Trump admin unveils plan costing migrants massive fine for every day they don’t self-deport
The Trump administration plans to begin fining illegal immigrants subject to a deportation order $998 a day if they do not leave the United States. “Illegal aliens should use the CBP Home app to self-deport and leave the country now. If they don’t, they will face the consequences,” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Tuesday. “This includes a fine of $998 per day for every day that the illegal alien overstayed their final deportation order.” Using a 1996 law that was not enforced until President Donald Trump’s first term in 2018, the administration plans to apply the penalties retroactively to illegal immigrants for up to five years, resulting in fines of more than $1 million, an administration official told Reuters, who was first to report on the fines. BLUE STATE SHERIFFS COMBINE FORCES TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST SANCTUARY LAWS The administration could also seize property from illegal immigrants who fail to pay the stiff penalty, the report noted. A flyer provided to Fox News Digital shows the “benefits” and “consequences” for illegal immigrants who fail to self-deport via the CBP Home app. “Self-deportation is safe,” the flyer reads. “Leave on your own terms by picking your departure flight.” JD VANCE TORCHES MEDIA, DEMS’ ‘DISGRACEFUL SET OF PRIORITIES’ ON DEPORTATION OF ACCUSED MS-13 GANG MEMBER Other benefits of self-deporting include allowing non-criminal illegal immigrants to keep money they earned in the U.S. and allowing illegal immigrants to maintain eligibility for potential future legal immigration, while some illegal immigrants may even be eligible for subsidized flights if they have trouble affording a ticket. Meanwhile, the “consequences” section of the flyer warns that those who fail to self-deport will be “apprehended by DHS with no opportunity to get your affairs in order beforehand.” The flyer also spells out the potential fines, including the $998 per day fine for failing to comply with final removal orders and a fine of $1,000 – $5,000 for failing to self-deport after “claiming that you will.” “If you fail to self-deport, you may be subject to jail time,” the flyer concludes, adding that illegal immigrants would also later be “prohibited from reentering the U.S. through the legal immigration system.”
House Republicans worry even Trump can’t save them as tax cuts, budget bill hang in balance
House Republicans are in disarray ahead of an expected Wednesday afternoon vote to advance the Senate’s version of a massive bill advancing President Donald Trump’s agenda. Several people who spoke with Fox News Digital said they were concerned that even the president may not be able to sway holdouts ahead of a planned Wednesday vote – despite Trump’s ability to do so on key pieces of legislation on multiple occasions this year. “This one is tough to tell,” one senior House Republican said when asked if Trump could persuade enough critics to pass the legislation. “There’s a level of distrust, historically – that from [$1.5 trillion] to $4 billion, it’s like, why did we go so low?” Fiscal hawks’ chief concerns with the bill lie in the differences between minimum mandatory spending cuts. HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS CHAIR URGES JOHNSON TO CHANGE COURSE ON SENATE VERSION OF TRUMP BUDGET BILL The House’s version, which the chamber passed in late February, calls for at least $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion in federal spending cuts to offset the new spending for Trump’s priorities on defense, the border and taxes. The Senate passed an amendment to the House version over the weekend that, while closely mirroring the lower chamber, called for at least $4 billion in spending cuts. Sources told Fox News Digital that there are as many as 30 to 40 people who have at least shared serious concerns about the bill. Some skeptics are expected to be part of a group of House Republicans heading to the White House on Tuesday afternoon to meet with Trump. But at least three lawmakers who have shared concerns about the bill – Reps. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., Ralph Norman, R-S.C., and Keith Self, R-Texas – said they were not invited. SENATE GOP PUSHES TRUMP BUDGET FRAMEWORK THROUGH AFTER MARATHON VOTE SERIES Meanwhile, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., signaled to reporters that he turned the invitation down. “There’s nothing I don’t understand about this issue. So, you know, let the president spend time with people who maybe will change their mind,” Harris said. He said of Trump’s influence, “It’s not going to help getting enough votes to pass this week. It’s just, there too many members who are just not going to vote for it, no matter what.” “I don’t see it happening,” a second House Republican told Fox News Digital when asked if Trump could get the legislation over the line. Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., said, “I love the president,” but similarly doubted whether the legislation could pass a Wednesday afternoon vote. “I think that because what the Senate sent over is so financially immoral, that it doesn’t matter how much pressure, there’s so many of us that can’t swallow it,” he told reporters. Congressional Republicans are working on a massive piece of legislation that Trump has dubbed “one big, beautiful bill” to advance his agenda on border security, defense, energy and taxes. Such a measure is largely only possible via the budget reconciliation process. Traditionally used when one party controls all three branches of government, reconciliation lowers the Senate’s threshold for passage of certain fiscal measures from 60 votes to 51. As a result, it has been used to pass broad policy changes in one or two massive pieces of legislation. MEET THE TRUMP-PICKED LAWMAKERS GIVING SPEAKER JOHNSON A FULL HOUSE GOP CONFERENCE Trump publicly called for House Republicans to fall in line to pass the Senate version on Monday night. “There is no better time than now to get this Deal DONE! The House, the Senate, and our Great Administration, are going to work tirelessly on creating ‘THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL, BILL,’ an appropriate name if Congress so likes. Everyone is going to be happy with the result,” he wrote on Truth Social. “THE HOUSE MUST PASS THIS BUDGET RESOLUTION, AND QUICKLY – MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” House GOP leaders have argued that passing the Senate’s version is a critical step to unlocking the main portion of the reconciliation process, where the relevant committees find ways to enact conservative policy goals in line with the funding set out by Republicans’ reconciliation framework. They’ve also insisted that passing the Senate’s version does not impede the House from working toward its more conservative goal. “The budget resolution is not the law, OK? All this does is it allows us to continue the process, begin drafting the actual legislation that really counts. And that’s the one big, beautiful bill. Number two, the Senate amendment makes no changes to the reconciliation instructions that we put into the budget resolution. So our objectives remain intact,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said during his weekly press conference. “Number three, any final reconciliation bill has to include historic spending reductions that we included in our resolution, while also safeguarding essential programs.” But fiscal hawks critical of the bill, like Harris, are pushing Republican leaders to allow the House to begin working on its reconciliation bill now and forcing the Senate to reckon with that proposal. And some Republican holdouts are optimistic that Trump could get them to a point where they can support the legislation Wednesday. “I sure hope he can,” Norman told Fox News Digital. “We’re in favor of what he’s doing.” Fox News Digital reached out to White House for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Here’s the list of books the Naval Academy removed from its library during DEI purge
The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, has purged hundreds of books from its library — including “How to be Anti-Racist” by Ibram X. Kendi — as part of a push to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)-related content. The Naval Academy weeded out these books on March 31, in keeping with instructions from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, following executive orders from President Donald Trump. The Naval Academy also threw out another book Kendi authored, “Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America,” as well as “Our Time is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America,” by former Georgia Rep. Stacey Abrams. Kendi, the former founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, attracted national attention in 2020 for his books following the 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis by police officers. NAVAL ACADEMY TOSSES 400 BOOKS FROM LIBRARY FOLLOWING TRUMP DEI EXPULSION ORDERS Kendi joined Boston University that year but announced in January that he would head to Howard University to continue his research instead. Meanwhile, Boston University is poised to shut down its research center in June once contracts expire. The Naval Academy also purged “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” by American writer and poet Maya Angelou, an autobiography detailing Angelou’s childhood and life during the Jim Crow era. Other books booted by the Naval Academy are “Women with Mustaches and Men Without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity” by Afsanah Najmabodi; “Critical Race Theory and Education: A Marxist Response” by Mike Cole; “Men in Wonderland: The Lost Girlhood of the Victorian Gentleman” by Catherine Robson; and “Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex” by Elizabeth Reis. Although Trump’s January executive orders banned DEI content in K–12 schools receiving federal funds, military service academies were exempt since they are not classified as K–12 institutions. NAVAL ACADEMY CLOSING DEI OFFICES TO ALIGN WITH TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: MEMO However, Hegseth’s office instructed the service academy to eliminate the materials ahead of a visit to the institution on April 1, The Associated Press reported. It is unclear if Hegseth issued the directive himself or if it came from a staffer. The Navy confirmed to Fox News Digital that nearly 400 books were ditched as part of the effort. “We can confirm the U.S. Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from their Nimitz Library collection in order to ensure compliance with all directives outlined in executive orders issued by the president,” a Navy spokesperson told Fox News Digital Wednesday. “Nimitz Library houses roughly 590,000 print books, 322 databases, and over 5,000 print journals and magazines to support the academic inquiries and intellectual development of Midshipmen.” The U.S. Naval Academy trains undergraduate midshipmen to pursue careers as officers in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Here is the full list of books the Naval Academy pitched out during the purge: The Associated Press and Fox News’ Rachel del Guidice contributed to this report.
