WH Press Sec Karoline Leavitt

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will deliver a press briefing this afternoon amid the political and economic fallout from President Trump’s tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners last week.

The tariffs are set to take effect on Wednesday, April 9.

Since Liberation Day on April 2, when President Trump announced his reciprocal tariffs in the White House Rose Garden, over 50 countries have contacted President Trump seeking negotiations on fair trade deals.

Several nations are already sending negotiators to meet with Trump Administration officials.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump got tougher on China, announcing harsher tariffs Monday. He announced 50% tariffs in addition to the 34% he imposed last week on Chinese goods after China threatened 34% retaliatory tariffs.

Additionally, Leavitt is expected to address the latest development in President Trump’s war against rogue activist judges such as James Boasberg.

The Gateway Pundit reported on Monday that the Supreme Court vacated Judge Boasberg’s orders barring the Trump Administration’s removals of Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act. They ruled that Boasberg, as a single district court judge, lacked jurisdiction to dictate the President’s policy.

BREAKING: HUGE WIN: Supreme Court Vacates Judge Boasberg’s Orders Barring Trump From Deporting Venezuelan Gang Members Under Alien Enemies Act

Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts on Monday also indefinitely blocked another court order requiring the return of alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

President Trump will deliver remarks at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s April dinner tonight where he will likely call on Congress members to pass laws that codify his agenda and executive orders.

He is also set to sign Unleashing American Energy Executive Orders to increase U.S. coal and energy production at 3 pm.

Watch the press briefing live below:

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Judge James Boasberg / screen image

Judge James Boasberg made his next move in the Alien Enemies Act case on Tuesday after the Supreme Court vacated his orders.

In an unsigned order, the US Supreme Court on Monday vacated Judge Boasberg’s orders barring the Trump Administration’s removals of Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.

Last month, Judge Boasberg granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) to stop the Trump administration from deporting thousands of Venezuelan nationals believed to be members of Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang under the Alien Enemies Act.

Far-left America-hating leftist groups, such as the ACLU and Democracy Forward, rushed to a DC court in a desperate bid to shield dangerous illegal aliens from deportation.

The high court said Boasberg lacked jurisdiction.

The Supreme Court however, said the Administration must give reasonable notice for gang members to challenge their deportations in court.

Five Supreme court Justices, Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Thomas and Alito were in favor of vacating Boasberg’s orders.

The three liberal justices Kagan, Jackson and Sotomayor dissented – ‘conservative’ justice Amy Coney Barret dissented in part.

On Tuesday morning Boasberg canceled the scheduled hearing on the Alien Enemies Act, however, he gave the deported Venezuelan gang members another chance to pursue a preliminary injunction!

Boasberg seized on the Supreme Court’s position allowing the deported gang members to challenge their removal in court.

“In yesterday’s ruling vacating this Court’s TROs, the Supreme Court held that Plaintiffs cannot be deported under the Alien Enemies Act without an opportunity to challenge their removal in federal court. It also determined that the appropriate venue for such proceedings is the Southern District of Texas or wherever Plaintiffs are currently held,” Boasberg wrote.

Boasberg gave the plaintiffs until April 16 to file a notice if they wish to proceed on their motion for a preliminary injunction.

“This Court accordingly ORDERS that: 1) Today’s preliminary injunction hearing is VACATED; and 2) Plaintiffs shall file a Notice by April 16, 2025, indicating whether they believe that they still have a basis to proceed on their Motion for Preliminary Injunction in this Court and, if so, proposing a briefing schedule,” Boasberg said.

JUST IN: Judge Boasberg has canceled today’s hearing on the Alien Enemies Act, in light of the Supreme Court ruling, but he is asking the plaintiffs whether they see any other basis to pursue a preliminary injunction (seems unlikely). pic.twitter.com/Ju0puPvMnv

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 8, 2025

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Credit: Homeland Security

After back and forth between two federal agencies, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have reached a deal to aid in the deportation efforts of illegal immigrants.

The agreement will allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to access taxpayer information to locate illegal immigrants subject to deportation.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem signed the agreement, which allows the IRS to turn over information about undocumented immigrants already facing deportation orders and are under federal criminal investigation.

Under the agreement, ICE can submit names and request address confirmations for illegals who have been ordered removed but have overstayed past the 90-day mark.

Officials emphasized that illegals targeted under this deal have already received due process, and the IRS will only confirm addresses. The agency will not release full taxpayer files.

Per Fox News:

The Trump administration filed a memorandum of understanding late Monday with a court to create guardrails and a process for ICE requests to the IRS to further investigations of criminal illegal immigrants who have failed or refuse to leave the United States 90 days after a judge has issued a final order of removal.

“The Internal Revenue Service and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement have entered into a memorandum of understanding to establish a clear and secure process to support law enforcement’s efforts to combat illegal immigration,” a Treasury Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement.

“The bases for this MOU are founded in longstanding authorities granted by Congress, which serve to protect the privacy of law-abiding Americans while streamlining the ability to pursue criminals,” the statement said. “After four years of Joe Biden flooding the nation with illegal aliens, President Trump’s highest priority is to ensure the safety of the American people.”

Additionally, the Memorandum of Understanding clarifies and outlines a process to ensure that sensitive taxpayer data information is protected.

A Treasury Department spokesperson added that the agreement “protects the privacy of law-abiding Americans.”

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