{"id":158923,"date":"2025-07-31T04:18:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T04:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-on-tariff-blitz-ahead-of-august-deadline-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T04:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T04:18:03","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-on-tariff-blitz-ahead-of-august-deadline-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-on-tariff-blitz-ahead-of-august-deadline-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president on tariff blitz ahead of August deadline – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump accused of \u2018attack on Brazilian democracy\u2019 for sanctioning Bolsonaro judge while slapping a 50% levy on the country \u2013 key US politics stories from Wednesday 30 July
Donald Trump\u2019s administration has imposed sanctions against the judge overseeing the prosecution of his far-right ally Jair Bolsonaro and hit Brazil with huge tariffs amid accusations from the country\u2019s president that Trump has launched \u201ca direct attack on Brazilian democracy\u201d.
The US president has partly attributed his 50% tariff to his outrage at the supposed political \u201cwitch-hunt\u201d against Bolsonaro<\/a>, the former Brazilian president, who is on trial over an alleged coup attempt after the 2022 election.
Amid a blitz of tariff announcements, Trump also hit India<\/a> with a 25% levy and an extra \u201cpenalty\u201d because it buys arms and energy from Russia<\/a>, while imposing a 15% rate on South Korea<\/a> as part of a trade deal that avoids even higher levies.
Domestically, experts say they have \u201cenormous concerns\u201d with a Trump administration<\/a> initiative for millions of Americans to upload personal health data and medical records on new apps and systems run by private tech companies.
Here are the key stories.
Allies of Brazilian president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva<\/a> have accused Donald Trump<\/a> of launching \u201ca direct attack on Brazilian democracy\u201d after the US treasury slapped sanctions on Alexandre de Moraes, the supreme court judge widely credited with helping save Brazilian democracy from a 2022 rightwing coup.
The controversial US move was announced on Wednesday by the secretary of the treasury, Scott Bessent, shortly before Trump followed through on a threat to hit Brazilian imports with 50% tariffs by signing an executive order \u201cto deal with the recent policies, practices and actions by the government of Brazil\u201d.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva has said he does not fear getting on the wrong side of Donald Trump as South America\u2019s largest economy braces for the introduction of 50% tariffs.
Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order confirming the US would impose the rate on Brazil<\/a> from next week.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US Federal Reserve<\/a> left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday despite intense pressure from Trump to lower rates. Amid an onslaught<\/a> of attacks<\/a> from the White House against the Fed, officials at the central bank said economic \u201cuncertainty\u201d remained too high to lower rates.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The president has said the US will charge a 15% tariff on imports from South Korea as part of an agreement with the key Asian trading partner and ally that avoids even higher levies.
The arrangement \u2013 announced shortly after Trump met with Korean officials at the White House \u2013 came during a blizzard of trade policy announcements ahead of a self-imposed 1 August deadline, when the president has promised higher tariffs will kick in on US imports from a range of countries.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US government is pushing an initiative for millions of Americans to upload personal health data and medical records on new apps and systems run by private tech companies, promising easier to access health records and wellness monitoring.
\u201cThere are enormous ethical and legal concerns,\u201d said Lawrence Gostin, a Georgetown University law professor who specialises in public health. \u201cPatients across America should be very worried that their medical records are going to be used in ways that harm them and their families.\u201d
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A former CIA officer who helped lead the intelligence assessments over alleged Russia interference in the 2016 presidential election has said Tulsi Gabbard<\/a>, the director of national intelligence, is ignorant of the practices of espionage after she accused Barack Obama<\/a> and his national security team of \u201ctreasonous conspiracy\u201d against Donald Trump.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump\u2019s former rival for the presidency, Kamala Harris, has announced she is not running for California governor, as had been widely expected.
The former vice-president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee announced on Wednesday that she would not run, in a decision that leaves the contest to lead the country\u2019s largest blue state wide open.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump has doubled down on his backing for Israel after having appeared to give a green light to the British prime minister, Keir Starmer<\/a>, to recognise a Palestinian state.<\/a>
Amid signs of mounting opposition among his Maga base to Israel\u2019s military operation in Gaza<\/a>, Trump criticized Starmer\u2019s plan to grant recognition as \u201crewarding Hamas\u201d, even after having not taken issue with it when the pair met in Scotland this week. The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, later announced his country also planned to formally recognise Palestine<\/a> in September.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A group of global civil society organisations has placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US is suspending a \u201cde minimis\u201d exemption<\/a><\/strong> that allowed low-value commercial shipments to be shipped into the country without facing tariffs, the White House said. Under Trump\u2019s order, parcels valued at or under $800 sent outside of the international postal network will face \u201call applicable duties\u201d.
Republicans have unveiled a new congressional map in Texas<\/a><\/strong> that would allow the party to pick up as many as five additional congressional seats, an aggressive manoeuvre that has already met decisive outcry from Democrats<\/a> and comes as the GOP tries to stave off losses in next year\u2019s midterm elections.
Arizona<\/a> congressman Greg Stanton<\/strong> says the US government violated federal law <\/a>when it refused to allow him to visit a local restaurant owner held in an immigration detention facility last week.
Mexico\u2019s<\/a> president, Claudia Sheinbaum<\/a>, has said the country is demanding the repatriation of at least 30 of its citizens<\/a> currently being held in the controversial Florida immigration detention centre known as \u201cAlligator Alcatraz\u201d<\/a>.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened 29 July 2025<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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