Items Tagged with 'Karoline Leavitt'

The White House said Wednesday it is temporarily suspending a requirement that goods moved between U.S. ports have to be transported on U.S. vessels, as part of an effort to ease high oil and fertilizer prices.

President Donald Trump says the U.S., Canada and Mexico could “renegotiate” The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, also known as USMCA…or “do different deals.”

Biofuel groups have been celebrating advances in the 45Z tax credit for clean fuel producers included in the GOP budget reconciliation bill, with one notable exception. 

President Donald Trump may find it difficult to impose across-the-board tariffs following recent court decisions that found he overstepped his authority under a law designed to address economic emergencies.

The White House is downplaying a report that found problems with dozens of citations in the Make America Healthy Again Commission report. 

President Donald Trump tacked on an additional 50% to reciprocal duties applied to Chinese exports just hours before the tariffs were set to take effect. Beijing responded by hiking its own retaliatory duties. 

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Wednesday that the president is willing to consider additional tariff exclusions, after announcing a temporary carve-out for automobiles from Canada and Mexico.

House Republicans are moving forward with their proposed budget plan today, despite continued pushback from hardline conservatives. The draft budget resolution that the Budget Committee will debate today calls for $1.5 trillion in spending cuts and $4.5 trillion in tax cuts.  

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt affirmed that the Trump administration will impose new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday. She denied reporting that the tariffs would be delayed. 

A directive from President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget to suspend grant and loan payments, starting Tuesday, created confusion across Washington and state capitals. On Tuesday evening, a judge stayed the planned funding pause.