The Latest: Trump floats cutting China tariffs to 80% ahead of weekend meeting
President Donald Trump on Friday floated cutting tariffs on China to ahead of a weekend meeting as he looks to de-escalate the deal war Top U S bureaucrats are set to meet with a high-level Chinese delegation this weekend in Switzerland in the first major talks between the two nations since Trump sparked a deal war with stiff tariffs on imports Here s the latest New York Mayor Eric Adams says he ll meet with Trump on Friday to discuss city s priorities Adams provided limited other details about the meeting in Washington which comes a month after a federal judge approved a U S Justice Department request to dismiss the criminal corruption circumstance against the mayor Adams was accused last year by former President Joe Biden s administration of accepting illegal campaign contributions and excursion discounts from a Turkish official and others in exchange for helping Turkey open a diplomatic building without passing fire inspections among other things He pleaded not guilty and a trial was set for April But Trump s Justice Department moved to drop the charges so Adams could assist with the president s immigration agenda Danish leader says you cannot spy against an ally after reports of US gathering intel on Greenland Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen communicated The Associated Press you cannot spy against an ally after reports that the United States has stepped up intelligence gathering on Greenland a semi-autonomous Danish territory coveted by Trump Frederiksen s comments Friday are the latest in the spat between Denmark Greenland and the United States because Trump seeks to annex the strategic Arctic island Denmark and Greenland insist the mineral-rich island is not for sale while Trump hasn t ruled out taking it by military force even though Denmark is a NATO ally The Danish prime minister spoke to the AP the day after Denmark summoned the top American diplomat in the country for an explanation following a Wall Street Journal summary which reported several high-ranking agents under the U S director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard had directed intelligence agency heads to learn more about Greenland s independence movement and sentiment about U S store extraction there Read more about reports of U S spying in Greenland Trump is failing to give critically needed leadership in Gaza Democrats say The Trump administration is failing to provide critically needed leadership to end the growing emergency in Gaza after the collapse of a ceasefire there the senior Senate Democrats say in their joint letter to Trump The Associated Press obtained the letter Thursday night The Democrats argued that a new proposal that would U S defense contractors in a dramatic overhaul of future aid to Gaza was not viable And an Israeli proposal for long-term control within Gaza would only take matters farther away from Trump s goals for a permanent resolution to the Israeli-Hamas conflict and for improved Israeli prevention the Democratic senators noted Leading Senate Democrats urge Trump to push Israel to let aid back into Gaza And the two dozen leading Senate Democrats also urged the president to push Israel to forgo any permanent Israeli reoccupation of Gaza Senators made the appeal in a letter sent Thursday night to the White House ahead of Trump s Middle East trip next week Aid groups also expect a global monitor to release an update next week detailing the worsening food problem in Gaza amid Israeli aid restrictions Senior Democrats among those signing include Sens Chris Coons Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Jeanne Shaheen Cory Booker Tim Kaine Amy Klobuchar Elizabeth Warren and Chris Van Hollen Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday as the White House continues to purge the federal governing body of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda Hayden was notified in an email late Thursday from the White House s Presidential Personnel Office according to an email obtained by The Associated Press Ratified by the Senate to the job in Hayden was the first woman and the first African American to be librarian of Congress Hayden whose -year term was set to expire next year had come under backlash from a conservative advocacy group that had vowed to root out those standing in the way of Trump s agenda The group American Accountability Foundation accused her and other library leaders of promoting children s books with radical content and literary material authored by Trump opponents Read more about Carla Hayden Up to transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order The Pentagon will straightaway begin moving as countless as openly identifying transgender utility members out of the military and give others days to self-identify under a new directive issued Thursday Buoyed by Tuesday s Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a ban on transgender individuals in the military the Defense Department will begin going through medicinal records to identify others who haven t come forward Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth who issued the latest memo made his views clear after the court s decision No More Trans DoD Hegseth wrote in a post on X Earlier in the day before the court acted Hegseth explained that his department is leaving wokeness and weakness behind No more pronouns he explained a special operations forces conference in Tampa No more dudes in dresses We re done with that s Read more about the new Pentagon order Trump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC Trump reported Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro a former county prosecutor and elected judge to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job Pirro who joined Fox News in cohosts the setup s show The Five on weekday evenings She was elected as a judge in New York s Westchester County Court in before serving three terms as the county s elected district attorney Trump tapped Pirro to at least temporarily lead the nation s largest U S Attorney s office after pulling his nomination of conservative activist Ed Martin Jr for the position earlier Thursday In a post on Truth Social Trump explained he was naming Pirro as the interim U S attorney in Washington D C but didn t indicate whether he would nominate her for the Senate-confirmed position on a more permanent basis Trump withdrew Martin from consideration after a key Republican senator announced he could not encouragement Martin for the job due to his defense of rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan Read more about Judge Jeanine Pirro Trump floats cutting China tariffs to ahead of meeting as he looks to deescalate agreement war Trump on Friday floated cutting tariffs on China to ahead of a weekend meeting as he looks to de-escalate the pact war Top U S authorities are set to meet with a high-level Chinese delegation this weekend in Switzerland in the first major talks between the two nations since Trump sparked a contract war with stiff tariffs on imports Read more about Trump s consideration to cut China tariffs Source
