Trump Administration

U.S. stock futures plunged Sunday evening, an indication that the market turmoil that began last week will continue when trading opens Monday, NBC News reported.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday will meet with Trump for the second time since Trump began his latest term in January.

Five international students attending UMass Amherst have had their visas revoked, according to a statement from the university.

Representatives from the Department of Government Efficiency initiative have arrived at the Peace Corps’ headquarters, the agency confirmed Saturday, signaling possible cuts to a volunteer mission that has long enjoyed bipartisan support, NBC News reported.

Thousands gathered in downtown LA on Saturday as part of the “Hands Off!” demonstrations happening nationwide in opposition to the Trump administration’s steep tariffs. Amber Frias reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on April 5, 2025.

A Justice Department attorney who struggled in court on Friday to explain the Trump administration’s deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on administrative leave, a department official said.

Thousands gathered throughout the Southland on Saturday as part of a nationwide “Hands Off!” demonstrations in opposition to the Trump administration.

Crowds of people angry about the way President Donald Trump is running the country marched and rallied in scores of American cities Saturday in the biggest day of demonstrations yet by an opposition movement trying to regain its momentum after the shock of the Republican’s first weeks in office.

The Trump administration’s shuttering of the decades-old U.S. Agency for International Development has halted foreign aid efforts around the globe.

A lot of uncertainty and anxiety as the markets meltdown for the second day in a row after President Trump’s new tariffs, but one expert tells NBC4 that he is optimistic that the president’s plan will work out. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on April 4, 2025.

A Columbia University student activist who led campus pro-Palestinian rallies and is now fighting the Trump administration’s deportation efforts is urging students to continue demonstrations and protests, NBC News reported.

Former President Barack Obama said he is “deeply concerned” with some of the actions that President Donald Trump and his administration have taken and seemed to call out the Republican Party for not pushing back on them, NBC News reported.

Prices in clothing and shoes may see an increase of 16.9%, according to the Yale Budget Lab.

Americans nearing retirement and recent retirees said they were anxious and frustrated following a second day of market turmoil that hit their 401(k)s after President Donald Trump’s escalation of tariffs.

Coffee shop owners in Los Angeles are planning to raise their beverage prices in response to the new tariffs. Amber Frias reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 4, 2025. 

One owner said he expects the prices to rise up to $2 per cup.

Judges showed some frustration this week with how the Trump administration has been defending itself in court.

The Biden administration proposal would have significantly expanded access to obesity to millions of Americans but would have cost the government billions.

The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training money as part of its anti-DEI efforts.

The Departments of Education and Justice said the new team will “protect students, and especially female athletes, from the pernicious effects of gender ideology.”