President to meet with Italian PM Meloni
Italy’s ‘Trump whisperer’ Giorgia Meloni to meet with president amid trade standoff with Europe
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to meet with Trump today amid a tense trade standoff with the European Union over tariffs.
Meloni’s visit to Washington makes her the first European leader to meet with the president since he announced tariffs on European imports earlier this month.
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Trump blasts Powell after fed chair’s tariff remarks yesterday
Trump has again blasted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying in a Truth Social post this morning that his “termination cannot come fast enough” after Powell said yesterday that tariffs were “likely to move us further away from our goals.”
“For the time being, we are well positioned to wait for greater clarity before considering any adjustments to our policy stance,” Powell said during his remarks.
The president, who appointed Powell during his first term, urged the head of the independent agency to lower interest rates, and he claimed Powell is “always too late and wrong.”
After he was elected, Trump said he would not seek to replace Powell, with whom he has frequently clashed over interest rates.
Judge finds ‘probable cause’ Trump administration is in criminal contempt
Federal Judge James Boasberg slammed the government for failing to comply with his court order to temporarily halt removal flights to El Salvador. He wrote “probable cause exists to find the Government in criminal contempt.” NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports it comes as the administration released new documents about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was recently deported to El Salvador. The White House says the documents show he was affiliated with the MS-13 gang.
Rubio and Witkoff touch down in Paris to hear Ukraine plead its case
Top Ukrainian officials flew today for a previously unannounced visit to Paris, where Europeans were assembling to plead Kyiv’s case to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff.
The high level diplomacy reflects Europe’s mounting concern over the U.S. administration’s overtures toward Moscow, after the failure so far of Trump’s efforts to arrange a ceasefire in the three-year-old Russia-Ukraine war. The U.S. officials were also due to discuss nuclear talks with Iran during their visit to Paris.
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