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Warren demands SEC investigate Trump for insider trading, accuses him of unleashing ‘chaos’ with tariffs
Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren defended her calls for the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate President Donald Trump over accusations of market manipulation and insider trading, saying such an investigation is «entirely appropriate.»
«That’s what investigations are for. And it’s entirely appropriate to have an investigation to make sure that Donald Trump, Donald Trump’s family, Donald Trump’s inner circle didn’t get advance information and trade on that information,» Warren told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday during an appearance on «State of the Union.»
Warren, alongside a handful of other Senate Democrats such as Oregon’s Ron Wyden and New York’s Chuck Schumer, wrote a letter to the SEC chief on Friday calling for an investigation into alleged market manipulation following Trump’s reciprocal tariff announcement and subsequent 90-day pause to the customized tariffs he leveled on foreign nations.
«We urge the SEC to investigate whether the tariff announcements, which caused the market crash and subsequent partial recovery, enriched administration insiders and friends at the expense of the American public and whether any insiders, including the President’s family, had prior knowledge of the tariff pause that they abused to make stock trades ahead of the President’s announcement,» the Senate Democrats wrote in their letter to SEC Chair Paul Atkins on Friday.
WH SLAMS DEMS’ ‘PARTISAN GAMES’ AFTER TRUMP-FOE SCHIFF CALLS FOR INSIDER TRADING INVESTIGATION OVER TARIFFS
President Donald Trump and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Getty Images)
The White House slammed calls for investigations into market manipulation last week in comments provided to Fox Digital that accused Democrats of playing «partisan games.»
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«It is the responsibility of the President of the United States to reassure the markets and Americans about their economic security in the face of nonstop media fearmongering. Democrats railed against China’s cheating for decades, and now they’re playing partisan games instead of celebrating President Trump’s decisive action yesterday to finally corner China,» White House spokesman Kush Desai said in comment to Fox Digital when asked about Democrats claiming Trump manipulated the market.
A New York Times columnist grilled the Democratic Party for not mounting an aggressive enough attack on President Trump’s tariff policy. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
When asked on Sunday if Warren had actually seen evidence of alleged insider trading, she responded: «Well, there are people who have looked at what happened to purchases and to calls just before he made that announcement that caused the stock market to skyrocket.»
She continued on Sunday that members of Congress should also be subject to a rule barring them from trading individual stocks.
«This is how the stock market works in order to make sure on a consistent basis that nobody’s trading on inside information. And, by the way, Jake, the same thing should apply to Congress. And that is, we should have a rule that no one in Congress can… trade in any individual stocks, no senator, no representative. I have had that bill for a long time. It’s got a lot of support,» she told Tapper.
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Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., wrote a letter on Thursday to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, as well as Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, also calling for an investigation into potential insider trading.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren asks questions during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on March 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Trump, ahead of pausing the reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday of last week, posted to Truth Social, «BE COOL! Everything is going to work out well. The USA will be bigger and better than ever before!» and «THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT.» The president had previously said he would not pause tariffs but was open to negotiating with other nations.
Trump paused only the higher, customized tariffs he placed on nations that historically installed trade barriers on U.S. goods, with nations across the world instead facing a lower 10% tariff on goods, as the Trump administration and world leaders hash out negotiations for the reciprocal tariffs.
China, however, was not part of the tariff pause and was instead hit with a higher 125% tariff after retaliating with its own additional tariffs against the U.S.
Warren continued in her remarks that tariffs can «be an important tool in the toolbox when used in targeted ways,» but accused Trump of spreading «chaos» through the implementations of his tariff plans.
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«Right now, what we have got is chaos and corruption. Donald Trump has imposed a tariff on everyone everywhere, on all products. That’s the 10% tariff. Of course, it was much higher earlier in the week, and now in this trade war with China that basically tries to shut down all trade,» she said.
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Trump says Harvard should lose its tax exempt status, be treated as ‘political entity’ amid funding dispute
President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that Harvard University should lose its tax-exempt status and be considered a «political entity,» a day after his administration pulled $2.2 billion in funding from the Ivy League school.
«Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting ‘Sickness?’» Trump wrote on TRUTH Social.
«Remember, Tax Exempt Status is totally contingent on acting in the PUBLIC INTEREST!» the president added.
TRUMP ADMIN SLASHES OVER $2.2B IN FUNDING TO HARVARD AFTER SCHOOL DEFIES DEMANDS
Protesters gather outside Harvard University to show their disapproval of actions taken under the Trump administration on April 1, 2025. (Brett Phelps/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
The Trump administration on Monday said it was freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University after the institution refused to comply with a set of terms set forth by the Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services and the General Services Administration last week.
