Holly Van Leuven

1 week ago | morningbrew.com | Holly Van Leuven

On Friday night, President Trump released a memorandum that provided “clarification of exceptions” to his reciprocal tariffs plan. It itemized 20 categories of electronic products not subject to those levies, like the 125% reciprocal tariff on imports from China.

2 weeks ago | morningbrew.com | Holly Van Leuven

If you’ve been nervous about your mother’s Temu addiction, she will soon be over it: The tariff loophole that powered Shein and Temu to massive sales in the US is getting closed up soon. The popular de minimis exemption has allowed goods worth less than $800 to enter the US tariff-free as long as they are shipped directly to the consumer, but that perk ends for shipments from China and Hong Kong on May 2.

1 month ago | morningbrew.com | Holly Van Leuven

This weekend, Disney took a bite of a poisoned apple and fell into a deathlike sleep first place at the domestic box office. The new live-action Snow White brought in $43 million in its opening weekend—low by Disney’s standards, but a lot better than any other movie that debuted alongside it, despite the extensive controversy surrounding its adaptation and casting. What controversies?

1 month ago | morningbrew.com | Holly Van Leuven

President Trump signed an executive order yesterday that would strip down the Department of Education, checking off one of his major campaign goals and fulfilling a longtime conservative agenda item. The move could put the management of the US’ $1.6 trillion student loan balance in flux. Can a department be abolished? Congress gaveth, so Congress has to be the ones to officially taketh away, something the administration has acknowledged.

1 month ago | morningbrew.com | Holly Van Leuven

Klarna, the buy now, pay later giant, is the first group of Swedes asking you to take a chance on them since 1977. It filed paperwork on Friday afternoon to go public on the New York Stock Exchange in what will be one of the most anticipated IPOs of the year. “You’re not just investing in a company—you’re investing in a new era of finance,” CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski pitched to prospective investors in the filing.