News Roundup & Comment | April 4, 2025

 

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Highlighted by tariff news, here’s a sample of what Jim presented on this week’s ‘Round-Up’ broadcast:

–The Trump administration has deported over 100,000 illegal migrants since taking office and has arrested more than 110,000.

–Radical left activist federal district judges have continued to issue a seemingly endless list of injunctions against President Trump’s executive orders.  By what authority do they have to do this?  This was discussed in a hearing by Louisiana Republican Senator John Kennedy and Assistant Attorney General nominee Brett Shumate.  Jim provided audio of the exchange. 

–Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley has introduced a bill that seeks to clarify the role of the Judicial branch and limit federal court orders by ending universal injunctions.

–Representative Jim Jordan, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, told Newsmax on Tuesday that he believes Congress has the will to use its constitutional power to prevent what he considers judicial overreach used at the district court level to usurp President Trump’s authority. 

–After months of anticipation, President Trump rolled out his plans to implement historic tariffs on Wednesday, transforming the nation’s trade policy with the stroke of his pen.

–President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on dozens of foreign trading partners has unleashed a rapid response abroad with European leaders urging negotiations and pondering retaliatory measures.

–U.S. companies had 2.4 trillion of valuation wiped out yesterday after Trump’s tariffs.  Virtually every sector suffered big losses.

–President Trump voiced optimism in a social media post that was pointed at his skeptics declaring that America will be bigger, better and more resilient than ever.

–Marco Rubio said today that the U.S. had to reset the global order of trade and that President Trump is absolutely right to do it.

–General Motors plans to expand production at one of its plants in Indiana thanks to the tariffs on foreign made cars.

–Ford announced employee pricing for all customers after the tariffs were announced.

–Stellantis has halted production at Canadian and Mexican plants after the auto tariffs went into effect.  

–China announced today that it will impose a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning on April 10th.  They also announced they’ve filed a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization over the tariff issue.

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