What we’re reading: President Trump announces 25% tariff, Trump sued by former head of agency and more

By Grace Allen, Staff Writer

Published Feb 10, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as he prepares to sign a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Trump announces tariffs on steel and aluminum imports

Despite previously agreeing to a 30-day hold on tariffs with Canada and Mexico, President Trump announced Sunday that all steel and aluminum imports coming into the U.S. will face a 25% tariff.

“If they charge us, we charge them,” Trump said.

Countries including Canada and Mexico will be subjected to the 25% steel and aluminum tariff, according to the Associated Press. The announcement led to a rise in steel company shares ahead of the stock market’s opening on Monday morning, reported by the AP

President Donald Trump walks from Air Force One after arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

Trump sued by former head of the Office of Special Counsel

Hampton Dellinger, former head of the Office of Special Counsel, sued President Trump Monday for wrongful termination, according to Associated Press.

The Office of Special Counsel is a federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and protecting federal employees in situations including whistleblowing, according to Associated Press.

Dellinger was fired via email on Friday as the president continues to targets federal employees in government agencies, according to the Associated Press.

Surrounded by Army cadets, President Donald Trump watches the first half of the 121st Army-Navy Football Game in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. Experts in constitutional law and the military say the Insurrection Act gives presidents tremendous power with few restraints. Recent statements by former President Donald Trump raise questions about how he might use it if he wins another term. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (AP)

Trump orders firing of U.S. Military academy board members

President Trump ordered the removal of military academy board members, citing concerns over “woke agendas,” according to Politico.

“Our Service Academies have been infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues over the last four years,” Trump wrote on social media, Politico reported.

Board members of the Navy, Army, Coast Guard and Air Force academies have been dismissed, though their replacements have not yet been announced.

Military academy boards consist of both presidential and congressional appointees. In 2021, the Biden administration ordered the firing of board members appointed in Trump’s first term as president.

Trump plans to relocate Palestinians if the U.S. takes control of Gaza strip

Displaced Palestinians, traveling in vehicles, wait in line to pass through a security checkpoint at the Netzarim corridor as they make their way from central Gaza to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) (AP)

President Trump aims to rebuild the Gaza strip but will relocate displaced Palestinians, according to CNN.

Onboard Air Force One, President Trump said to reporters that the destroyed area of the Gaza strip is a “big real estate site,” CNN reports.

The United Nations estimates that 90% of Palestinians living in the Gaza strip lost their homes during the war between Israel and Hamas, CNN reports.