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1 day ago | wsj.com | Gareth Vipers |Jiahui Huang

U.S. cuts tax to 54% from 120%, marking another trade de-escalationThe Trump administration said it would cut tariffs on low-value parcels from China to 54% from 120%, hours after Washington and Beijing agreed to a 90-day trade truce. According to a White House executive order late Monday, the U.S. will slash the “de minimis” tariff on shipments from China, including Hong Kong, marking a further de-escalation in the simmering trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

1 week ago | wsj.com | Gareth Vipers |Richard Rubin

The Ivy League school is battling the administration over the freezing of billions in federal fundingPresident Trump ramped up his fight with Harvard University, threatening to revoke the Ivy League school’s tax exemption after it filed a federal lawsuit against his administration. “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Friday. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

1 week ago | wsj.com | Gareth Vipers

President plans to designate May 8 as ‘Victory Day for World War II’President Trump said he would rename Veterans Day as “Victory Day for World War I” and designate May 8 as “Victory Day for World War II” to celebrate U.S. military victories. “We won both Wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance, but we never celebrate anything — That’s because we don’t have leaders anymore,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social late Thursday.

4 weeks ago | cn.wsj.com | Gareth Vipers

英国最高法院作出了一项里程碑式的裁决，认定根据该国的平等法，跨性别女性不能被合法地视为女性。该国最高法院周三作出的这项裁决，是在围绕一部2010年法律中女性的定义进行长达数年的法律斗争之后作出的，并可能对英国跨性别女性所享有的保护和自由产生深远影响。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Gareth Vipers

Britain’s Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that transgender women can’t legally be considered women under the country’s equality laws. The decision in the country’s highest court Wednesday comes after a yearslong legal fight over the definition of a woman in a 2010 law, and could have far-reaching ramifications for the protections and freedoms given to transgender women in the U.K.Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8