Shares on Wall Street rose on Tuesday, boosted by the possibility of tariff relief for the auto sector and gains in financial stocks after Citigroup and Bank of America posted positive results. President Donald Trump hinted on Monday at potential exemptions for the 25 percent tariffs imposed on imports of cars and automotive components. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is probing imports of pharmaceuticals and semiconductors as part of a bid to impose tariffs on both sectors—on the grounds that extensive reliance on the foreign production of medicine and chips is a national security threat, Federal Register filings showed on Monday.
Former President Joe Biden is expected to make an early evening speech at the national conference of Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled in Chicago. The 82-year-old Democrat has largely avoided speaking publicly since leaving the White House in January, which is typically the tradition for former presidents in the immediate aftermath of their leaving office.
If you haven’t completed your 2024 tax return, today is April 15, also known as “Tax Day,” the deadline for filing your federal income tax return with the IRS. While most U.S. taxpayers have already filed with the help of their tax preparers, about 101 million Americans have yet to do so.
Topics in this episode include:
- Global Shares Advance After Tariff Moves
- Commerce Dept Probing Pharma, Semiconductor Imports
- It’s Tax Day: How to File an Extension
- White House to Interview Fed Chair Candidates This Fall
- Japan’s Tariff Negotiator to Leave for Washington
- South Korea Trying to Delay Reciprocal Tariffs
- Argentina Wants Trade Agreement Despite Tariffs
- Most Mexican Tomatoes to Face 21 Percent Duty
- Trump Admin Freezes $2.2 Billion After Harvard Rejects Demands
- Judge Blocks Removal of Columbia University Student
- Motive Unclear in Pennsylvania Governor’s Mansion Arson Case
- Man Charged for Threatening Tulsi Gabbard and Husband
- Main Rotor From Hudson River Helicopter Crash Recovered
- Harvey Weinstein Sexual Assault Retrial Begins
- Transportation Dept Scraps Texas High-Speed Rail Contract
- Iran Says 2nd Nuclear Talks With US Set for Saturday
- Ukraine’s Zelenskyy, NATO’s Rutte Visit Wounded Soldiers
- French Prisons Attacked Amid Drug Smuggling Crackdown
- Bolivian Police Seize 2.5 Tons of Cocaine Worth $7 Million
- EU Releases List of Possible US Tariff Targets
- US Envoy Warns Hungary Over Chinese Investment
- Swedish Probe Finds No Direct Evidence of China’s Deliberate Cable Damage
- Nvidia to Make AI Supercomputers in US
- AMD Set to Produce Chips at Arizona TSMC Plant
- Illegal Immigrant Found Guilty of Murdering Rachel Morin
- What Americans Think About Deportations to El Salvador Prison
- Bukele, Trump Meeting: What to Know
- Secret to McEnroe’s Grand Slam Success
- Wayward Deer Escorted Out of YMCA
- Watch Police ‘Detain’ Wild Turkey Inside Store
