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  • Trump’s latest tariffs ‘are real’ unless deals improve, economic adviser says

    Kevin Hassett says talks are ‘ongoing’ after US president announced 30% tariffs on goods from EU and Mexico

    Donald Trump has seen some trade deal offers and thinks they need to be better, Kevin Hassett, the White House economic adviser, said on Sunday, adding that the president will proceed with threatened tariffs on Mexico, the European Union and other countries if they don’t improve.

    “Well, these tariffs are real if the president doesn’t get a deal that he thinks is good enough,” Hassett told ABC’s This Week program. “But you know, conversations are ongoing, and we’ll see where the dust settles.“

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  • Donald Trump announces 30% tariffs on goods from the EU and Mexico

    The president made the announcement on social media, even as the EU was hoping for a trade agreement

    Donald Trump announced on Saturday that goods imported from both the European Union and Mexico will face a 30% US tariff rate starting 1 August, in letters posted to his social media platform, Truth Social.

    In his letter to Mexico’s leader, Trump acknowledged that the country has been helpful in stemming the flow of undocumented migrants and fentanyl into the United States.

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  • Drug cartel hacked FBI official’s phone to track and kill informants, report says

    The Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico hacked the phone of an FBI official investigating kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán as part of a surveillance campaign “to intimidate and/or kill potential sources or cooperating witnesses,” according to a recently published report by the Justice Department.

    The report, which cited an “individual connected to the cartel,” said a hacker hired by its top brass “offered a menu of services related to exploiting mobile phones and other electronic devices.” The hired hacker observed “’people of interest’ for the cartel, including the FBI Assistant Legal Attache, and then was able to use the [attache’s] mobile phone number to obtain calls made and received, as well as geolocation data, associated with the [attache’s] phone.”

    “According to the FBI, the hacker also used Mexico City’s camera system to follow the [attache] through the city and identify people the [attache] met with,” the heavily redacted report stated. “According to the case agent, the cartel used that information to intimidate and, in some instances, kill potential sources or cooperating witnesses.”

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  • They planned to seek asylum. Trump’s policies have left them stranded at the US-Mexico border

    Five months after the president closed the border, many who planned to enter US legally don’t know where to turn

    Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration upended lives on inauguration day when he abruptly closed the border for many who were just on the Mexican side of the border planning to cross into the US legally. Five months on, some hold on to hope, others are giving up.

    A family from El Salvador seeking asylum was left stranded at the border within sight of Texas only three days into the second Trump administration. A grandfather, his daughter, his niece, her husband and two of his grandchildren had done things “the right way”, by requesting one of the highly limited appointments with US Border Patrol, from the Mexican side using the Biden-era mobile phone app called CBPOne. But on January 20, Trump signed an executive order cancelling all scheduled appointments, including theirs on 23 January at noon.

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  • White House restores legal status of child with life-threatening illness

    After national outcry, Trump officials reverses decision to end humanitarian parole for four-year-old and family

    The Trump administration has reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving ongoing life-saving treatment in the US, and her family after a national outcry.

    Deysi Vargas, her husband and their daughter – whom lawyers identified by the pseudonym Sofia – had come to the US in 2023 to seek medical care for their daughter who has a rare condition that requires specialized treatment. But in April, the federal government ended their humanitarian parole, a temporary status granted to people on urgent humanitarian grounds, and ordered them to “self-deport”.

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  • US judge orders Trump administration to return wrongly deported gay man

    Judge says Guatemalan’s removal to Mexico, despite fears of being harmed there, ‘lacked any semblance of due process’

    A federal judge ordered the Trump administration late Friday night to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man it deported to Mexico, in spite of his fears of being harmed there, and who has since been returned to Guatemala.

    The man, who is gay, had applied for asylum in the US last year after he was attacked twice in homophobic acts of violence in Guatemala. He was protected from being returned to his home country under a US immigration judge’s order at the time, but the Trump administration put him on a bus and sent him to Mexico instead.

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  • Mexican singer cancels show in Texas citing visa revocation

    Julión Álvarez was to perform before 50,000 fans in Texas, but he is the latest Mexican musician to have their visa revoked

    A popular Mexican singer had to cancel a concert in Texas scheduled for Saturday after the Trump administration allegedly revoked his visa, preventing him from entering the country. The singer, Julión Álvarez, was supposed to perform for 50,000 fans at the Arlington, Texas, stadium where the Dallas Cowboys play but was informed that his visa was revoked with no further information, according to a video statement he posted on Instagram.

    “We don’t have the ability to come to the US and fulfill our commitment to you,” the singer said. “The event will be postponed, until we hear what comes next.”

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  • Mexican navy says ship’s pilot in deadly bridge crash was from New York

    Officials say ship must be operated by specialized harbor pilot as investigation into crash that killed two continues

    The Mexican navy has said that the pilot navigating the training ship Cuauhtémoc during its Saturday night crash into the Brooklyn Bridge was New York-based.

    “The ship must be controlled by a specialized harbor pilot from the New York government,” Admiral Raymundo Pedro Morales Angeles said at a press conference.

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  • Mexican navy ship hits Brooklyn Bridge during promotional tour

    Three of the ship’s masts could be seen snapping and partially collapsing after they brushed the bridge in New York City

    A Mexican navy sailing ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday during a promotional tour in New York City, the top of its mast brushing the iconic span as it sailed through the East River.

    New York City mayor Eric Adams said 19 people were injured in the incident, four seriously.

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  • Which Trump tariffs are active, which are paused and what’s next?

    The US president has introduced an evolving slate of tariffs over the last few months. Here’s their current status

    Over the last few months, Donald Trump has introduced a confusing and evolving slate of tariffs against specific countries and industries that the president has deemed as threats to US industry.

    Many of his harshest tariffs have been paused, and some exemptions have been made, but a handful of tariffs are still in place. Trump has continued to threaten more of them, though the future of the president’s trade war remains unclear.

    10% universal tariff
    Went into effect on 5 April

    25% on cars and auto parts (with some exceptions)
    Went into effect on 3 May

    30% tariff on Chinese imports (with some exceptions)
    Went into effect on 13 May

    25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico, not covered in the USMCA
    Went into effect on 4 March

    “Reciprocal” tariffs, until 8 July
    Paused on 9 April

    Higher tariffs on Chinese goods, until 12 August
    Paused on 13 May

    Goods from Canada and Mexico that are covered in the USMCA, including auto parts
    Exempted on 2 April

    Tariffs on smartphones, computers and other electronics imported from China
    Exempted on 12 April

    Pharmaceuticals

    Semiconductors

    Lumber

    Copper

    Movies produced outside the US

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