicide.

Agents from ICE Dallas Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Fugitive Operations and ERO Special Response arrested 53-year-old Carlos Ambriz near his residence in Oklahoma on March 25, with a Monday ICE release noting that he was unlawfully in the country and had previously been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the deliberate homicide of his own child.

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Jeffries claims Trump budget bill will steal food from 'the mouths of babies' while enriching billionaires

  • News source: FOX News
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries railed against a budget bill that would advance President Donald Trump's agenda as legislation that would take food from the mouths of babies in order to enrich billionaire "puppet masters."

"These MAGA extremists are trying to jam a reckless budget down the throat of the American people," Jeffries said during a Monday press conference. "Take away health care from the American people. Strip away veterans benefits from the American people. And hurt nutritional assistance and literally take food out of the mouths...
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China says JD Vance's comments about 'peasants' are 'words that lack knowledge and respect'

  • News source: FOX News
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China is pushing back Tuesday after Vice President JD Vance told Fox News last week that the U.S. borrows "money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture."

Vance, during an interview with "Fox & Friends," made the remark while speaking about the effects of the Trump administration’s tariffs.

"I think it's useful for all of us to step back and ask us, ask ourselves, what is the globalist economy gotten the United States of America? And the answer is fundamentally, it's based on two principles -- incurring a huge...
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Popular former Republican governor whom Trump urged to run for NH Senate makes 2026 decision

  • News source: FOX News
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NEWFIELDS, N.H. - Former Republican Gov. Chris Sununu is passing on a 2026 run for the Senate in the key swing state of
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Ukraine captures two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia

  • News source: BBC News - World
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President Zelensky says two soldiers were captured while fighting in Ukraine's Donetsk region.
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Musk labels Trump trade adviser 'moron' over Tesla comments

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Peter Navarro had described Musk's electric car company as a "car assembler" rather than manufacturer.
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Beijing calls Vance 'ignorant' over 'Chinese peasants' remark

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The sharp rhetoric comes as Donald Trump's tariffs fuel trade tensions between the US and China.
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South Sudan to accept man deported from US in bid to defuse visa row

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The government initially denied entry to the man, saying he was Congolese, not South Sudanese.
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Migrants who entered U.S. via Biden-era app stripped of legal status

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The Trump administration has begun revoking the legal status of migrants who entered the U.S. under a Biden administration process powered by a smartphone app formerly known as CBP One, instructing them to leave the country immediately or face arrest and deportation.

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Florida AG bans law firms with DEI policies from serving as outside counsel

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will announce new policy changes Tuesday prohibiting law firms which have diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives from working with the attorney general's office as outside counsel.

"I am deeply troubled that these discriminatory practices have been embraced and amplified by many of our nation’s law firms," Uthmeier wrote in the policy memo. "If we are truly committed to the rule of law, then we must be truly committed to equal justice under law. DEI and ESG practices flout those...
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Musk spars with White House advisor Peter Navarro: ‘Dumber than a sack of bricks’

  • News source: FOX News
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SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk sparred on social media Tuesday with White House Senior Counselor Peter Navarro, after Navarro said in an interview Monday that Tesla was a car "assembler" rather than a manufacturer.

"Tesla has the most American-made cars. Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks," Musk said in an X post on Tuesday.

"Navarro is truly a moron," Musk said in a separate post. "What he says here is demonstrably false."

Both Navarro and Musk are two of Trump’s closest advisors, and Navarro previously served in Trump's first...
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New Navy chief 'regrets' costly missile strikes against Houthis, pushes for cheaper Red Sea defense

  • News source: FOX News
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New acting Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. James Kilby said he regrets the Navy’s reliance on expensive, high-powered missiles to counter the Houthi threat in the Red Sea and pledged to push for cheaper, more efficient solutions.

Speaking at the Sea Air Space conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Kilby said he was "not concerned" about the Navy’s ability to protect its people – such as the 350 sailors aboard the USS Carney missile destroyer – or its ability to safeguard commercial shipping.

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Supporters defend Trump’s pick to control America’s nuclear arsenal before Senate grilling

  • News source: FOX News
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A former GOP congressman tapped by President Donald Trump to oversee the country's nuclear arsenal is facing a grilling before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday on his road to confirmation.

Brandon Williams, nominated to become Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security, is a Navy veteran who formerly chaired the energy subcommittee for the House Science, Space and Technology Committee during his brief stint in Congress.

He brings with him thousands of hours of experience supervising the operation of a nuclear power plant and...
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