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Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent confirming again this morning that the US and China are not currently negotiating a trade deal.

DHS launches program offering $1,000 and travel assistance for illegal immigrants who voluntarily self-deport via the new CBP Home App.

Sen. Mitch McConnell on the President's budget proposal: “America cannot expect our allies to heed calls for greater annual defense spending if we are unwilling to lead by example. Fortunately, Presidential budget requests are just that: requests. Congress will soon have an https://t.co/ZnWK5Ce2zJ

(AP) — US reports 216 child flu deaths this season, the most in 15 years.

Russ Vought on President's budget blueprint: "$49 billion cut to foreign aid." Vought says the aid "was destabilizing to other countries." Arguing some of the organizations receiving funds were, "pushing regime change ... and completely screwing up our foreign policy."

GOP Sen. Roger Wicker, and chairman of the Armed Services Committee, on President Trump's proposed budget: "President Trump successfully campaigned on a Peace Through Strength agenda, but his advisers at the Office of Management and Budget were apparently not listening. For the https://t.co/xlvy9lXUng

One toy store owner in Virginia tells me she’s facing a “pandemic level business crisis” with tariffs. Approximately 80% of toys sold in the United States are sourced from China. https://t.co/ISwoOhlOKw

(AP) — US employers posted 7.2 million job openings in March, the fewest since September, as trade wars cloud economic outlook.

Brutal outlook for Texas factories, per Dallas Fed: New orders collapsed, sentiment hit pandemic lows. "If this continues for any length of time, many small companies are likely to be significantly hurt or even gone. If we want to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., can we try https://t.co/CiVFF6n3Gv

Attorney General Pam Bondi just now on Fox News talking about Judge Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee judge who was arrested by the FBI on accusations she helped a man evade immigration authorities : "She put the lives of our law enforcement officers at risk, she put the lives of our

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said tariffs may push up both unemployment and inflation: "We may find ourselves in the challenging scenario in which our dual-mandate goals are in tension,” Powell said. Powell said the Fed’s best move for the moment is to stand pat until https://t.co/n0R7jOjZi4

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

President Trump now vowing "ADDITIONAL Tariffs on China of 50%, effective April 9th," if Beijing does not withdraw their reciprocal tariffs they levied as a result of President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs. https://t.co/IceKAVedw5

I'm assuming this means TikTok negotiations are on hold for now?