House Democrat says he’d vote to protect Trump’s tariff plan, worries White House will stand down
Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, indicated he’d vote to protect President Trump’s tariff plan if legislation killing the economic measure was brought to the House floor. Speaking with Axios, Golden said he’s worried Trump will end up caving to pressure and wind up not implementing the tariff plan. “My biggest worry is that they’re going to do this and lose faith and political will and back away,” Golden said. When Golden was asked about the mixed reaction from the stock market on the tariff plan, Golden responded “The vast majority of Americans have no stocks.” PRICE TAG: HOW MUCH AMERICANS COULD PAY BETWEEN TARIFFS AND TAX CUTS EXPIRING Trump on April 2 announced a baseline duty of 10% on every import to the United States, along with additional tariffs for countries which have high tariffs on American exports. Golden also complained that there aren’t more Democrats in favor of Trump’s tariff plan. “I remember Dems being outraged by the World Trade Organization, NAFTA, all these trade deals, even as recently as TPP,” Golden added. “Now all of a sudden it’s like a complete 180 degree flip here where we’re staunchly defending the importance and relevance of the stock market to the American economy and defending free trade deals.” When asked about Rep. Greg Meeks’, D-N.Y., bill that would remove Trump’s tariffs, Golden said “I’d be a ‘no’ on that.” GOP DEFECTORS HELP SENATE ADVANCE RESOLUTION TO CANCEL TRUMP TARIFFS DESPITE WHITE HOUSE VETO WARNING Golden is one of the few, if not the only, House Democrat in favor of the tariff proposal. “When they’re searching under every couch cushion for ways to re-appeal the party to working class, coming out against this so strongly,” Golden said as he chided fellow Democrats for standing against the proposal. Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., said in a video posted to X, that he’s staunchly opposed to the tariffs. “I think a wrong-for-decades consensus in Washington on free trade has been a race to the bottom,” Deluzio said. “The president’s tariff announcement, though, his trade strategy — it’s been chaotic, it’s inconsistent.” Fox News Digital’s Julia Johnson and Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
SCOOP: Treasury Secretary Bessent to huddle with key Republican caucus as Trump enacts tariff plan
FIRST ON FOX: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be on Capitol Hill again on Wednesday to meet with a key Republican caucus, Fox News Digital has learned. A source familiar with the planning told Fox News Digital that Bessent is among the speakers at the Republican Study Committee’s weekly lunch on Wednesday. Discussions are likely to focus on tariffs and the budget reconciliation process, the source anticipated. It comes as House Republicans wrestle with a way forward on both fronts. SENATE GOP PUSHES TRUMP BUDGET FRAMEWORK THROUGH AFTER MARATHON VOTE SERIES On tariffs, some Republican lawmakers have said they would like more clarity from the White House on President Donald Trump’s plans – including whether his sweeping import taxes on friends and foes are a negotiation tactic or a matter of long-term policy. One GOP lawmaker told Fox News Digital that Trump’s messaging has been “well-received” but added, “It would be nice to have more information.” Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., who is leading a bipartisan bill to retake Congress’ power on tariffs, told reporters on Tuesday, “I don’t like the thought of waging a trade war with the entire world, and that’s what we’re doing right now.” “I mean, I surely support tariffs on China. It’s not that I oppose all tariffs, I think there are some countries that would need it. But I question why on Canada,” Bacon said. MEET THE TRUMP-PICKED LAWMAKERS GIVING SPEAKER JOHNSON A FULL HOUSE GOP CONFERENCE Others, like Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-Fla., were more supportive – though he also signaled he saw it as more of a negotiating tool. “I believe in fair and free trade, I really do, but what we have right now is not fair, and it’s not free – we pay a disproportionate tax to other nations,” Haridopolos told Fox News Digital. “Whatever you tax me, I’ll tax you. Even better, if there’s no tax between the two countries, that’s a win for the United States in general.” “I think the president has taken a strong position to say, ‘We’re a very generous country, and….all we’re asking for is for our trading partners to treat us the way they want to be treated.’” The Republican Study Committee has more than 170 members and acts as the House Republican conference’s de facto think tank at times. Bessent, meanwhile, opened the door to using tariffs as a hardball tactic in trade talks with other countries – likely welcome news for Republicans who were concerned about the long-term impact on their districts. He told CNBC on Tuesday morning that he and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer were tapped to lead talks with Japan. He also said Trump himself would be “directly involved in those negotiations.” “There are 50, 60, maybe almost 70 countries now who have approached us. So it’s going to be a busy April, May, maybe into June. And Japan is a very important military ally,” Bessent said. “And the U.S. has a lot of history with them, so I would expect that Japan’s going to get priority, just because they came forward very quickly. But it’s going to be very busy.” HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS CHAIR URGES JOHNSON TO CHANGE COURSE ON SENATE VERSION OF TRUMP BUDGET BILL On the other end, the White House is working with House GOP leaders to convince critics of the Senate’s version of a sweeping bill to advance Trump’s agenda. Republicans are aiming to use their majorities to pass a massive piece of legislation dealing with border security, energy and defense, as well as extending Trump’s 2017 tax policies. Fiscal hawks are angry that the Senate’s version of the bill mandates a minimum of $4 billion in cuts, whereas the House plan calls for at least $1.5 trillion. Fox News Digital reached out to the Treasury Department but did not immediately hear back.
