Trump says he's doubling steel tariffs to 50%
President Trump announced Friday he'll double steel tariffs from 25% to 50% during a visit at a U.S. Steel mill in the Pittsburgh area.
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President Trump announced Friday he'll double steel tariffs from 25% to 50% during a visit at a U.S. Steel mill in the Pittsburgh area.
The White House had sought an emergency stay of an injunction issued by U.S. Judge Susan Illston of San Francisco in a lawsuit brought by labor unions and cities, including San Francisco and Chicago.
California high school track and field state championships kicked off with new rules that allow a transgender athlete to compete. CBS News Los Angeles reporter Zach Boetto has more on the rules change.
The Supreme Court ruled that it will allow the Trump administration to terminate a program that allowed more than 500,000 Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Venezuelans to temporarily live and work in the United States while a legal battle over the effort to end the legal protections proceeds. Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
President Trump has announced he's doubling all tariffs on steel imported to the U.S. Meanwhile, new data gives a glimpse into the minds of consumers and state of the U.S. economy. Kelly O'Grady explains.
Omar Villafranca reports on a controversial deportation policy where migrants are being hauled away from courthouses.
With his tariffs facing legal challenges and no big trade deal yet, President Trump hoped for an economic boost through what he called a "planned partnership" between Japan's Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel, which could save tens of thousands of jobs nationwide, including at least 11,000 around West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Ed O'Keefe has more.
After billionaire Elon Musk helped to cut jobs across 25 federal agencies, there was one last position to eliminate: his own. But President Trump said Musk will return to to help after his last official day. Weijia Jiang reports.
On Friday, SpaceX launched an advanced GPS satellite into medium-Earth orbit. SpaceX experienced some launch hiccups earlier this week and the Federal Aviation Administration is calling for an investigation. Micah Maidenberg, a space reporter for the Wall Street Journal, joins "The Daily Report" with more. Plus, Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams reflect on their unexpected nine-month stay on the International Space Station.
In the wake of President Trump's efforts to limit the number of international students at universities in the U.S., some foreign students are looking outside the U.S. to study. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd has more.
Israel carried out a new round of air strikes in Gaza on Friday as the world waited for a potential breakthrough on a new ceasefire agreement. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports.
President Trump traveled to Pennsylvania on Friday to mark a deal between U.S. Steel and its Japanese competitor, which will keep the American company in the U.S. Additionally, the Supreme Court is now allowing the Trump administration to pause a Biden-era immigration program that allowed hundreds of thousands of immigrants to temporarily live and work in the U.S. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi and Camilo Montoya-Galvez report.
President Trump said that Elon Musk "will, always, be with us, helping all the way." Musk's tenure as a "special government employee" is formally ending.
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Billionaire Elon Musk ended his time overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency on Friday to focus on his companies. Molly Ball, senior political correspondent at The Wall Street Journal, and Nancy Cook, senior national political correspondent at Bloomberg, as well as CBS News White House reporter Olivia Rinaldi, join to discuss.
The Trump administration has scrambled to address a NOTUS article that found its "MAHA" commission report misinterpreted several studies and cited others that do not exist. Alex Tin, CBS News health reporter, and Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News medical contributor, join with analysis.
On Friday in Pennsylvania, President Trump announced that "we are going to be imposing a 25% increase, from 25% to 50%, the tariffs on steel into the U.S., which will even further secure the steel industry in the U.S." CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady breaks down what this means.
New economic data released on Friday showed higher U.S. personal income, a softening of inflation and lower trade deficits. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady has the details.
Consumer spending slowed despite rising incomes, potentially an early reaction to higher prices on some imported goods.
President Trump is traveling to Pennsylvania on Friday to herald a deal to preserve U.S. Steel. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe is in Pittsburgh with the latest.
The White House said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" report will be updated to correct "formatting issues," after the news outlet NOTUS found that several studies in the report did not exist. CBS News health reporter Alexander Tin has the details.
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger spoke with CBS News Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane before retiring from his post at the Capitol. Manger discussed challenges he faced when he arrived on the job in 2021, shared his concerns about a spike in threats against lawmakers, and recalled President Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 rioters.
Trump administration officials, MAGA influencers and far-right leaders gathered in Poland and Hungary this week for CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference.
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