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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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Acting ICE director says agency will 'ramp up' raids if sanctuary jurisdictions don't cooperate

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: Todd Lyons, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said his agency will "ramp" up raids in sanctuary cities if they refuse to cooperate with his agents.

Todd Lyons sounded off on the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda and a range of other issues, saying ICE agents were going to go after criminal illegal immigrants regardless of sanctuary policies.

"The more they're going to double down or triple down, we're going to ramp it up more," he told Fox News. "We want to work with you, but if you...
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'Well there you go' - watch moment spokeswoman learns Waltz news

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Tammy Bruce found out about Mike Waltz's job change from a reporter during a news briefing on Thursday.
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Apple braces for $900m blow from Trump tariffs

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The levies will weigh on the iPhone maker, despite Trump's decision to spare key electronics from the new import taxes.
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Tracking a smuggler behind deadly Atlantic migrant crossing

  • News source: BBC News - World
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BBC Verify tracks a man accused of selling places on a migrant boat which left dozens dead after getting lost at sea.
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Next round of Iran-US nuclear talks postponed

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The delay comes after Washington imposed new sanctions targeting Iran on Wednesday.
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Seven takeaways from US-Ukraine resources deal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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What this will and won't change for US assistance to Ukraine, three years into the war.
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FAA unveils financial incentives to address air traffic controller shortage

  • News source: Eric Mullin
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The FAA is rolling out financial incentives for air traffic controllers to boost recruitment and retention efforts amid a workforce shortage.
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Updated Covid vaccines for the fall may be in jeopardy under Kennedy's new rules

  • News source: Berkeley Lovelace Jr. | NBC News
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The anticipated rollout of updated Covid vaccines this fall might be at risk after a change by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in how vaccines are tested, experts say.

Under the change by Kennedy, according to an HHS spokesperson, all new vaccines will need to go through placebo-controlled clinical trials — where some people get the actual shot and others get something inactive, like a saline shot — to compare the results.

Running trials that include a placebo group is already routine for most new vaccines.

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Ex-federal worker fired twice describes having insurance canceled, backdated after surgery

  • News source: Jackie Bensen
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A former federal employee who was fired, rehired after a judge’s order and then fired a second time says her health insurance coverage was canceled and backdated after she had surgery, leaving her with the bill.

She’s one of tens of thousands of federal probationary employees who the Trump administration fired twice.

Keri, a mom and homeowner who lives in a Maryland suburb, thought her job would be protected. She worked for the Department of Commerce on the CHIPS and Science Act, which allocated money to help build semiconductor factories in the...
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Migrant crossings at U.S.-Mexico border stay at historically low levels

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The number of migrants crossing the U.S. southern border unlawfully continued to be at a historically low level in April, three full months into President Trump's aggressive efforts to curtail illegal immigration, according to internal federal data obtained by CBS News.

In April, Border Patrol agents recorded roughly 8,400 apprehensions of migrants who had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without authorization, according to the preliminary Department of Homeland Security statistics, which have not been officially published.

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Ousted DOJ officials to testify before congressional Democrats

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Some of the top Justice Department officials who were recently terminated are expected to testify publicly at a congressional meeting Monday.

Liz Oyer, who was fired as U.S. pardon attorney last month, and Ryan Crosswell, who left the department's public integrity section during the controversy surrounding its decision to drop the criminal corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams, will testify at a hearing arranged by top Democrats, CBS News has learned.

The two are expected to testify about the impact of the Trump administration's...
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Kaine breaks into Spanish as Dems force vote targeting Trump-El Salvador alliance over deportations

  • News source: FOX News
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Top Democrats announced an effort Thursday to force the Trump administration to provide a report on how it is specifically complying with a court order to facilitate the return of wrongfully deported U.S. residents to El Salvador.

The resolution to do so from Sens. Tim Kaine of Virginia, Charles Schumer of New York, Alex Padilla of California and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is "privileged," – meaning it will require a full Senate vote. Kaine cited the specific code under a 1961 foreign assistance law that allowed such.

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Trump's ‘Liberation Day' tariffs are threatening Independence Day fireworks

  • News source: Shannon Pettypiece and J.J. McCorvey | NBC News
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President Donald Trump’s massive China tariffs are jeopardizing American fireworks shows, threatening to drive up prices and limit supplies.

U.S. fireworks wholesalers and distributors say they’ve been canceling shipments from China for this year’s July Fourth holiday. Some are also halting manufacturing in China of fireworks for next year’s celebrations of the 250th anniversary of America’s independence. Trump’s April 2 tariff rollout, which he dubbed “Liberation Day,” raised the effective import tax rate on nearly all Chinese goods to 145%, even...
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House Republicans subpoena USA fencing chairman with history of supporting trans competitors in women's sports

  • News source: FOX News
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House Republicans have subpoenaed USA Fencing (USFA) board chair Damien Lehfeldt in an effort to compel him to testify in front of Congress during a hearing examining the participation of transgender women in biologically women's sports.

The subpoena comes after USA Fencing's Chief Executive Officer Phil Andrews told the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, which intends to hold the hearing on May 7, that Lehfeldt would be unavailable to testify for unspecified reasons, according to a letter sent in tandem with the subpoena...
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EXCLUSIVE: DHS fires back at claims ICE raided 'wrong home' in Oklahoma smuggling investigation

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security is setting the record straight after media reports claimed ICE raided "the wrong home" and targeted U.S. citizens, setting Democrats fuming.

The Independent ran a headline on Wednesday reading: "ICE raids wrong Oklahoma home, seizes life savings and leaves family ‘traumatized for life’" writing that an Oklahoma mother and daughters were subject to a "violent and humiliating raid by federal agents last week, despite allegedly not being the intended targets of the operation."

That same day, Rep. Becca...
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