## EU targets Trump’s red states with tariffs on US trucks, cigarettes and ice cream

Authored by politico.eu

EU countries are set to vote on the new duties on Wednesday, with no major opposition expected.

Once they’ve approved the list (which is technically made up of multiple lists), the first set of tariffs on goods such as cranberries or orange juice, which the EU initially imposed in 2018 during the first Trump presidency but suspended in 2021, will take effect on April 15.

A 25 percent duty will then kick in from May 16 on a second batch of imported items such as steel, meat, white chocolate and polyethylene.

Finally, a 25 percent duty on almonds and soybeans will take effect Dec. 1.

(Leave it to the Commission to build some suspense.).

Overall, EU duties are set to hit up to $13.5 billion worth of exports from red states, according to POLITICO's analysis of 2024 trade data.

Let’s start with the EU’s No. 1 target — soybeans, the most valuable item on the bloc’s hit list, a product whose economic and symbolic significance for the Republican Party's heartlands cannot be overstated. »

### White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens

Authored by huffpost.com

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is exploring legal pathways to “deport” U.S. citizens to El Salvador, where the administration has already arranged to house deported immigrants in a prison known for its human rights abuses.

Any such move on the part of the Trump administration is certain to be challenged in court.

It is also not clear what legal authority could be used to justify expelling U.S. citizens from their homeland. »

### AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists

Authored by apnews.com

The decision, while a preliminary injunction, handed the AP a major victory at a time the White House has been challenging the press on several levels.

In its action filed on Feb. 21, the AP sued Leavitt, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich.

“The government offers no other plausible explanation for its treatment of the AP,” the judge wrote. »

### 'Time for you to abandon the United States': Asylum seekers who used app being told to leave

Authored by cbc.ca

Migrants who were temporarily allowed to live in the United States by using an online appointment app have been told to leave the country "immediately," officials said Monday.

More than 900,000 people were allowed in the country using the CBP One app since January 2023.

They were urged to voluntary self-deport using the same app they entered on, which has been renamed CBP Home. »

### Cops investigating if Missouri foster mom traded a kid for a monkey to boost her exotic animal collection

Authored by independent.co.uk

A foster mom in Missouri has been taken into custody, as authorities investigate whether she gave up one of her children in exchange for a monkey.

Brenda Deutsch, of Winfield, Missouri, fostered more than 200 children over the years as well as reportedly being a collector of exotic animals.

open image in gallery Foster mom Brenda Deutsch faces three felony counts of neglect, child abuse and child endangering, according to Missouri officials. »

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