From 1h ago 13.58 EDT White House says Trump has 'other legal authorities' to implement tariffs Top US officials have been in touch with their counterparts in other countries to discuss the trade court ruling against Trump’s tariff agenda, Leavitt says. The White House is reviewing other avenues for the Trump trade policies, she says, adding that Trump spoke to Japan’s leader earlier today to discuss the issue. Leavitt says the president has “other legal authorities he can use to implement tariffs” and the Trump administration “is willing to use those”.
Share Updated at 14.07 EDT 16m ago 14.46 EDT US will not tolerate Chinese 'exploitation' of universities or theft of research, says state department The United States will not tolerate “exploitation” of American universities by the Chinese Communist Party or theft of US research and intellectual property, state department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Thursday. Bruce told reporters in a briefing the department will look seriously at Chinese students in the United States who are deemed a threat or a problem, after secretary of state Marco Rubio announced Washington would start “aggressively” revoking visas. Share Updated at 14.47 EDT 46m ago 14.17 EDT Asked what changes Trump wants to see in the “big, beautiful bill”, Leavitt says Trump is looking at recommendations from colleagues in the Senate.
Those negotiations are continuing, she says, but Trump’s “priorities in the bill are non-negotiable in terms of the tax priorities he wants to see – the large tax cuts, the border investments that is currently in this bill – he is not going to allow them to go away”. Share 1h ago 14.05 EDT Trump's cabinet will work with Doge employees after Musk's exit, White House says Trump’s cabinet will collaborate with staff from Doge across various federal agencies to advance ongoing efforts, Leavitt says. She says cabinet secretaries have been “working hand in hand with Elon Musk, and they’ll continue to work with the respective Doge employees who have onboarded as political appointees at all of these agencies”.
Asked who Doge’s new leader is, Leavitt says: “The Doge leaders are each and every member of the president’s cabinet and the president himself who is wholeheartedly committed to cutting waste fraud and abuse in our government.” Share Updated at 14.10 EDT 1h ago 14.02 EDT Leavitt says she believes the number of immigrants who have “self-deported” so far is “in the thousands”. Share 1h ago 13.59 EDT Leavitt says the administration hopes Russia and Ukraine will hold direct talks in Istanbul next week. She cannot confirm at this time if the US will participate.
Share Updated at 13.59 EDT 1h ago 13.58 EDT White House says Trump has 'other legal authorities' to implement tariffs Top US officials have been in touch with their counterparts in other countries to discuss the trade court ruling against Trump’s tariff agenda, Leavitt says. The White House is reviewing other avenues for the Trump trade policies, she says, adding that Trump spoke to Japan’s leader earlier today to discuss the issue. Leavitt says the president has “other legal authorities he can use to implement tariffs” and the Trump administration “is willing to use those”.
Share Updated at 14.07 EDT 1h ago 13.53 EDT White House thanks Elon Musk for his service Leavitt says of Elon Musk, who quietly departed from his role at the White House last night: “We thank him for his service. We thank him for getting Doge off the ground and the effort to cut waste, fraud and abuse will continue.” She dodges several times a request to comment on what Trump makes of Musk’s comments that were reported yesterday criticising Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” for increasing the US budget deficit and undermining Doge’s cost-cutting efforts. Later that day Trump said he would be negotiating the bill as he wasn’t pleased with some aspects of it, but he hasn’t commented further on Musk’s criticisms.
Share Updated at 13.54 EDT 1h ago 13.49 EDT Leavitt says Jill Biden was “complicit in the cover-up” of former president Joe Biden’s declining health. I think, frankly, the former first lady should certainly speak up about what she saw in regards to her husband and when she saw it and what she knew. This was a clear cover-up and Jill Biden was certainly complicit in that cover-up.
There’s documentation, video evidence of her clearly shielding her husband away from the cameras. They were just on The View last week, still saying everything is fine. She’s still lying to the American public, she still thinks the American people are so stupid they’re going to believe her lies and frankly it’s insulting and she needs to answer for it.
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