Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem stated President Donald Trump needs the Federal Emergency Administration Company “remade” relatively than dismantled fully.
“I believe the president acknowledges that FEMA mustn’t exist the best way that it all the time has been. It must be redeployed in a brand new method, 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 presumably “getting rid” of the company, which administers emergency reduction. Noem, too, has beforehand stated that the administration would eradicate FEMA.
Requested on “Meet the Press” a second time whether or not Trump now not needed to finish the company, Noem reiterated that she believed the president “needs 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., referred to as for her resignation.
“I don’t care what she thinks,” Noem stated, including there was “no” likelihood she would resign.
Trump says he’ll hit E.U. and Mexico with a 30% tariff
President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened a big tariff hike on the European Union and Mexico, two of the most important U.S. commerce companions.
In separate letters printed on Fact Social, the president wrote that every nation will face a blanket tariff fee of 30% on all items exported to the U.S. beginning Aug. 1, and threatened even greater tariffs if both the E.U. or Mexico retaliates in opposition to his new levies.
On Sunday, the E.U. stated it might droop retaliatory tariffs scheduled to take impact Monday in hopes of reaching a commerce deal by the top of the month.
Trump spent final week bringing his commerce struggle 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 could be signed have did not materialize, leaving the president with little to indicate for weeks of negotiations.
‘Meet the Press’
Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., would not rule out operating for president in 2028, telling “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker that he might “have a look” at launching a bid.
“I’d have by no means thought of this a pair years in the past, however I can’t depart a damaged nation to my children or to anybody else’s,” Beshear stated. “And so if I’m anyone that at that time, that I consider 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 control a ruby-red state, the place 64.5% of voters forged ballots for President Donald Trump in 2024.
Requested whether or not he was operating for president, Beshear stated, “What I’m doing proper now’s making an attempt to be an inexpensive voice on the market that hopefully doesn’t simply deliver 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.
- Similar to previous 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 recordsdata — and requires Legal professional Basic 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, may 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 finally profitable 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, you must perceive what you probably did flawed. 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. “Women 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 nearly 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, turned the primary girl since 1911 to win the Wimbledon ultimate with out dropping a single sport. 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, method too far, you recognize?” Swiatek stated. “I really feel like I’m already an skilled participant after profitable 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 event.
Notable quote
I don’t know the way you deal with folks this manner. I actually don’t.
A Veteran State Division Worker
Greater than 1,300 workers had been pressured out of the State Division on Friday, taking with them a long time of specialised expertise and on-the-job coaching as a part of america diplomatic corps. A number of profession workers who unexpectedly discovered themselves with pink slips advised NBC Information they had been baffled by the huge overhaul.
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- A historic lodge on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire, the park stated.
- A 20-year-old American from Florida was crushed to dying by Israeli settlers whereas visiting relations within the occupied West Financial institution, based on his household and the Palestinian Ministry of Overseas Affairs.
- The household of a Northwestern scientist questioned for China ties sued the college, alleging it discriminated in opposition to her regardless that she was cleared of wronging, forcing her right into a psychiatric facility in opposition to her will and finally resulting in her suicide.
- Music icon Dolly Parton opened up about her struggles with songwriting following her husband’s dying.
- The federal authorities dropped fees in opposition to a Utah physician accused of destroying $28,000 in Covid vaccines.
- A California farmworker who was critically injured throughout a chaotic federal immigration raid has died, based on his household.
