Trump Threatens Russia With Heavy Tariffs Over Ukraine
President Donald Trump is taking a new approach to fulfill his vow to end the Russia-Ukraine war. “Trump announced Monday the US will send ‘billions of dollars’ worth of weapons to Ukraine via Washington’s NATO allies – and threatened to impose ‘secondary tariffs’ on Moscow’s business partners in 50 days if no peace is agreed to end the 40-month-old war,” The New York Post reports.
NATO Boost: “The weapons will include ‘everything,’ Trump said during his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office – though the president did not immediately reveal specifics,” the paper details. “Later Monday, ahead of a White House faith luncheon, Trump reiterated that there will be ‘weapons of all kinds’ sent to Europe, with other members of the NATO alliance paying for them by raising their defense spending to 5% of GDP over the next decade.”
SCOTUS Greenlights Trump Education Dept. Cuts
He may proceed at full steam. “The US Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Education Department to fire hundreds of employees, a move that advances President Donald Trump’s plans to dismantle the department,” Fox News reports.
‘Major Victory’: “The high court’s decision in McMahon v. State of New York was issued 6-3 along ideological lines. The decision temporarily pauses an order by a lower court judge that had reinstated roughly 1,400 laid-off employees at the Education Department,” the network writes. “In a statement later Monday evening on Truth Social, Trump celebrated the Supreme Court’s order. ‘The United States Supreme Court has handed a major victory to parents and students across the country, by declaring the Trump Administration may proceed on returning the functions of the Department of Education back to the states,’” he exclaimed. Related: Fixing education may take more than the stroke of a pen…
Andrew Cuomo Staying in NYC Mayor Race as Independent
He’s not going anywhere. “Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that he will actively stay in the New York City mayoral race, but that he will accept a pledge to abide by the results of a proposed September poll, where he and other candidates would drop out if they aren’t leading,” ABC News reports.
‘In It to Win It’: “‘The fight to save our city isn’t over… The general election is in November, and I am in it to win it,’ Cuomo said in a video posted on X on Monday, where he acknowledged his primary loss and apologized to his supporters,” the network relates. “Cuomo criticized his opponent and presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor Zohran Mamdani as offering ‘slick slogans, but no real solutions.’ ‘Every day, I’m going to be hitting the streets meeting you where you are,’ Cuomo said, ‘to hear the good and the bad. Problems and solutions. Because for the next few months, it’s my responsibility to earn your vote.’” Related: Escape From New York: The coming flight from blue to red America…
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Senate Confirms First Trump Judicial Pick of Term Two
It’s been more than a slow start. “The US Senate on Monday confirmed President Donald Trump’s first judicial nominee of his second term, voting to approve Whitney Hermandorfer as a judge for the Sixth US Circuit Court of Appeals,” the Associated Press reports.
Less Opportunities: “The confirmation of Hermandorfer, who worked for Tennessee’s attorney general, comes after the Democratic-led Senate under former President Joe Biden confirmed 235 federal judges and the Republican-led Senate in Trump’s first term confirmed 234 federal judges,” the wire service notes. “The two presidents each worked to reshape the judiciary, with Trump taking advantage of a high number of judicial vacancies at the end of President Barack Obama’s term and Democrats working to beat Trump’s number after he had the opportunity to nominate three Supreme Court justices. So far in his second term, Trump has fewer vacancies to fill. While he inherited more than 100 vacancies from Obama, who was stymied by a Republican Senate in his final two years, Trump now has 49 vacancies to fill out of almost 900 federal judgeships.” Related: Dressing down the Imperial Judiciary…
WH Imposes 17% Tariff on Mexican Tomatoes
It’s a fresh, ripe levy. “The Trump administration is imposing a 17% tariff on most fresh Mexican tomatoes, the federal government said Monday, ending a yearslong agreement with the US’s southern neighbor over trade practices,” CBS News reports.
Getting Pasted? “The move comes amid a separate push by President Donald Trump to increase tariffs on dozens of US trading partners, including Mexico, which was told over the weekend to expect 30% tariffs starting in August. ‘Mexico remains one of our greatest allies, but for far too long our farmers have been crushed by unfair trade practices that undercut pricing on produce like tomatoes. That ends today,’ Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said in a statement,” the network chronicles. “The US gets around 70% of its tomatoes from Mexico, according to the Florida Tomato Exchange. Roughly $3 billion worth of tomatoes are exported from Mexico to the US every year, an almost threefold jump over the last 15 years, federal data show.” Related: Ultimatum to Mexico to quash New World screwworms in cows…
