President Trump on Friday signed a presidential memo directing his administration to evaluate placing tariffs on trading partners that levy taxes and regulations against American tech companies, taking aim at a major trade irritant for companies like Meta and Google.

Donald Trump has viewed the United States as a victim of economic globalization, said Dr. Rafał Szymanowski from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. According to the expert, the tariffs imposed by the U.

The Associated Press is suing three Trump administration officials after being barred from some White House events and spaces, citing a violation of First and Fifth Amendment rights. The lawsuit — filed in federal district court in Washington — comes after nearly two weeks of the White House punishing the AP for not changing its guidelines on the Gulf of Mexico — which President Donald Trump renamed the “Gulf of America.

The suit accuses the Trump administration of violating the First Amendment and retaliating after AP refused to adopt “Gulf of America” terminology.