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'Finish your cars in America and you win': commerce secretary says Trump's auto tariff relief aimed at reshoring production
As we reported earlier, Donald Trump will sign an executive order later today giving automakers building vehicles in the US relief from part of his new 25% vehicle tariffs to allow them time to bring parts supply chains back to the US, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick said.
Lutnick told reporters that automakers would receive credits for up to 15% of the value of vehicles assembled in the US that could be applied against the value of imported parts. This would help domestic carmakers move their supply chains to the US, he said. The relief would be phased in over three years, he added.
All cars that are finished in the US that have 85% domestic content will have no tariff applied, Lutnick said, adding that the auto tariff will apply to foreign carmakers building cars in the US. “This is ‘finish your cars in America and you win’,” he said.
Autos and parts subject to the 25% section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs would no longer be subject to other tariffs imposed by Trump, including 25% duties on Canadian and Mexican goods, as well as 10% duties applied to most other countries, Reuters reports.
Reuters reports that Lutnick said the adjustments to auto tariffs were aimed at allowing domestic carmakers time to grow their US plants and employment. He said it hadn’t been clear until conversations with automakers that even a small tariff would hold them back from hiring and investment. He said they told Trump they needed relief in order to boost hiring plans.
Two years was the agreed time to give manufacturers sufficient time to build up their supply chains, Lutnick said, adding there would be no third year of relief.
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Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations
The Trump administration has restored the student visa registrations of thousands of foreign students studying in the United States who had minor — and often dismissed — legal infractions.
The Justice Department announced the wholesale reversal in federal court Friday after weeks of intense scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges who deemed the mass termination of students from a federal database — used by universities and the federal government to track foreign students in the U.S. — as flagrantly illegal.
The terminations caused concern and even panic for thousands of students who feared the possibility they had lost their legal immigration status and could be quickly deported. Many who sued over the move said their schools had also blocked their ability to continue taking classes or conducting research, sometimes just weeks before graduation.
Judges also expressed frustration with the seemingly arbitrary moves and the unwillingness of government lawyers to say whether the students could continue to attend classes or needed to leave the country immediately.
The terminations from the federal database earlier this month sparked more than 100 lawsuits, with judges in more than 50 of the cases — spanning at least 23 states — ordering the administration to temporarily undo the actions. Dozens more judges seemed prepared to follow suit before Friday’s reversal.
DOJ said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is working on a new policy regarding foreign students studying in the United States on so-called F-1 visas. Until that policy is issued, no students will have their online student-visa records, known as SEVIS records, terminated “solely based on” criminal history checks that had flagged misdemeanor charges and dismissed cases.
It was not immediately clear whether the State Department is reversing a wave of outright cancellation of the visas of many of the same students. A federal official told a judge last week that the agency was performing “quality control” on those decisions.
Earlier this year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio canceled the student visas of dozens of foreigners he contends were disrupting U.S. foreign policy through pro-Palestinian activism. However, a more recent, larger wave of visa cancellations appeared to target students who had minor brushes with the law and were also impacted by the termination of their profiles in the SEVIS database.
ICE and State Department spokespeople did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
"ICE is developing a policy that will provide a framework for SEVIS record terminations. Until such a policy is issued, the SEVIS records for plaintiff(s) in this case (and other similarly situated plaintiffs) will remain active or shall be reactivated if not currently active, and ICE will not modify the record solely based on the NCIC finding that resulted in the recent SEVIS record termination,” a Justice Department attorney said in court Friday, reading from a written statement he was authorized to make on ICE’s behalf.
“ICE maintains the authority to terminate a SEVIS record for other reasons, such as if the plaintiff fails to maintain his or her nonimmigrant status after the record is reactivated or engages in other unlawful activity that would render him or her removable from the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act," the attorney said.
President Bola Tinubu is today (Monday) likely to return from his two-week working visit to France.
Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, announced this on his X handle.
President Tinubu left Nigeria on April 2 to Paris, France, on a working visit, during which he had discussion with the US State Department Senior Advisor for Africa, Massad Boulos, on bilateral collaboration on enhancing regional security and promoting sustainable economic development.
The President thereafter proceeded to London where he continued consultations, and maintained regular communication with senior government officials in Abuja.
