President Trump on Wednesday said there are active talks with China over tariffs and promised it would be a “fair deal.” A day earlier, he stated that the current 145% U.S. levies on Chinese goods “would come down” and “won’t be that high.”

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is moving to remove eight petroleum-based dyes from food by the end of 2026. Kennedy has been given wide authority by President Trump to combat chronic disease in America and overhaul the food system through his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda, and has long criticized synthetic food dyes.

Pope Francis, the first Latin American and Jesuit pope, died at the age of 88 early Monday morning, one day after delivering his final Easter message that called for global peace. Francis suffered a severe health crisis earlier this year and was hospitalized for five weeks with double pneumonia. The Vatican released a report, which lists his causes of death as a cerebral stroke, followed by a coma and heart failure.

The Trump administration's battle with the nation’s most prominent college escalated on several fronts this week. The US government is now threatening to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, as well as its ability to enroll international students, if it refuses to hand over detailed information about its student visa holders. On top of that, the government is demand the school hand over a list of all foreign donations going back to 2020.

Two people are dead, six are in the hospital with injuries, and a suspect is in custody after a shooting on the Florida State University (FSU) campus in Tallahassee on Thursday. Officials say they’ve identified the shooter as the 20-year-old son of a current Leon County sheriff’s deputy, who had access to one of the weapons his parent previously used.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said Wednesday that there is “probable cause” to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for defying his March order blocking deportations under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said on X that the administration will appeal the ruling.