Stocks plunged again Friday after China announced its own reciprocal tariffs on the U.S., escalating the trade war further. The markets also dropped in anticipation of tomorrow’s baseline 10% tariffs on nearly all nations.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he thinks his '“Liberation Day” tariff rollout is "going very well," despite today marking the worst day on the stock market in five years. Meanwhile, his sweeping 10% tariffs across more than 100 countries – with additional reciprocal tariffs on 60 countries – continue to raise concerns about a global trade war leading into a global recession.

President Trump on Wednesday announced a baseline 10% levy on all U.S. trading partners, in addition to significant reciprocal tariffs on about 60 "worst offender" countries that have trade policies unfriendly to the U.S.

Trump Justice Department lawyers acknowledged that immigration officials made an “administrative error” in accidentally deporting a Salvadoran migrant, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, in mid-March — despite previous court orders not to do so.

Americans are getting increasingly concerned about President Trump’s economic policies, which were key to his 2024 campaign, as prices remain high and tariffs are set to go into effect this week.

Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security about the latest high-profile arrest of an international student visa holder. They’re saying this arrest is different than the others — both in the way it was handled (see video below), and because the Tufts University PhD student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was not known to participate in disruptive campus protests.

Mo News sat down with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the White House this morning, hours after he announced cuts to reduce the HHS workforce by about a quarter, from 82,000 to 62,000 full-time employees.

The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published on Wednesday the full Signal chat – which he was accidentally included in – detailing Trump officials’ discussions about military strikes on the Houthis in Yemen in mid-March.

President Trump is standing by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and does not appear poised to fire him after he accidentally added Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a private Signal chat in mid-March discussing military plans against the Houthis in Yemen. The White House is saying “no classified material was sent to the thread,” despite the fact that it included military attack plans.

Top U.S. national security officials — including what appeared to be Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth — accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg in a Signal group chat titled “Houthi PC small group,” where they discussed military strikes in Yemen that occurred in mid-March. Goldberg says he was alerted in the chat to the strikes several hours before they occurred on March 15.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are on a "Fighting Oligarchy" tour of the Southwest this weekend, already drawing massive crowds at events around the country. They are taking aim at Trump’s policy moves and outlining their plans for the future of the Democratic party.

President Donald Trump, surrounded by school-aged kids sitting in desks, signed an executive order this afternoon instructing the Secretary of Education to eliminate the agency after 45 years. Mo News was in the East Room for the signing, as Trump vowed to preserve Pell Grants, Title I funding for low-income students, and resources for children with disabilities.

There have been several acts of vandalism and violence at Tesla dealerships nationwide since Musk began heading the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Attorney General Pam Bondi called the recent attack on a Tesla dealership "nothing short of domestic terrorism," echoing President Trump.

It appears we are now slightly closer to the end of the three-year old war in Ukraine. President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone for two hours on Tuesday about the U.S.-proposed 30-day ceasefire deal. The two leaders appeared to make some progress on what they’re calling an "energy and infrastructure ceasefire.”

In a rare move, President Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act over the weekend to deport hundreds of Venezuelan men with alleged gang ties from the U.S. to El Salvador.

Universities across the country have said they’re making cuts and freezing hiring, as the Trump administration announces it is investigating dozens more universities for potential racial discrimination.

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced sweeping overhauls of U.S. climate policy this week. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called it “the largest deregulatory announcement in U.S. history.” At it’s core, the EPA is changing its focus from protecting the environment to lowering costs for Americans.

A federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday ruled that Columbia University protest leader Mahmoud Khalil will remain in ICE detention in Louisiana, but should be allowed to speak with his lawyers. At this point, Khalil, who was born in Syria and is of Palestinian descent, hasn’t yet been formally charged with a crime.

The U.S. stock market experienced further losses today as the global trade war took new turns. President Donald Trump seems to be spooking markets by making new tariff announcements – then rescinding them – amid talks of a possible recession. He did so again on Tuesday.

Federal immigration officials arrested an activist who previously led anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia graduate student originally from Syria, is a green card holder with permanent residency in the U.S. He was arrested on Saturday night at his university-owned apartment near campus.