Politics

Trump administrations officials are heading to Saudi Arabia to start peace talks with Russia and Ukraine, Politico reports. LiveNOW's Austin Westfall breaks it down with national security analyst Hal Kempfer.

President Donald Trump signed a plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the tax rates that other countries charge on important. LiveNOW's Breanna Isbell breaks it down with Matt Schulz, a chief credit analyst.

U.S. President Donald Trump has tasked his economics team with devising plans for reciprocal tariffs on every country that taxes U.S. imports, raising the risk of a global trade war with American friends and foes. Trump posted to Truth Social the following: "On trade, I have decided for purposes of fairness, that I will charge a reciprocal tariff, meaning whatever countries charge the United States of America, we will charge them. No more, no less."

This week the FBI said it discovered 2,400 new records related to the assassination of President John. F Kennedy as federal agencies work to comply with President Trump's executive order last month to release thousands of files. Presidential historian James Robenalt joins LiveNOW's Austin Westfall to help us make more sense of this.

Hagan Scotten, an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of New York resigned over the Department of Justice's order to dismiss New York City Mayor Eric Adams' bribery case. LiveNOW's Christina Evans breaks it down with legal analyst Neama Rahmani.

President Donald Trump is expected to attend the Daytona 500 Sunday, the first event of the NASCAR racing season. FOX 35 Orlando's Manny Martinez talks with fans on how they're feeling about the president possibly attending.

President Donald Trump answered questions from reporters after he signed more executive orders on Friday. One of the executive orders on Friday targets schools who still have coronavirus vaccine mandates and bars them from receiving federal funds. It also tasks Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and the Secretary of Education to establish guidelines and "provide a plan to end coercive COVID-19 vaccine mandates."

Attorneys general from 14 states challenged the authority of billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to access sensitive government data and exercise ?virtually unchecked power? in a lawsuit filed Thursday. One of the attorney's, Letitia James, held a press conference on Friday where she slammed Elon Musk. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., says the actions taken by Musk at the helm of DOGE can only be taken by a nominated and Senate-confirmed official. It sites constitutional provisions that delineate the powers of Congress and the president.

Vice President JD Vance spoke Friday at the Munich Security Conference to address America's NATO allies. Following a phone call between U.S. President Trump and Russian President Putin where both leaders committed to find a resolution to the Russia-Ukraine war, the future of Ukraine is set to dominate the discussions. Vance was scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Friday at the key security summit taking place in Germany, though this has been postponed "as Ukraine finalizes a key partnership memorandum for the U.S. side," according to the Kyiv Post.

The Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary. LiveNOW's Austin Westfall breaks down "Make America Healthy Again" with Dr. Evan Nadler, former co-director for the Children's Obesity Program at Children's National Hospital.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned in an address at NATO's headquarters in Brussels Thursday that the U.S. would not become "Uncle Sucker" by aiding in Europe's defense. "Make no mistake, President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into 'Uncle Sucker,'" said Hegseth.

During her confirmation hearing, Linda McMahon answered tough questions from Democrats and laid out her plan to diminish the Department of Education. Utah GOP congressman Burgess Owens joins LiveNOW's Andrew Craft to discuss his support for McMahon and her plan.

The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan resigned Thursday rather than obey a Justice Department order to drop corruption charges against NYC Mayor Adams. The resignation of Danielle Sassoon was confirmed by a spokesperson for the office. Her resignation came days after a senior Justice Department official directed New York prosecutors to drop the case against Adams. LiveNOW's Andrew Craft spoke about Sassoon's resignation with former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani.

President Donald Trump held a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Thursday at the White House. During the joint remarks, Modi said the United States and India have set a target of doubling their bilateral trade to $500 billion by 2030.