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The White House is clapping back against media reports alleging intelligence officials have been using the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal to send classified information, describing the allegations as “false” in a statement to Fox News Digital. The statement from National Security Council (NSC) spokesman Brian Hughes comes after Politico published a report suggesting Trump National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and his team have used the app frequently to discuss sensitive communications on a variety of different issues. “This is a clear attempt by some in media and the Democrats to obscure the simple truth: The President and his national security team…

The Trump administration said on Wednesday that the president had chosen Stanley Woodward Jr., who has defended several key figures in his orbit, for the No. 3 position at the Justice Department.Since January, Mr. Woodward has served as a lawyer at the White House, a reflection of the trust he developed in President Trump’s inner circle during a tumultuous period in 2022 and 2023 when Mr. Trump faced multiple criminal investigations and prosecutions. He rose to prominence representing Mr. Trump’s personal aide in the investigation into his handling of classified documents after he left office.If the Senate confirms him as…

U.S. President Donald Trump announced the range of reciprocal tariffs he is imposing against nearly 200 global trading partners, saying the U.S. has been “looted” and “pillaged” by other nations and needs to respond. The list of countries and territories, laid out across eight pages of documents, includes a baseline 10 per cent tariff on the countries but imposes higher duties on many other countries.Canada is not impacted — yet — but does continue to face existing tariffs as well as previously threatened auto tariffs that kick in on Thursday.The chart shows the U.S. will charge a 34 per cent tax…

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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (Apr 2) that he would impose a 10 per cent baseline tariff on all imports to the US and higher duties on dozens of other countries, including some of Washington’s biggest trading partners. Chinese imports will be hit with a 34 per cent tariff, on top of the 20 per cent levy that he previously imposed on the country. Close US allies were not spared, including the European Union, which faces a 20 per cent tariff. Trading partners are expected to respond with countermeasures of their own. Follow our live blog for the latest…

United States President Donald Trump has unveiled his long-anticipated “reciprocal tariffs”, in a move that is expected to rattle global trade relations. On Wednesday, Trump appeared in the White House Rose Garden, where the colonnades had been draped with large US flags, to sign the executive orders authorising the tariffs. He framed the tax hikes as a blow against unfair trade practices, painting a portrait of the US as a country exploited by even its closest allies. “For decades, our country has been looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike,” Trump told…

Several European leaders reacted negatively to President Trump’s tariff announcement. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote on social media that she felt the tariffs were misguided and would not help either the U.S. or Italy. “We will do everything we can to work towards an agreement with the United States, with the aim of avoiding a trade war that would inevitably weaken the West in favor of other global players. In any case, as always, we will act in the interest of Italy and its economy, also by discussing with other European partners,” she wrote.Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on social media…

The extensive layoffs of federal health workers that began on Tuesday will greatly curtail the scope and influence of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the world’s premier public health agency, an outcome long sought by conservatives critical of its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.The reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services shrinks the C.D.C. by 2,400 employees, or roughly 18 percent of its work force, and strips away some of its core functions.Some Democrats in Congress described the reorganization throughout H.H.S. as flatly illegal.“You cannot decimate and restructure H.H.S. without Congress,” said Senator Patty Murray, Democrat…

Billie Holiday is one of the foremost vocalists in jazz, whose emotional depth and unique phrasing inspired generations of singers to experiment with form and pitch fluctuation. Nicknamed “Lady Day” by the saxophonist Lester Young, her star brightened in the 1930s behind a string of hit songs and notable live performances in Harlem. In what was the hottest jazz scene in the country, Holiday stood out, and in 1937 she joined the famed Count Basie Orchestra; a year later, the clarinetist Artie Shaw asked her to join his orchestra, making Holiday the first Black woman to work with a white…

Glen Powell artfully dodged speculation about his dating life after Sydney Sweeney attended his sister’s wedding.Sweeney attended Powell’s sister’s wedding over the weekend in Dallas, Texas. The “Anyone But You” co-stars’ reunion renewed dating rumors that have swirled around Powell and Sweeney since they filmed their rom-com.”Timing is everything in this world, isn’t it? She and Syd are obviously great friends, and it was a hell of a wedding,” Powell said during an appearance on “Today with Jenna & Friends.” “The Powells know how to do it right, so all the people that love her were there.SYDNEY SWEENEY, GLEN POWELL…