Jan 21, 2025, 6:02 PM EST
Trump says looking at Feb. 1 date for tariffs
Trump said he is eyeing Feb. 1 as the date to start implementing his tariffs on China and Mexico.
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Trump 2nd term updates: Trump says USAID is run by 'radical lunatics'
The comments came amid turmoil as DOGE took over USAID offices last week.
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President Donald Trump made good on his threats to impose tariffs on some of the U.S.'s trading partners, announcing Saturday that he will levy 25% tariffs on some goods from Canada and Mexico and 10% on Chinese goods.
Experts have warned that tariffs of this magnitude will likely increase prices paid by U.S. and Trump appeared to acknowledge that “some pain” might be possible in the U.S.
Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee announced it will meet Tuesday, when it is expected to vote on the controversial nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Jan 21, 2025, 5:48 PM EST
Trump defends pardoning Jan. 6 convicts
Trump was asked about pardoning the Jan. 6 rioters during a news conference Tuesday and dodged a question about pardoning violent Jan. 6 convicts, including one who admitted to attacking an officer.
The president dodged the question, claiming he would look into it, before changing the subject to murders around the country that he claimed yielded no arrests.
He repeated his claim that the people pardoned were unjustly prosecuted, including the head of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers.
"The cases that we looked at, these were people that actually love our country, so we thought a pardon would be appropriate," he said.
Trump was asked about the pardons again, as well as Vice President J.D. Vance's statement last week in which he opposed pardoning rioters who assaulted officers, but the president again claimed the rioters were unfavorably treated.
Jan 21, 2025, 5:35 PM EST
CEOs tout 'Stargate' joint AI infrastructure project with Trump
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, OpenAI's Sam Altman and Oracle's Larry Ellison joined President Donald Trump at the White House to tout the $500 billion investment in the "Stargate" venture.
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"We will immediately start deploying $100 million ... because of your success," Son said.
The businessmen said they plan on using artificial intelligence for various projects, including medical research.
"I'm thrilled we get to do this in the United States of America," Altman said.
Trump said he will be helping "a lot through emergency declarations because we have an emergency -- we have to get this stuff built."
Jan 21, 2025, 4:21 PM EST
Trump meets with GOP leadership
The meeting between President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune started around 3:20 p.m. ET in the Oval Office, according to the White House.
Trump is still expected to take more executive actions on Tuesday, as well as make an infrastructure announcement.