Supreme Court rules on status of tens of thousands of fired probationary employees
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the Trump administration and upheld the mass firing of tens of thousands of probationary federal employees, granting a request for an emergency administrative stay on a lower court order blocking the firings. The majority of the high court ruled that the plaintiffs, nine non-profit organizations who had sued to reinstate the employees, lacked standing to sue. “The District Court’s injunction was based solely on the allegations of the nine non-profit-organization plaintiffs in this case. But under established law, those allegations are presently insufficient to support the organizations’ standing,” the court said in an order. Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would have denied the application for a stay. JUDGE BOASBERG POISED TO HOLD TRUMP ADMIN IN CONTEMPT, TAKES DOWN NAMES OF DHS OFFICIALS: ‘PRETTY SKETCHY’ In their final brief to the Supreme Court, government attorneys argued that lower courts overstepped their authority by ordering the reinstatement of probationary employees last month. The legal battle stems from the termination of an estimated 16,000 probationary federal employees since President Donald Trump took office, prompting a wave of lawsuits from Democrat-led states and former workers. Probationary employees are particularly vulnerable to termination because they lack the civil service protections granted to full-time federal workers, which typically take effect after a designated period of service. Justice Department lawyers have warned that forcing the government to rehire those employees would create “chaos” across federal agencies. They have also maintained that the firings were tied to poor performance – an allegation the dismissed employees strongly dispute. JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ADMIN FROM FIRING FEDERAL PROBATIONARY WORKERS Last month, a federal judge in Baltimore ordered the Trump administration to reinstate probationary employees who had been fired across multiple government agencies. Chief Judge James Bredar also directed the administration to return within seven days with a list of the affected employees and an explanation of how the agencies were complying with the reinstatement order. In their Supreme Court filing, the plaintiffs argued that the Trump administration’s “decimation” of probationary staff had caused deep and lasting harm at key federal agencies. At the Department of Veterans Affairs – already plagued by chronic understaffing – the layoffs have “already had and will imminently continue to have” serious negative consequences for those who rely on its services, the plaintiffs wrote. “Similarly, cuts to the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management have already harmed and will continue to harm the ability of Respondent environmental and outdoor organizations to enjoy and protect a wide range of federal lands and resources,” they said. SUPREME COURT GRANTS TRUMP REQUEST TO LIFT STAY HALTING VENEZUELAN DEPORTATIONS The plaintiffs, represented by the American Federation of Government Employees, argued that the terminations have already caused significant disruption across the federal government, impairing agencies’ ability to carry out critical functions. Most recently, a federal judge in Maryland expanded an order this week requiring the Trump administration to rehire terminated probationary federal employees. The ruling also barred the administration from carrying out future mass firings of probationary staff unless done in accordance with federal laws governing employee removals. That includes providing affected employees with a 60-day notice period, as required under current civil service regulations. In a Supreme Court filing, Solicitor General John Sauer argued that the lower court’s injunction had forced the Trump administration to rehire federal workers “despite agencies’ judgments about what best serves their missions.” “Courts do not have license to block federal workplace reforms at the behest of anyone who wishes to retain particular levels of general government services,” the government wrote in its brief. The administration argues that reinstatement is not an appropriate remedy in this case, claiming it exceeds the court’s authority – and that even if the terminations were deemed “unlawful,” that still wouldn’t justify such a sweeping order.
