White House officials are defending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid allegations related to the Signal messaging app. “The president absolutely has confidence in Secretary Hegseth,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. “I spoke to him about it this morning, and he stands strongly behind him.” The New York Times reported Sunday that Hegseth […]

Shipping consolidator DHL announced that it will no longer ship packages valued over $800 to the United States beginning Monday. While all imports less than $800 have always been duty-free, a new rule effective April 5 lowered the threshold for import declarations. Before, packages worth less than $2,500 did not need to be declared. “This […]

China said it would take “countermeasures” against countries that take trade deals with the United States that it deems to be detrimental to its interests. The Trump administration imposed a 145% tariff on China, which countered with a 125% tariff on imports from the U.S. “China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the […]

Reps. Robert Garcia (D-CA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) and Maxine Dexter (D-OR) arrived in El Salvador on Monday. Their trip follows that of Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who went to El Salvador last week to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant who was deported from the U.S. The Senator said the “main […]