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President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10.Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images file

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Trump's economy at 100 days: Unprecedented uncertainty reigns

By Rob Wile

Voters returned Donald Trump to the White House in November believing he would be better for the economy than his opponent, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.

Yet 100 days into Trump’s second presidential term, voters now face an economic landscape rife with uncertainty.

Among its attributes: recession odds of as high as 60%, inflation rates that have barely budged and a stock market that, until recently, was beset by volatility.

At issue is Trump’s tariffs strategy.

Though he said throughout his campaign that he planned to impose tariffs on goods brought into the United States, consumers and businesses alike have reacted with shock at what Trump has implemented and the speed with which he has done it: a 10%-across-the-board tariff, 25% duties on autos and auto parts and steel and aluminum products, and duties of as high as 145% on goods from China, the third-largest source of imports into the United States behind the European Union and Mexico.

“A lot of economic policy has been made in these first 100 days — more than any other administration I can think of,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Mom's fight with school over teen daughter's gender transition gets boost from parents group

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EXCLUSIVE: The American Parents Coalition (APC) is weighing in on a lawsuit against a Florida middle school accused of secretly socially transitioning a 13-year-old girl behind her family’s back.

The group, which advocates for the rights of parents and families across the country, filed a brief in support of the Littlejohn family with the 11th Circuit Court on Wednesday. APC is arguing that so-called social transitioning is a type of medical treatment and that "parents have a substantive due process right to be informed about the treatments a school...
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Republican lawmakers seek to strip District of Columbia of its sanctuary city policies

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FIRST ON FOX: Republican lawmakers are launching an effort that would require the nation’s capital to abandon its sanctuary city policies.

Sanctuary cities are local jurisdictions that restrict cooperation with federal immigration authorities, including refusing to comply with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer requests.

As a result, the District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act would eliminate sanctuary city laws in the District of Columbia and bar Washington, D.C., from implementing any policy that allows it...
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Supreme Court weighs religious liberty dispute over public funding for Catholic charter school

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The Supreme Court offered clear divisions Wednesday in a religious liberty case involving public education and whether religious charter schools can receive taxpayer funding.

At issue is whether providing public money to a faith-based educational institution violates the First Amendment's separation of church and state mandate.

In more than two hours of wide-ranging oral arguments, the high court appeared divided along ideological lines, with a majority prepared to allow St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in Oklahoma City to become the...
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The little-known database at the heart of Kennedy's vaccine conspiracy theory

  • News source: Brandy Zadrozny | NBC News
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For as long as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has falsely claimed that vaccines cause widespread harm — from autism to sudden death — he has pointed to the one source he says could immediately prove it.

In speeches, interviews and writings, Kennedy has repeatedly claimed that the evidence of a massive public health cover-up lies buried in a little-known database of medical records of some 12 million Americans: the Vaccine Safety Datalink, or VSD.

“For decades, the CDC has kept a tight grip on the Vaccine Safety Datalink, concealing vital vaccine safety...
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Trump says trade policies may mean children have fewer toys that cost more

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President Trump appeared on Wednesday to acknowledge that his high tariffs on China may lead to fewer goods on shelves and at higher prices.

As economists warn that Mr. Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports will disrupt the supply chain and lead to higher prices, Mr. Trump insisted the real pain is being shouldered by China, while recognizing consumers may see fewer toys on shelves and at slightly higher prices for a while. Speaking during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, the president said Americans don't need most many of the goods coming from...
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Vance reveals 'empowering' aspects of Trump's leadership that enables 'trust' and squashes 'turf battles'

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EXCLUSIVE: WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance said he feels "very empowered" by President Donald Trump, telling Fox News Digital that there is "complete trust across the senior team," and "good synergies" in "service of a common vision."

Vance sat for an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital Wednesday in his West Wing office inside the White House.

The vice president reflected on his role as vice president, which, notably, is not limited to a specific portfolio, but rather a broad role touching on foreign and domestic policy issues and...
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Dem lawmaker demands Congress act on securing US border after 'transparent' ICE facility visit

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Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., reflected on his visit to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Stewart County, Georgia, last week, emphasizing that he remains optimistic that there is room for congressional achievements on related policies.

"It was a very transparent visit," Davis told Fox News Digital in an interview, noting he also had the opportunity to speak with detainees. "We were able to move around and go to places. I was even able to engage, again, with detainees."

"Probably the best word I would use, which one of the senior...
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Fox News Politics: Cruz Calls Out Ivy Leaguer with Tehran Ties

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Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

Here's what's happening…

-Elon Musk no longer working on DOGE efforts from White House: report

-Kamala Harris plans to take on Trump in first major speech since leaving office

-Liberal Supreme Court justices grill religious institution in landmark school choice case

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz escalated his war of words with a former Iranian regime official who, as a faculty member at Princeton...
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Border Patrol chief's hearing begins with tiff over Dem’s allegations that spurred Noem letter

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The Senate Finance Committee hearing to consider Rodney Scott’s nomination to be commissioner of Customs and Border Protection began with fireworks from the panel’s top Democrat.

Scott was lambasted by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon over a controversy involving a person who died in CBP custody in 2010. The criticisms prompted a Tuesday letter from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

"The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is like the point guard for everything the U.S. government does at our borders," Wyden said at the start of the...
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'I am afraid': Another protective order filing against deported ‘Maryland man’ championed by Dems surfaces

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FIRST ON FOX: A 2020 protective order case filed against deported "Maryland man" Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the suspected MS-13 gang member being held in El Salvador, sheds even more light on his violent past, a Fox News Digital review of the documents found.

Abrego Garcia, 29, is a Salvadoran illegal immigrant and suspected MS-13 gang member who was living in Maryland until he was deported to the high-security Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) in his home country during the first 100 days of the Trump administration.

Though many Democrats hold...
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Trump says US kids may get ‘2 dolls instead of 30' as result of his tariffs

  • News source: Josh Boak | The Associated Press
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday acknowledged that his tariffs could result in fewer and costlier products in the United States, saying American kids might "have two dolls instead of 30 dolls," but he insisted China will suffer more from his trade war.

The U.S. president has tried to reassure a nervous country that his tariffs will not provoke a recession, after a new government report showed that the U.S. economy shrank during the first three months of the year.

Trump was quick to blame his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, for any setbacks...
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Maine lawmaker censured for Facebook post asks Supreme Court to intervene

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Washington — A member of Maine's House of Representatives is asking the Supreme Court for emergency relief after she was censured for criticizing the state for allowing transgender athletes at public high schools to participate in girls sports.

Laurel Libby, a Republican who represents the state's House District 90, asked the high court to issue an injunction that would require the chamber's clerk to count her votes. She argued that her constituents are being disenfranchised as a result of the punishment imposed on her for refusing to apologize...
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Judge drops charges against man accused by Bondi, Patel of being MS-13 leader

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Senior U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton on Wednesday dismissed criminal charges against Henrry Villatoro Santos, a Virginia man accused of being a regional leader of the violent MS-13 gang, clearing the way for expedited deportation proceedings.

Earlier this month, the Justice Department asked the court to drop the charges, indicating the government planned to deport Villatoro Santos. A U.S. marshal from the Fugitive Task Force was in the courtroom, suggesting Villatoro Santos could be transferred into immigration custody after the hearing...
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CIA being restructured to eliminate 'well-documented politicization': Ratcliffe

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday that a restructuring was underway at President Donald Trump's direction to eliminate "well-documented politicization" of the agency.

Trump joked during a meeting of his Cabinet secretaries on Wednesday that perhaps Ratcliffe was the only one "who's not allowed to talk about the great job he's done," given the classified nature of the Central Intelligence Agency's work.

"At your direction, the CIA has deployed our unique covert action, authorities in various places and continents, to successfully advance...
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Vance previews Trump's plans to ‘juice the economy,’ end Russia–Ukraine war in next 100 days

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EXCLUSIVE: WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance said the first 100 days of the Trump administration were about making changes "very quickly," but the next 100 days will require Congress and international partners to "step up to the plate."

Vance spoke about the opportunities he sees ahead to "juice the economy" and end the war between Ukraine and Russia during an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital Wednesday — Day 101 of the Trump administration — in his office in the West Wing of the White House.

"The first 100 days is — you’re almost...
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