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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discusses the impact of President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ immigrant labor and more on ‘Fox News Sunday.’ Tariffs will reset to President Donald Trump’s original April levels if countries do not strike a new deal with the U.S. by August 1, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday. Bessent made the announcement during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” telling host Shannon Bream that several trade deals are in the “home stretch.””Is it fair to say there’s a bit of a pause on the July 9th deadline for some of these trading partners?” Bream asked. “I…
President Trump and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick discuss upcoming trade agreements and letters while speaking with reporters on July 6, 2025. President Donald Trump and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick confirmed Sunday that if countries do not strike a trade deal with the U.S. by August 1, they will revert to levels set in April. Trump and Lutnick spoke with reporters before departing Bedminster, New Jersey on Sunday evening, when they were asked several questions regarding tariffs and trade deals.Trump told one reporter his administration could be sending 12 to 15 letters out to different countries on Monday, though…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded to ridicule over calling herself a “Bronx girl” by claiming she grew up “between” the city and the leafy suburbs – but locals near her childhood home are still confused. People from Yorktown — many who grew up in the Bronx themselves — chimed in on the liberal firebrand’s narrative about her youth after her yearbook photos recirculated on social media and AOC fundraised off the criticisms but still avoided saying she lived in upper Westchester County. Black and white yearbook photo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Courtesy Matt Slater “You can tell right out of the gate…
New York City’s major real estate dealmakers are bracing for a knock-down, drag-out battle should socialist Zohran Mamdani become the next mayor – and expressed confidence they will be the ones left standing, The Post has learned. The two diametrically opposed forces are set to clash after Mamdani – who has espoused a radical, anti-business agenda – handily defeated Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary to become the front-runner in November’s election. Manhattan’s powerful commercial real estate industry, meanwhile, has shaken off the COVID maelstrom and is enjoying its best time in at least eight years, according to the…
Robert Irwin has issued a groveling apology after failing to pay for his meal at a popular restaurant in Australia. The wildlife conservationist, 21, shared how the accidental faux pas came to be in a candid video on Instagram, saying he was left red-faced following his visit to the Jetty Pavilion in Coffs Harbour over the weekend. “Hi guys, Robert here. So I have a funny story,” he said in the video shared with his 7.6 million followers on the platform. Robert Irwin has issued a groveling apology after failing to pay for his meal at a popular restaurant in…
Two teenage camp counselors have recalled the harrowing moment they wrote the names of the young girls they were caring for on their bodies in case they were swept away in the raging Texas floodwaters. Silvana Garza and Maria Paula said they desperately put on a “happy face” to keep the children calm as they prepared to evacuate a branch of Camp Mystic neighboring the one where at least five girls were killed and 11 are still missing. “Us as counselors, we started to write our names on our skin, anywhere that was visible,” Paula Told Mexican news outlet NMas…
David SilverbergBusiness reporterLearning ResourcesRick Woldenberg says he believes in taking action rather than just “hoping for the best”A 90-day pause on Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs plan is about to expire on Wednesday, which could upend US trading relationships with the rest of the world. But the uncertainty of the last few months has already forced several companies to rethink their supply lines in radical ways. When an Illinois toymaker heard that Trump was introducing tariffs on Chinese imports, he was so incensed that he decided to sue the US government.”I’m inclined to stand up when my company is in genuine…
Getty ImagesDunham’s move to London in 2021 inspired her new rom-comLena Dunham is almost synonymous with New York City. The US actress, writer and director rose to fame with her award-winning semi-autobiographical series Girls, which followed four 20-something women as they navigated love, life and friendship in the Big Apple. But her latest project – a Netflix rom-com loosely based on her life over the last few years – is set on the other side of the Atlantic.Too Much follows Jessica (Megan Stalter), who moves from New York to London after breaking up with her boyfriend, and falls in love…
Tiffanie TurnbullReporting fromMorwell, AustraliaWatch: CCTV and audio shown to court in mushroom trialFor two years, the mystery of exactly what happened at Erin Patterson’s dining table has gripped the world.Five people sat down to eat lunch at her home in rural Australia on 29 July 2023. Within a week, three would be dead, a fourth would be fighting for his life, and the fifth would be under investigation for intentionally poisoning her guests with wild mushrooms.After a much-watched trial in the tiny town of Morwell, Patterson has now been found guilty of murdering three relatives at the lunch and attempting…
Issues once thought long settled are now up for grabs again. But, “they’re not going to get what they want,” says Omar Jadwat of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project. Ad Policy Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks with reporters as she boards the Senate subway after a vote in the US Capitol on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.(Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Hours after the Supreme Court issued its ruling that narrowed lower courts’ usage of nationwide injunctions—in response to the Trump administration requesting it take up the issue in the wake of federal judges halting his unconstitutional…