Christopher Salas
Correspondent at Hearst
Washington Bureau Reporter at WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Hearst DC correspondent. Native Florida man and Miami sports fan. RTs & likes =\= endorsement. Opinions are my own, but they should probably be yours too.
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1 week ago |
wdsu.com | Christopher Salas
A federal judge heard arguments Tuesday over the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man, to El Salvador and will order sworn testimony from administration officials to determine if they are complying with court orders to return Garcia. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued her order in Maryland after Trump officials continually refused to retrieve Abrego Garcia, saying they had defied a “clear” Supreme Court order.
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1 week ago |
wjcl.com | Christopher Salas
President Donald Trump announced that his administration is preparing new tariffs on semiconductors, which could lead to higher costs for everyday technology like laptops and smartphones. "Like we did with steel, like we did with automobiles, like we did with aluminum, which are now fully on. We'll be doing that with semiconductors, with chips," Trump said. The announcement came just hours after the president signed an order exempting electronics from the 145% tariff on Chinese goods.
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1 week ago |
wdsu.com | Christopher Salas
President Donald Trump is meeting with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele as the White House fights in court to continue deporting people to El Salvador. "He's doing a fantastic job and taking care of a lot of problems that we have that we really wouldn't be able to take care of from a cost standpoint," Trump said. The U.S. is paying El Salvador to imprison people accused of belonging to international gangs. The deportations have been subject to a lot of legal scrutiny.
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1 week ago |
wdsu.com | Christopher Salas |Charlee Caudill
President Donald Trump announced today that he is pausing reciprocal tariffs on all countries except China. The president instead levied a 125% tariff against China in retaliation for Beijing raising its tariffs on U.S. goods to 84%. It's the latest in a tit-for-tat that experts say will lead to price hikes for American consumers.
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2 weeks ago |
wdsu.com | Christopher Salas
The U.S. economy added 228,000 jobs in March, surpassing expectations, even as the stock market experienced significant declines, and the unemployment rate ticked up slightly. With the stock market in free fall, American companies added jobs at a surprising pace last month.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on President Trump pausing retaliatory tariffs for all countries except China: "This was his strategy all along and that you might even say that he goaded China into a bad position. They responded. They have shown themselves to the world to be
President Trump announces a 90-day pause on tariffs except for China, sending the Dow up 1,800 points.
EU says they have "offered zero for zero tariffs on industrial goods" to the United States. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union would focus on trade with other countries besides the US, saying there are “vast opportunities” elsewhere. https://t.co/4A3MtAuvBN