Renewed Trade Offensive Continues: White House Announces 50% Tariffs on Copper, Previews Duties on Pharma and Chips

On Wednesday afternoon, President Trump posted eight new tariff letters to his social media, stating that imports from [...]

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Recent news out of the White House indicates that the Trump Administration is seeking to distance the U.S. from Ukraine as a part of ongoing peace talks with Russia [...]

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After President Trump signed Executive Orders this weekend to impose new tariffs, Congress will return to its consideration of the Administration’s cabinet nominees. House Republicans continue to debate combining all government spending bills into one omnibus reconciliation package. On Tuesday, Trump is slated to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington.

On Tuesday, the Senate will begin consideration on the nominations of April Perry to be an Illinois district judge and Jonathan Hawley and David Huitema to run the Office of Government Ethics. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has also filed cloture on Cathy Fung’s nomination to the U.S. Tax Court.

Could President Biden’s $4 trillion infrastructure plan be a bridge too far? A multidisciplinary group details the President’s proposal, the Republican counterproposal, and the possibility of the two parties to bridge the gap between them.