Jennifer Bendery
Senior Politics Reporter at HuffPost
Senior politics reporter for HuffPost. President emeritus @washpressclub. Mama. 🏳️🌈 Got a tip? [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
huffpost.com | Jennifer Bendery
WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats on Thursday demanded answers over whether President Donald Trump may have tipped off his allies or members of his family to buy stock hours before he reversed course on global tariffs, a move that sent stocks soaring. Leading the charge, Sens.
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2 weeks ago |
huffingtonpost.co.uk | Jennifer Bendery
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump backed down from his trade war against the rest of the world on Wednesday, at least temporarily, after his April 2 "Liberation Day" announcement tanked financial markets across the globe. Trump announced on his social media platform that he is reducing tariffs on all countries to 10% for 90 days, rather than the higher rates he had misleadingly described as "reciprocal" tariffs last week.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | S.V. Date |Kevin Robillard |Jennifer Bendery
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump backed down from his trade war against the rest of the world Wednesday, at least temporarily, after his April 2 “Liberation Day” announcement tanked financial markets across the globe. Trump announced on his social media platform that he is reducing tariffs on all countries to 10% for 90 days, rather than the higher rates he had misleadingly described as “reciprocal” tariffs last week. However, he said, China’s exports to the U.S. would now see a 125% tariff.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Arthur Delaney |Igor Bobic |Jennifer Bendery
WASHINGTON – Republicans are changing the rules of the House on Wednesday to prevent Democrats from forcing a vote on stopping President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) slipped language into a procedural measure that would bar action on legislation aimed at terminating the national emergency that Trump declared to impose his worldwide tariffs.
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2 weeks ago |
huffpost.com | Jennifer Bendery
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday casually lent support to the false claim that fluoride in drinking water may be harming children, echoing the same wholly unscientific nonsense that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is using to justify his efforts to take fluoride out of drinking water nationwide. “From what I’ve read and from what I understand, it deserves real evaluation,” Johnson told reporters at a Capitol Hill press briefing.
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Elizabeth Warren calls for an independent investigation into whether Trump engaged in market manipulation today when he declared it was “a great time” to buy stocks — hours before unexpectedly walking back his tariffs, sending markets shooting back up. https://t.co/YjSHyxUYN8
What a day. Trump backs off his trade war against the world -- and pulls the rug out from under his U.S. trade rep, who was on Capitol Hill defending Trump's tariff "strategy" in real-time as Trump paused them. “WTF? Who’s in charge?” https://t.co/VRC9L9jMvW
RT @Ike_Saul: Trump tweeted this about 15 mins before announcing a pause on tariffs which caused an absolutely massive spike in the market.…