Migrant convicted of killing his son arrested by ICE years after initial deportation
Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a Mexican national who had previously been deported after a conviction of deliberate homicide. Agents from ICE Dallas Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Fugitive Operations and ERO Special Response arrested 53-year-old Carlos Ambriz near his residence in Oklahoma on March 25, with a Monday ICE release noting that he was unlawfully in the country and had previously been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the deliberate homicide of his own child. BLUE STATE SHERIFFS COMBINE FORCES TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST SANCTUARY LAWS “This subject’s criminal record underscores the significant danger he represents to our community, particularly with the serious charge and conviction for killing his own child,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Dallas Field Office acting Director Josh Johnson said in the release. Ambriz was convicted of the offense in Montana and incarcerated at the Montana State Prison before being served with a notice to appear before an immigration judge. He was ordered removed from the U.S. to Mexico by an immigration judge in 1999 and eventually removed to Mexico in January 2006 near the Paseo Del Norte, Texas, Bridge. JD VANCE TORCHES MEDIA, DEMS’ ‘DISGRACEFUL SET OF PRIORITIES’ ON DEPORTATION OF ACCUSED MS-13 GANG MEMBER The arrest was one of three to target criminal migrants who had victimized children in recent weeks, coming as ICE also made an arrest of a Guatemalan sex offender in Virginia who had been convicted of consensual sexual intercourse with a child last year and another Guatemalan national in New York City who had been convicted of sexual battery of a child earlier this year. Ambriz will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings from the U.S., the ICE release said. “Our officers remain committed to enhancing public safety by apprehending and removing criminal aliens who violate immigration laws,” Johnson said.
Jeffries claims Trump budget bill will steal food from ‘the mouths of babies’ while enriching billionaires
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries railed against a budget bill that would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda as legislation that would take food from the mouths of babies in order to enrich billionaire “puppet masters.” “These MAGA extremists are trying to jam a reckless budget down the throat of the American people,” Jeffries said during a Monday press conference. “Take away health care from the American people. Strip away veterans benefits from the American people. And hurt nutritional assistance and literally take food out of the mouths of babies in America.” “Why? Because they want to pass massive tax breaks for their billionaire donors and puppet masters like Elon Musk. This is Republican policy in America, and it’s a complete and total disaster.” The House’s framework for the budget bill passed in February and included $4.5 trillion for extending Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and implementing newer Trump proposals like no taxes on tipped wages. Senate Republicans approved a blueprint version of the bill Saturday. The legislation currently hangs in the balance as Republican lawmakers hash out details of the final version of the bill. The New York Democrat’s press conference was in response to Trump’s recently unveiled tariff plans that will level customized tariffs on countries that have historically higher tariffs in place on American goods, as well as a baseline tariff of 10% on other nations. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER JEFFRIES DESCRIBES TRUMP’S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS AS ‘MOST DIVISIVE’ IN AMERICAN HISTORY The House minority leader added in his address that the Trump administration is “extreme” and that the president is “intentionally inflicting” economic “pain on the American people.” “Instead of costs going down, which Donald Trump promised would happen on day one of his presidency, costs aren’t going down. They’re going up. Inflation is going up. Donald Trump and Republicans are actually crashing the economy in real time,” he said. TRUMP WHITE HOUSE DEMANDS APOLOGY AFTER JEFFRIES CALLS FOR DEMS TO FIGHT PRESIDENT’S AGENDA ‘IN THE STREETS’ “They are intentionally inflicting pain on the American people,” Jeffries claimed. “This Trump tax, these reckless tariffs will cost the American people thousands of dollars a year. It’s the largest tax increase on the American people since 1968. This