Kristi Noem says Trump desires FEMA ‘remade,’ and extra tariffs are set for U.S. commerce companions: Weekend Rundown

Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem stated President Donald Trump desires the Federal Emergency Administration Company “remade” fairly than dismantled totally.

“I feel the president acknowledges that FEMA shouldn’t exist the best way that it at all times has been. It must be redeployed in a brand new means, and that’s what we did throughout this response,” Noem stated in an interview on NBC Information’ “Meet the Press,” referring to the federal authorities’s response to the Texas floods that devastated the area and left greater than 120 useless.

Trump has beforehand slammed FEMA, which is a part of the Division of Homeland Safety, and mused about probably “getting rid” of the company, which administers emergency reduction. Noem, too, has beforehand stated that the administration would remove FEMA.

Requested on “Meet the Press” a second time whether or not Trump not needed to finish the company, Noem reiterated that she believed the president “desires it to be remade in order that it’s an company that’s new in the way it deploys and helps states.”

Noem additionally dismissed criticism of the administration’s flood response from some Democrats after Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., known as for her resignation.

“I don’t care what she thinks,” Noem stated, including there was “no” probability she would resign.

Trump says he’ll hit E.U. and Mexico with a 30% tariff

President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened a major tariff hike on the European Union and Mexico, two of the most important U.S. commerce companions.

In separate letters revealed on Fact Social, the president wrote that every nation will face a blanket tariff price of 30% on all items exported to the U.S. beginning Aug. 1, and threatened even increased tariffs if both the E.U. or Mexico retaliates in opposition to his new levies.

On Sunday, the E.U. stated it will droop retaliatory tariffs scheduled to take impact Monday in hopes of reaching a commerce deal by the tip of the month.

Trump spent final week bringing his commerce battle again to a roaring boil. He kicked it off by issuing dozens of letters asserting unilateral tariffs, then stated he deliberate to impose 50% duties on copper items, sending costs of the uncooked metallic to all-time highs. Late Thursday, he introduced he would apply a blanket tariff of as much as 20% on all imports, in addition to a 35% tariff on some, and maybe all, Canadian imports beginning subsequent month.

The letters come as the numerous commerce offers that Trump administration officers had stated can be signed have didn’t materialize, leaving the president with little to indicate for weeks of negotiations.

‘Meet the Press’

Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., would not rule out working for president in 2028, telling “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker that he could “have a look” at launching a bid.

“I might have by no means thought-about this a pair years in the past, however I can’t depart a damaged nation to my youngsters or to anybody else’s,” Beshear stated. “And so if I’m any individual that at that time, that I imagine that I can heal the nation, then then I’ll check out it.”

Beshear, who was first elected governor in 2019, received re-election in 2023, changing into a uncommon Democrat to manipulate a ruby-red state, the place 64.5% of voters forged ballots for President Donald Trump in 2024.

Requested whether or not he was working for president, Beshear stated, “What I’m doing proper now’s attempting to be an inexpensive voice on the market that hopefully doesn’t simply convey Democrats again collectively, however Democrats, Republicans and independents.”

Politics in short

• One yr after Butler: A brand new Senate report into the tried assassination of Trump at a marketing campaign rally in Pennsylvania has revealed “a number of, unacceptable failures” within the U.S. Secret Service’s planning and response.
• Identical to outdated instances: Trump threatened to remove comic Rosie O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship, one thing that he can not legally do, reigniting a decadeslong feud between the pair.

• Trump vs. MAGA: Trump faces a revolt from his MAGA base because the Jeffrey Epstein information — and requires Legal professional Common Pam Bondi to be fired — dominated a conservative convention in Tampa this weekend.
• Georgia on Trump’s thoughts: How midterm voters react in Georgia, which has taken middle stage within the Trump period as a key battleground state, might assist decide how the ultimate two years of his presidency go.

Wimbledon crowns its males’s and girls’s champions

Jannik Sinner received his first Wimbledon title Sunday, defeating rival Carlos Alcaraz in 4 units to seize his fourth Grand Slam trophy.

In a rematch of June’s French Open ultimate — which Alcaraz received after dropping the primary two units — this time it was Sinner who got here from behind for the victory. Sinner misplaced the primary set earlier than in the end successful 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

“It’s so particular,” Sinner stated after the match throughout an on-court interview. “I had a really powerful loss in Paris, on the finish of the day it doesn’t matter the way you win or lose, it’s important to perceive what you probably did mistaken. That’s what we did.”

• Put a cork in it: An ill-timed bottle pop from the group resulted in a cork touchdown on the court docket. “Girls and gents,” the umpire stated on the loudspeaker, “as a courtesy to each gamers, please don’t pop Champagne corks simply because the gamers are about to serve.”

On Saturday, the ladies’s ultimate was virtually over earlier than you noticed it.

Clocking in at simply 57 minutes, the match was a lopsided affair as No. 8 Iga Swiatek dominated No. 13 Amanda Anisimova, 6-0, 6-0, to win her sixth Grand Slam title and first at Wimbledon.

The Pole, 24, grew to become the primary lady since 1911 to win the Wimbledon ultimate with out shedding a single recreation. She has now received each Grand Slam besides the Australian Open.

“Truthfully, I didn’t even dream [of this], as a result of for me, it was simply, like, means too far, you understand?” Swiatek stated. “I really feel like I’m already an skilled participant after successful the Slams earlier than, however I by no means actually anticipated this one.”

• A star-studded affair: Whereas the on-court play garnered headlines, so too did the motion off of it. Numerous celebrities and athletes had been in attendance for the match.

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Greater than 1,300 staff had been compelled out of the State Division on Friday, taking with them many years of specialised abilities and on-the-job coaching as a part of the US diplomatic corps. A number of profession staff who unexpectedly discovered themselves with pink slips advised NBC Information they had been baffled by the large overhaul.

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