North West APC stakeholders endorse Tinubu for 2027
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North-West zone has formally endorsed President Bola Tinubu as its preferred candidate for the 2027 presidential election.
The resolution followed a high-profile stakeholders’ meeting in Kaduna attended by the Deputy Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Governors, former governors, and senior party officials.
A communiqué read by North-West Coordinating Governor, Uba Sani, said the zone promised full support for President Tinubu’s vision of prosperity, equity, and transformative change.
The statement highlighted improved security, infrastructure development, and federal representation, including 12 ministerial appointments from the region.
“President Tinubu’s reforms and leadership have restored stability to our communities, allowing farmers to return to their farms,” Governor Sani said.
Pope Francis has passed away at the age of 88, according to a statement from the Vatican.
He died peacefully at his residence in Casa Santa Marta within the Vatican City.
“His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and His Church,” Cardinal Kevin Farrell said in a tribute following the announcement.
The world is mourning his loss, with tributes pouring in from global leaders.
French President Emmanuel Macron described the late Pope as “a man of humility,” while Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof called him “a role model for Catholics and non-Catholics alike.”
The Pope’s death comes just one day after he made a public appearance in St Peter’s Square, where he greeted thousands of worshippers with a heartfelt “Happy Easter.”
Meanwhile,the cardinal electors of the Catholic Church elected an American on Thursday to serve as the new pope. Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.
Former UK Deputy Prime Minister Lord John Prescott has died at 86.
He served as Tony Blair’s deputy for 10 years after Labour’s 1997 landslide victory.
Announcing his death, his family shared that he had been battling Alzheimer’s and passed peacefully, surrounded by loved ones and the jazz music of Marian Montgomery.
Potable water is essential for environmental hygiene
Towards achieving sustainable development goal 6 (clean water and sanitation. SDG 6), Ibarapa East local government is collaborating with UNICEF and RUWASSA, as Ibarapa East chairman, Alhaji Kazeem Owolabi Arogundade set pace for others to follow in environmental management in Oyo State and Nigeria at large
The good people of Ibarapa East felt the impact of their supervisory councilor on environment, as honorable Olusegun Ajayi lead artisan from different wards in Ibarapa East to a 3 days training tour in Oyo town for theoretical training on borehole repair and maintenance under UNICEF and RUWASSA tutors.
To complement their theoretical knowledge, the team of expert from UNICEF and RUWASSA was also brought to Ibarapa East to train the beneficiaries on hands-on practical skills in borehole repair and maintenance.
This gesture serve as opportunity for communities in Ibarapa East, as several dead boreholes was repaired and brought back to life for the use of good people of Ibarapa East.
While seeking support of the residents for better collaboration with government in environmental hygiene, honorable Olusegun Ajayi said the current administration in Ibarapa East will not leave any stone unturn in making Ibarapa East an healthy environment to live in.
In his key note address, honorable Olusegun Ajayi thanks the chairman of Ibarapa East local government for been a leader that care so much about his people. He said the government of Alhaji Kazeem Owolabi Arogundade has many projects line up for the good people of Ibarapa East.
Footballer turned tennis player Diego Forlan suffered a 6-1 6-2 doubles defeat in his professional debut at age 45 in front of a home crowd.
Forlan and Argentine partner Federico Coria went down in straight sets against Bolivian duo Boris Arias and Federico Zeballos after receiving a wildcard entry for ATP Challenger event the Uruguay Open in Montevideo.
Arias and Zeballos have pulled away after earning a break in the third game of the first set.
The newly elected Chairman of Ogbaru LGA in Anambra State, Franklin Nwadialo has been arrested in Texas, United States of America, for allegedly running a $3.3 million romance scam.
US Department of Justice confirmed his arrest in a statement, noting that Nwadialo is facing a 14-count charge and risks a 20-year sentence if found guilty.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had arrested the 40-year-old on arrival in Texas after which he was transferred to the Western District of Washington for arraignment.
President Joe Biden will meet President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday for an orderly transfer of power.
White House confirmed on Saturday, that the two leaders will meet in the Oval Office at 11:00 a.m. (1600 GMT), as the countdown begins to Trump’s official return to office in January.
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