President Donald Trump and some Republicans were quick to shrug off stock losses Thursday as the market responds to a jolt from Trump’s reciprocal tariffs.

Roughly $1.7 trillion was erased from the S&P 500 Index of the 500 most influential companies at the start of trading at the New York Stock Exchange Thursday amid worries that President Donald J. Trump’s sweeping new round of tariffs could plunge the economy, and much of the world, into a recession.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced Wednesday he would sign “a historic executive order instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world” ranging from 10 percent to 49 percent.

The FBI ordered agents to stop discussing Hunter Biden’s laptop just hours after one of its own inadvertently confirmed its authenticity to Twitter, internal messages show. Ahead of The Post’s 2020 reports, the FBI had warned tech giants of a potential Russian disinformation dump resembling the laptop contents. Once the story broke, Facebook execs weighed censorship strategies to align with the expected Biden-Harris administration, according to a congressional investigation.

Republicans padded their slim U.S. House majority Tuesday after winning two Florida special elections to replace a pair of members who resigned their seats.

Billionaires Elon Musk and Antonio Gracias, speaking for the Department of Government Efficiency, raised alarm over a sharp rise in Social Security numbers issued to non-citizens, calling the data “mind-blowing” during a recent Wisconsin presentation.

The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to construct a massive deportation facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, designed to hold up to 10,000 migrants. This site is expected to serve as a central hub in a broader strategy to expedite the detention and removal of individuals who have entered the country illegally.

President Donald Trump says the slate of tariffs he plans to announce Wednesday will be “nicer,” “kinder” and “more generous” than other countries have treated the U.S.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a significant restructuring of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday in a move to streamline the huge federal agency and cut costs.

President Donald Trump announced a permanent 25% tariff on automobiles made in other countries that will go into effect on April 2.

A federal judge has denied an attempt by President Donald J. Trump’s administration to ban transgender people from joining the military.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has condemned The Atlantic magazine’s chief editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, for sharing details of an upcoming military strike in Yemen targeting Houthi rebels.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday requiring proof of citizenship to vote and mandating that all ballots be received by Election Day, fulfilling a key campaign promise to protect and strengthen election integrity.

One of the largest human smuggling operations in U.S. history has been dismantled by federal and local law enforcement officers.

President Donald Trump unveiled a next-generation stealth fighter that can fly alongside drones.

In an ongoing effort to identify and cut wasteful spending at the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the latest round of cuts total more than $580 million.

The Pentagon is working toward deeper cuts to its civilian workforce after about 21,000 civilian employees volunteered for a federal Deferred Resignation Program.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore spent their first full day on Earth Wednesday after spending nine months stranded in space, a delay President Donald J. Trump blamed on the previous Biden administration.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump says he has revoked the Secret Service’s protection of former President Joe Biden’s children and condemned his predecessor for vacationing in South Africa amid a row over segments the country’s White population.

A class action lawsuit was filed on Saturday against the Trump administration after President Donald Trump signed an executive order invoking the Enemy Aliens Act to target, arrest, and remove violent Venezuelan prison gang members, Tren de Aragua (TdA), from the U.S.