is what Donald Trump’s presidency and Republicans in control of the House and the Senate are delivering to America, not lower costs.” “The Leader’s comments yesterday speak for themselves,” Jeffries’ office told Fox Digital when approached for additional comment on the matters. Trump slammed mounting concerns over the economy following his tariff announcement Wednesday, which Trump dubbed “Liberation Day” — and coined a new term called “panican,” which the president described as a political party of “Weak and Stupid people.” “The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO. Don’t be Weak! Don’t be Stupid! Don’t be a PANICAN (A new party based on Weak and Stupid people!). Be Strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be the result!” he posted to Truth Social Monday. HAKEEM JEFFRIES LEADS PROTEST AGAINST TRUMP, MUSK’S ‘UNCONSCIONABLE’ REFORM EFFORTS “Oil prices are down, interest rates are down (the slow moving Fed should cut rates!), food prices are down, there is NO INFLATION, and the long time abused USA is bringing in Billions of Dollars a week from the abusing countries on Tariffs that are already in place,” Trump added. The Trump administration has celebrated the recent tariff announcements as evening the trade playing field for the U.S. after decades of other nations leveling lofty duty taxes on U.S. goods, as well as ushering in a job boon, lowering taxes for citizens and protecting the U.S. supply chain by manufacturing goods on American soil. “American steel workers, auto workers, farmers and skilled craftsmen,” Trump said from the White House Rose Garden Wednesday afternoon. “We have a lot of them here with us today. They really suffered, gravely. They watched in anguish as foreign leaders have stolen our jobs, foreign cheaters have ransacked our factories, and foreign scavengers have torn apart our once-beautiful American dream. We had an American dream that you don’t hear so much about. You did four years ago, and you are now. But you don’t too often.” “Now it’s our turn to prosper, and in so doing, use trillions and trillions of dollars to reduce our taxes and pay down our national debt,” he continued. “And it will all happen very quickly. With today’s action, we are finally going to be able to make America great again, greater than ever before. Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already. We will supercharge our domestic industrial base.” Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
China says JD Vance’s comments about ‘peasants’ are ‘words that lack knowledge and respect’
China is pushing back Tuesday after Vice President JD Vance told Fox News last week that the U.S. borrows “money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture.” Vance, during an interview with “Fox & Friends,” made the remark while speaking about the effects of the Trump administration’s tariffs. “I think it’s useful for all of us to step back and ask us, ask ourselves, what is the globalist economy gotten the United States of America? And the answer is fundamentally, it’s based on two principles — incurring a huge amount of debt to buy things that other countries make for us, and to make it a little bit more crystal clear, we borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture,” Vance said. When asked about Vance’s comments on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian said, “To hear words that lack knowledge and respect like those uttered by this Vice President is both surprising and kind of lamentable. JD VANCE HONORS HIS MOTHER AT WHITE HOUSE FOR REACHING 10 YEARS SOBRIETY “China has made its position perfectly clear on its trade relations with the U.S.,” he added. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. China’s criticism of Vance on Tuesday comes as the U.S. and China are involved in an escalating dispute over tariffs. TRUMP SAYS US NOT WILLING TO MAKE DEAL WITH CHINA UNLESS TRADE DEFICIT IS SOLVED “Remember the during the first Trump administration, everybody said that Trump’s tariffs were going to be inflationary back then. What actually happened — we had 1.5% inflation, we had the fastest growing economy in a generation. And we had the beginning of a manufacturing renaissance in the United States of America,” Vance told Fox News. “Then, of course, we had four terrible years of the Biden administration.” “We’ve seen closing factories. We’ve seen rising inflation. We’ve seen the cost of housing so high that most Americans can’t afford to buy a home right now,” he also said. “President Trump is taking this economy in a different direction. He ran on that. He promised it. And now he’s delivering.”