Framed as «an expanding list of demands» by Harvard’s leadership, the administration asked the university to make changes to adhere to «merit-based» hiring and admissions practices and reform its recruitment of international students to «prevent admitting students hostile to the American values and institutions inscribed in the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence, including students supportive of terrorism or anti-Semitism.»
Other requested reforms included ensuring «viewpoint diversity in admissions and hiring,» changing programs with «egregious records of antisemitism or other bias,» and discontinuing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and initiatives.
In an April 11 letter to Harvard leadership, Trump administration officials said that U.S. government «investment is not entitlement» and «depends on Harvard upholding federal civil rights laws, and it only makes sense if Harvard fosters the kind of environment that produces intellectual creativity and scholarly rigor, both of which are antithetical to ideological capture.»
President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
In a statement on Monday, Harvard University President Alan Garber said the terms of agreement make «clear that the intention is not to work with us to address antisemitism in a cooperative and constructive manner.»
HARVARD WON’T COMPLY WITH TRUMP ADMIN’S DEMANDS AMID THREATS OF CUTTING FEDERAL FUNDING
«Although some of the demands outlined by the government are aimed at combating antisemitism, the majority represent direct governmental regulation of the intellectual conditions at Harvard,» Garber wrote.
He argued the terms required an «audit» of the student body, faculty and staff «viewpoints» and to reduce the power of certain students, faculty, and administrators «targeted because of their ideological views.»
Protesters gather outside Harvard University on April 1, 2025. (Brett Phelps/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
«No government – regardless of which party is in power – should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,» Garber wrote.
Harvard’s response was praised by Democrats, including former President Barack Obama and Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, while conservatives mocked the Ivy League school’s outrage given its $53.2 billion endowment.
«There is another way: Refuse taxpayer money,» Hillsdale College, a private Christian institution in Michigan, posted on X.
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«Time to defund,» Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, wrote on X. «And tax that $50 billion endowment.»
Richard Grenell, a longtime Trump ally who served in multiple administration roles, had a message to Harvard: «Don’t ask for taxpayer money if you don’t want taxpayer strings.»
«You’ve ruined my degree with your far left activism,» Grenell wrote. «As a Harvard graduate, I support the Federal government enforcing laws that you violate.»
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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said it has killed a top Hamas leader responsible for arming terrorists with weapons used to carry out attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops.
Muhammad al-‘Ajlah, the commander of Hamas’ Shejaiya battalion, was taken out in a «precise strike» on Sunday, the IDF said Tuesday.
The Shejaiya battalion is a military unit within Hamas’s armed wing that operates primarily in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, which has historically been a stronghold for Hamas and a focal point of intense fighting during Israeli military operations.
Muhammad al-‘Ajlah, the commander of Hamas’ Shejaiya battalion, taken out in a «precise strike» on Sunday, the IDF said Tuesday. (IDF)
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Al-‘Ajlah is the fifth commander of the Shejaiya battalion to be eliminated since the beginning of the war and the third since the start of the renewed operations in Gaza, the IDF said.
«Muhammad al-‘Ajlah served as the commander of a combat support company in the Shejaiya battalion throughout the war and was eliminated in a precise strike on Sunday night,» the IDF said in a statement Tuesday.
«Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including issuing advanced warnings to civilians, precise munitions, and aerial surveillance.»
The top Hamas leaders killed by Israel during the war. (IDF)
ISRAEL LAUNCHES NEW GROUND OPERATION IN GAZA
The Shejaiya battalion has been known to use urban guerrilla warfare, tunnels, IEDs and rocket launches as part of its operations, according to the IDF and reports.
In October, Hamas terror chief Yahya Sinwar was killed during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, with chilling video capturing his final moments.
Hamas’ top military commander, Mohammad Deif, was killed during a strike in July 2024. Deif initiated, planned and executed the October 7th terror attacks along with Sinwar, according to the IDF.
The killing of al-‘Ajlah on Sunday comes amid a resumption of the war on March 18 following a two-month ceasefire.
The latest round of talks on Monday in Cairo to restore the ceasefire and free Israeli hostages ended with no apparent breakthrough, Palestinian and Egyptian sources said.
Emaciated Israeli hostages, from left to the right, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who were held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, are taken by terrorists to a stage before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Feb. 8, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Hamas insists Israel commit to ending the war and pull out its forces from the Gaza Strip as agreed in the three-phase ceasefire accord that went into effect in late January.
Israel has said it will not end the war unless Hamas is eliminated and returns the remaining hostages held in Gaza.
Israel says that there are still 59 hostages in captivity, of whom Israel believes 35 are dead. Thirty-three hostages were released during the latest ceasefire; 251 were initially captured during the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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