Top congressional Democrats are continuing to pressure Trump administration officials to follow through on their long-promised release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump said the files were "made up" by his rivals,

US President Donald Trump is “very, very unhappy” with Russia, and threatened with secondary tariffs of up to 100% if there is no progress on peace deal within 50 days. Also, the European Union has pledged countermeasures against the United States if the US administration introduces 30 per cent tariffs on imports from the bloc next month.

The country is one of three dozen trading partners under threat of so-called reciprocal tariffs that has yet to receive a letter from Trump.

President Donald Trump said he was likely to impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals as soon as the end of the month and that levies on semiconductors could come soon as well, suggesting that those import taxes could hit alongside broad “reciprocal” rates set for implementation on Aug.