Popular former Republican governor whom Trump urged to run for NH Senate makes 2026 decision
Former Republican Gov. Chris Sununu is passing on a 2026 run for the Senate in the key swing state of New Hampshire for a seat that the GOP is targeting to flip from blue to red. “I’m not going to run,” Sununu said Tuesday morning in a radio interview. “For me and my family, it’s just not right for us.” Sununu, who in January completed serving four two-year terms as New Hampshire governor, had been heavily courted by national Republicans to run in the race to succeed longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the first woman in the nation’s history to win election as a governor and as a U.S. senator, announced last month that she would not bid for a fourth six-year term in the Senate. TRUMP SAYS HE’D BACK THIS FORMER LONGTIME GOP CRITIC IF HE RUNS IN 2026 Sununu’s decision comes a week after he met at the White House with President Donald Trump. Trump, when asked by reporters about Sununu as he flew to Washington, D.C., on Sunday night aboard Air Force One, revealed the meeting. “I told him — he came to my office, came to the Oval Office, and [I] met with Chris Sununu, and I support him fully. I hope he runs,” Trump said. FIRST ON FOX: TRUMP HAULS IN BIG BUCKS FOR HOUSE REPUBLICANS Sununu, in an interview with host Jack Heath on “The Pulse of New Hampshire,” said, “I’m honored to have his [Trump’s] support. I’m honored and grateful that he would make the effort. He invited me down. We had a great conversation.” “The only reason I kept the door open was because of the president. His words and his support meant a lot,” Sununu emphasized. He added when it comes to his decision, “I’m very at peace with it.” Sununu, who left office in January with very positive approval and favorable ratings, was seen by national Republicans as the best candidate to win the seat. However, he was not the only Republican mulling a Senate bid in New Hampshire. Former Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts, who later narrowly lost to Shaheen in New Hampshire in the 2014 election, is seriously considering a 2026 run. Brown, who served four years as U.S. ambassador to New Zealand during Trump’s first administration, has been holding meetings with Republicans across New Hampshire for a couple of months and has met multiple times with GOP officials in the nation’s capital. POLL POSITION: WHERE TRUMP STANDS WITH AMERICANS 11 WEEKS INTO HIS SECOND TOUR OF DUTY IN THE WHITE HOUSE Earlier this year, Brown met with top Trump administration political officials at the White House, sources told Fox News. “.@ChrisSununu and the entire Sununu family are patriots who have made our state a better place – looking forward to seeing what’s next for him and working alongside him for New Hampshire’s future.” Brown wrote in a social media post following Sununu’s blockbuster announcement. In the race for the Democratic Senate nomination in New Hampshire, four-term Rep. Chris Pappas formally launched his campaign last week. On Monday, Pappas took aim at Sununu over his meeting with the president. ELON MUSK FRONT-AND-CENTER AS FIRST CANDIDATE IN KEY SENATE RACE LAUNCHES BID “Chris Sununu went to the White House to nab an endorsement while Trump was destroying the economy and pushing devastating cuts to Medicaid. Apparently the cost of a Trump endorsement is selling out New Hampshire. Hope it was worth it,” Pappas argued. However, Pappas may not have the Democratic Senate primary in New Hampshire all to himself. Sources close to Rep. Maggie Goodlander, New Hampshire’s other House member, said last month that the first-term representative is considering a Senate run. Sununu supported Trump during the 2016 general election and again when Trump unsuccessfully ran for re-election in 2020. The then-governor had a strong working relationship with the Trump White House, including close ties with then-Vice President Mike Pence. WHY TRUMP, MUSK, FACE BLAME OVER BALLOT BOX SET BACKS LAST WEEK However, Sununu pushed back against Trump’s unproven claims that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged” and “stolen.” He also started stating in early 2021 that the GOP was larger than any one person, which was perceived as a swipe at the then-former president. Sununu amped up his criticism of the former president during numerous national interviews on cable news networks and Sunday talk shows, repeatedly arguing that Trump had too much political baggage to win back the White House. Additionally, Sununu began mulling a possible 2024 White House run of his own, which he ultimately decided against. He ended up backing and becoming a top surrogate of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the 2024 GOP presidential primary. Haley ended up being the final rival to Trump in the nomination race. Trump occasionally returned fire at Sununu, calling him a “spoiled brat” and a “nasty guy,” among other things. After Trump clinched the 2024 GOP nomination, however, Sununu said he would vote for his party’s presidential nominee. WHAT SUNUNU TOLD FOX NEWS ABOUT POTENTIALLY RUNNING FOR THE SENATE Earlier this year, Sununu said in a Fox News Digital interview that “Donald Trump is the head of the party, and he’s the voice of the Republican Party, and I got to say, I think he’s doing a pretty darn good job in the first couple months.” On Tuesday, Sununu continued to praise Trump. “I respect what he’s doing. I really do,” Sununu said of the president. “There’s definitely a different attitude down in Washington and I thought, wow, I could really be part of this. He’s talking about the things I care about – fiscal responsibility and making tough decisions.” Four years ago, Sununu expressed interest in running for the Senate against his predecessor as governor, Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan, who was up for re-election in 2022. The popular governor was heavily courted by national Republicans to take on Hassan, but on Nov. 9, 2021, Sununu announced that he would instead run for