Pentagon officials said details were still being worked out, and experts doubted Mr. Trump’s threat of huge tariffs for Russian trading partners.

Hermandorfer previously served as director of strategic litigation for the Tennessee AG, where she defended several Trump policies.

President Donald Trump has come to the defense of Attorney General Pam Bondi amid an all-out revolt among his MAGA base over the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. But his effort over the weekend to quell the outrage only seemed to add fuel to to the fire.

Cuts have hit most of the department’s main functions, which include investigating civil rights complaints, providing financial aid, researching what works in education, testing students and dispersing federal funding.

President Donald Trump is finally taking the fight to Vladimir Putin. Sort of. For now. Trump’s deference to Russia’s authoritarian leader has been one of the most enduring geopolitical subplots of the past decade.

The U.S. government said Monday it is placing a 17% duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes, after negotiations over alleged unfair trade practices ended without an agreement to avert the tariff.

"The President must take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not set out to dismantle them," Sotomayor wrote.

American fatigue with the war and the fickleness of the Trump administration remain concerns for Ukraine’s leaders.

Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey of Texas on Monday introduced a resolution demanding that the Trump Administration release all files related to Jeffrey Epstein, amid a wave of backlash from MAGA supporters over the way the President has handled the case.