Author: Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner

President Donald Trump complimented Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) Wednesday at the White House, despite criticizing the possible 2028 Democratic presidential candidate on multiple occasions over the years. Whitmer was in the Oval Office for the president’s executive order signing ceremony Wednesday afternoon. She met with the president earlier in the day after delivering a speech…

President Donald Trump’s wave of tariffs went into effect at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday as the vast majority of U.S. trading partners look to head off the barrier taxes with last-minute deals with the White House. Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement outlined a two-phased rollout of the new tariffs, which Trump has described as reciprocal. First, the…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to answer questions about how President Donald Trump‘s yet-to-be-launched External Revenue Service will work, just hours before he’s set to enact a wave of tariffs on nearly 90 countries. In January, Trump signed an executive order directing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to establish the ERS to collect revenue from the president’s tariffs…

President Donald Trump will implement a 104% tariff on China on Wednesday morning after Beijing missed a deadline to drop its own barrier taxes on U.S. goods. White House officials told the Washington Examiner that China had “until noon” on Tuesday to walk back the 34% tariff rate the country announced in response to Trump’s…

President Donald Trump stood firm to his reciprocal tariff rollout Monday, even after his new policies led to more than $6 trillion in stock market losses. The NASDAQ fell into a bear market Monday morning, down 24% since last year’s high, with the S&P 500 dropping 20% since February, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average…

President Donald Trump said Monday that he would impose an additional 50% tariff on all Chinese goods if Beijing doesn’t withdraw retaliatory taxes on United States imports. Beijing responded to the president’s “Liberation Day” announcement last Wednesday with a 34% tariff on U.S. goods slated to take effect this week, which prompted Trump to raise…

The White House had finalized a TikTok divestment deal earlier this week before President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff rollout flipped the Chinese government’s position on the issue, the Washington Examiner has learned. Sources familiar with the negotiations say the White House, with lead negotiator Vice President JD Vance, had finalized a deal on Wednesday…

EXCLUSIVE — The Department of Housing and Urban Development is ramping up its enforcement and implementation of President Donald Trump‘s executive order blocking illegal immigrants from receiving federal assistance, including public housing and HUD grant programs. HUD Secretary Scott Turner will send a letter outlining the changes, obtained by the Washington Examiner Friday afternoon, to every…

President Donald Trump said Friday that he would extend the deadline for TikTok to find a U.S. buyer for 75 days. On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order pushing the January deadline for TikTok to divest to April 5. The president had tapped Vice President JD Vance to lead the administration’s…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, not President Donald Trump, will attend the Friday dignified transfer of the four U.S. soldiers who died in Lithuania last week during a training exercise. Trump traveled to South Florida Thursday afternoon to attend the LIV golf tournament, which will take place this weekend at Trump National Doral. BODY OF FINAL…