President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Sunday the U.S. and the EU had reached a deal that would impose a 15% tariff on most goods.
Under the deal, the EU will purchase $750 billion worth of energy from the U.S. and invest $600 billion more than it's already is.
Meanwhile, Trump's health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., plans to oust all 16 members of a task force that recommends which preventive health services, such as cancer screenings, must be covered by insurance.
NY Rep. Garbarino set to lead Homeland Security Committee
Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., will serve as the next chairman of the powerful Homeland Security Committee after the House Republican Steering Committee voted in his support on Monday night.
Garbarino is set to replace Rep. Mark Green, who resigned from Congress effective Monday. The full House GOP conference will vote to approve Garbarino as chair Tuesday morning.
Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., speaks with Roll Call on the House steps at the Capitol on Friday, July 30, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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The committee is tasked with oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, mainly focusing on President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda.
Garbarino previously served as an impeachment manager against former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
-ABC News' Lauren Peller
Jul 21, 2025, 10:57 PM EDT
Trump says US will attack Iran's nuclear sites again 'if necessary'
In a social media post on Monday evening, President Donald Trump quoted Iran's foreign minister about the destruction of Iranian nuclear sites, asserting that the sites are destroyed, but added that the U.S. would attack "again, if necessary!"
The president's comments came after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Fox News that Tehran cannot give up on its nuclear enrichment program even as it was "severely damaged" in the U.S. attacks.
President Donald Trump arrives for a signing ceremony for the Genius Act in the East Room of the White House July 18, 2025 in Washington.
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"It is stopped because, yes, damages are serious and severe. But obviously, we cannot give up on enrichment because it is an achievement of our own scientists. And now, more than that, it is a question of national pride," the foreign minister said.
On Truth Social, Trump reacted to Araghchi saying the damages were severe, writing "Of course they are, just like I said, and we will do it again, if necessary!"
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart and Will Gretsky
Jul 21, 2025, 10:48 PM EDT
House paralyzed over Epstein files for 2nd week in a row
Another week, another stalemate in the House of Representatives over releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The GOP-led Rules Committee -- which was working on advancing a slate of unrelated bills -- came to a halt Monday evening because Democrats announced their plan to force a committee vote on bipartisan legislation that would call for the release of the Epstein files.
Republicans on the panel decided to recess the meeting with lawmakers, saying there were no plans to reconvene at all. Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said Monday he and the other Republicans on the committee did not want to vote on Democrats’ Epstein amendments, calling the effort "grandstanding."
Majority Leader Steve Scalise told reporters it was "unlikely" the committee would meet this week at all.
-ABC News' Lauren Peller
Jul 21, 2025, 6:46 PM EDT
Jordan subpoenas former prosecutor who investigated Trump
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan subpoenaed a former Department of Justice prosecutor who helped investigate President Donald Trump.
Thomas Windom, former senior assistant special counsel worked under then-special counsel Jack Smith, played a role in investigating Trump’s classified documents, the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
“The Committee believes Thomas Windom possess information that is vital to its oversight on this matter, and Windom's refusal to answer several questions in his transcribed interview impedes the Committee's oversight, making compulsory process necessary,” Jordan said in a statement Monday.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Windom leaves the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., after the sentencing hearing for Tawanna Gaines, a former Maryland delegate, Jan. 3, 2020.
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Jordan requests Windom appear before the committee on Sept. 30.
Windom appeared before the committee on June 12 for a transcribed interview but declined to answer several questions from the committee without authorization from DOJ, according to Jordan.
“The Committee sought your voluntary cooperation with our inquiry because, due to your service as a senior official on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team, it believes you possess information that is vital to oversight on this matter. Your refusal to answer several questions in your transcribed interview impedes the Committee’s oversight, and your stated bases for declining to cooperate fully are not persuasive,” the letter states.
