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Trump Vows 100% Tariff on Europe Over Digital Services Taxes

President Donald Trump threatened to impose 100% tariffs on goods imported from countries that impose digital services taxes, escalating pressure on European nations that just ratified a trade pact with the US.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner with American farmers in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Trump had a surprise for the farmers he invited for dinner at the White House later Thursday: a request to Congress for $11.1 billion in assistance that would amount to the second bailout of the year for the beleaguered agriculture sector.
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Trump Vows 100% Tariff on Europe Over Digital Services Taxes

President Donald Trump threatened to impose 100% tariffs on goods imported from countries that impose digital services taxes, escalating pressure on European nations that just ratified a trade pact with the US.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner with American farmers in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Trump had a surprise for the farmers he invited for dinner at the White House later Thursday: a request to Congress for $11.1 billion in assistance that would amount to the second bailout of the year for the beleaguered agriculture sector.
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Trump Vows 100% Tariff on Europe Over Digital Services Taxes

President Donald Trump threatened to impose 100% tariffs on goods imported from countries that impose digital services taxes, escalating pressure on European nations that just ratified a trade pact with the US.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner with American farmers in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Trump had a surprise for the farmers he invited for dinner at the White House later Thursday: a request to Congress for $11.1 billion in assistance that would amount to the second bailout of the year for the beleaguered agriculture sector.
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Conservatives Urge Overturn of Trump’s Biofuel Blending Quotas

Nearly three dozen conservatives — including longtime allies of President Donald Trump — are pushing the House to overturn biofuel-blending quotas imposed by his administration, arguing they are stoking consumer costs before an election set to hinge on economic concerns.

Trump has signaled his concern for higher gasoline costs. Photographer: Kaylee Greenlee/Bloomberg
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Conservatives Urge Overturn of Trump’s Biofuel Blending Quotas

Nearly three dozen conservatives — including longtime allies of President Donald Trump — are pushing the House to overturn biofuel-blending quotas imposed by his administration, arguing they are stoking consumer costs before an election set to hinge on economic concerns.

Trump has signaled his concern for higher gasoline costs. Photographer: Kaylee Greenlee/Bloomberg
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NATO’s Rutte Makes Hard Sell to Trump to Ease Iran Strains

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte played to President Donald Trump’s love of praise and splashy visuals during a visit to Washington that was aimed at easing the US leader’s anger over alliance nations’ reluctance to help with the campaign against Iran.

Mark Rutte during a meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, on June 24.
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Trump, GOP Clash After President Scraps Housing Bill Signing

Donald Trump and Republicans in the US Senate squabbled on Wednesday, as the president abruptly canceled plans to sign a bipartisan housing bill and lawmakers pressed him over his handling of the war in Iran.

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Over lunch in a wood-paneled room on the Capitol's second floor, several GOP senators plan to try to impress on Trump that his targeting of fellow Republicans, controversial diversions and refusal to focus on voters' economic concerns threaten the party's control of Congress.
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Trump Displays Refitted Qatar-Gifted Jet to Be Air Force One

President Donald Trump on Friday unveiled the Boeing Co. 747-8 that will serve as the new US presidential jet, proclaiming the gifted plane from the Qatari government “virtually double the size” of the previous model.

US President Donald Trump after touring the inside of the newest aircraft in the presidential fleet at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on June 19. Photographer: Alex Wong/Getty Images
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Vance Leaves Shippers in the Dark on Potential Iran Hormuz Tolls

US Vice President JD Vance skirted questions about whether Iran will one day be able to charge fees for vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz, a critical concern for the oil and shipping industries as well as Gulf producers as the chokepoint opens up to traffic again.

US Vice President JD Vance during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US on Thursday, June 18, 2026. Vance told reporters that today marks the start of the 60-day period for US-Iran talks that should lead to a final agreement.
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US Ends Hormuz Blockade, Downplays Tolls as Negotiations Restart

The US-Iran interim peace deal took effect and shipping started returning to the Strait of Hormuz as the US declared an end to its blockade and a complex negotiating period over Tehran’s nuclear program began in earnest.

Vessels anchored in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz on June 18 in a photo provided by Iran's ISNA news agency. Photographer: AMIRHOSSEIN KHORGOOEI/AFP
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US Details, Defends 14-Point Iran Plan It Has Yet to Publish

Senior US officials outlined and defended the contours of a 14-point deal between the US and Iran to kick-start broader peace talks between the two countries, injecting more clarity around a plan that has been shrouded in secrecy.

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula. Photographer: -/AFP
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White House to Woo Wall Street Dealmakers With $400,000 Jobs

The Trump administration wants 400 dealmakers to help the US bolster its national security supply chains — and it’s offering salaries as high as $400,000 a year for Wall Street recruits.

The Trump administration wants 400 dealmakers to help the US bolster its national security supply chains — and it’s offering salaries as high as $400,000 a year for Wall Street recruits.
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Trump Opens Protected Pacific Waters to Commercial Fishing

President Donald Trump on Thursday opened protected Pacific Ocean waters to commercial fishing, lifting restrictions that barred the activity within three marine national monuments.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a proclamation signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on June 11. Photographer: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
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