Trump in an interview with Breitbart News called India "one of the highest tariffing nations in the world."
The president has developed a warm relationship with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but has promised steep tariffs on friend and foes alike in an attempt to equalize what he says is an uneven economic playing field.
Trump is targeting April 2 — what he's calling "Liberation Day" — to impose new tariffs on imports from around the globe.
He said India won't be immune: "I believe they're going to probably going to be lowering those tariffs substantially, but on April 2, we will be charging them the same tariffs they charge us."
The equity goal of the Education Department, which was created by Congress in 1979, emerged partly from the anti-poverty and civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
But as the Trump administration moves to dismantle it, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities: civil rights enforcement to the Justice Department, perhaps; student loans to Treasury or Commerce; oversight of student disability rights to Health and Human Services.
Advocates are worried about what could happen with a more lofty part of the department's mission — promoting equal access for students in an American education system that is fundamentally unequal. Without the department, they're concerned that the federal government would not look out in the same way for poor students, those still learning English, disabled students and racial and ethnic minorities.
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Badar Khan Suri was determined to be deportable for "spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media," Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said late Wednesday on X.
A Georgetown statement says the Indian national was "duly granted a visa to enter the United States to continue his doctoral research on peacebuilding in Iraq and Afghanistan" while studying at the university's center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.
"We are not aware of him engaging in any illegal activity, and we have not received a reason for his detention," the school said. "We support our community members' rights to free and open inquiry, deliberation and debate, even if the underlying ideas may be difficult, controversial or objectionable. We expect the legal system to adjudicate this case fairly."
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That's according to the Labor Department's latest tally of jobless claims filings, showing they rose by 2,000 last week to slightly less than the 224,000 new applications analysts forecast.
The total number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for the week of March 8 rose by 33,000 to 1.89 million.
Economists don't expect the Trump administration's federal workforce layoffs to appear until the March jobs report.
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Across wine country in France, Italy and Spain one number is top of mind: 200%.
That's because last week Trump threatened a tariff of that amount on European wine, Champagne and other spirits if the European Union went ahead with retaliatory tariffs on some U.S. products. The top wine producers in Europe could face crippling costs that would hit smaller wineries especially hard.
Europe's wine industry is the latest to find itself in the crosshairs of a possible trade spat with the U.S.
Italy, France and Spain are among the top five exporters of wine to the United States. Trump made his threat to Europe's alcohol industry after the European Union announced a 50% tax on American whiskey expected to take effect on April 1. That duty was unveiled in response to the Trump administration's tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum.
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The White House official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity before the announcement, said Trump plans to sign the order on Thursday.
Finalizing the elimination of the Department of Education would require an act of Congress.
But a White House fact sheet said the order would direct Education Secretary Linda McMahon "to take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure (of) the Department of Education and return education authority to the States, while continuing to ensure the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely."