Trump Threatens New 10% Tariffs on ‘Anti-American' BRICS Nations
'Any Country aligning themselves with the Anti-American policies of BRICS, will be charged an ADDITIONAL 10% Tariff,' Trump said Sunday night in a Truth Social post. 'There will be no exceptions to this policy.'
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Icahn Enterprises Boosts Holdings While Maintaining High Yield Amid Losses
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Better Quantum Computing Stock: D-Wave Quantum vs. IonQ
Quantum computing is in its early stages, and two promising companies in the field are D-Wave and IonQ. D-Wave generated a jaw-dropping 509% year-over-year increase in first-quarter sales to $15 million. IonQ is constructing a quantum computer network, and to that end, has announced a $1 billion equity offering. 10 stocks we like better than IonQ › Just as the internet transformed society, quantum computers hold a similar promise. These groundbreaking machines harness quantum physics to perform complex calculations in minutes that would take today's supercomputers centuries. However, today's quantum computers are error-prone and difficult to scale. The first businesses to construct devices capable of widespread use could revolutionize whole industries. For that reason, quantum computer companies D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS) and IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) present intriguing investment opportunities. But is D-Wave or IonQ the superior investment in this nascent sector? An examination of both can help you arrive at an answer. D-Wave shares have made an impressive run in 2025. The stock is up over 90% this year, hitting a 52-week high of $19.77 in May. Its shares took off because of a massive 509% year-over-year jump in first-quarter revenue, hitting $15 million. To put that in perspective, the Q1 sum alone was far more than D-Wave's total sales of $8.8 million for all of 2024. The stupendous revenue growth was due to D-Wave's first sale of its proprietary Advantage quantum machine. In years past, the bulk of its revenue came from selling quantum computing as a service (QCaaS), in which customers pay a fee for remote access to the company's quantum capabilities through the cloud. Thanks to its exceptional revenue, D-Wave's Q1 operating loss improved to $11.3 million from $17.5 million in 2024. The company also boasted a solid balance sheet. First-quarter total assets were $325.6 million with a whopping $304.3 million of that in cash. 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Playbook: MAGA is whatever Trump decides it will be
Presented by With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco Good Saturday morning. It's Garrett Ross at the keyboard. Get in touch. MASKING TAPE: In a new clip from an interview with Playbook's Dasha Burns for 'The Conversation,' border czar Tom Homan adamantly defended ICE agents wearing masks, arguing it is a necessary response from the agency in the current climate. 'The same people complaining about ICE wearing masks, have they ever said anything about BLM protesters wearing masks?' Homan said. 'Did anybody ever propose legislation saying it's illegal to wear a mask in public while you're protesting?' 'They're still wearing a signet,' he said. 'But there needs to be some level of protection because attacks are unprecedented.' The full episode drops tomorrow. Watch the clip … Subscribe here DRIVING THE DAY President Donald Trump's grip on the Republican Party since voters deemed him the standard-bearer in 2016 has, of course, had no shortage of coverage — but the ways in which Trump is constantly shaping and reshaping his power offer a fresh look at his MAGA movement, and where his winds will blow things next. This morning, consider three storylines that illustrate just that. A MAGA MOODBOARD: If the past month has been marked by the feathers that President Donald Trump has added to his cap, it's been an equal and opposite setback for the full-on MAGA wing of the party, most well-known these days by the voices of VP JD Vance and Steve Bannon, POLITICO's Jonathan Martin writes in a stepback piece that we're bringing you first in Playbook. 'Projecting American force against the country's traditional adversaries in concert with U.S. allies and signing a tax bill that nearly could have been written by the Wall Street Journal editorial page, Trump demonstrated that the GOP still defaults to a muscular abroad and business-friendly at home posture.' Put another way: 'Yes, the party's coalition is changing, but its DNA hasn't — at least not yet.' In his first presidential run, Trump famously said that if voters delivered him the White House, he would in return show them so many wins that they would get tired of it altogether. And in many ways, that ethos remains today. Trumpism, JMart writes, 'is not an ideological project but rather Donald Trump garnering big, beautiful wins as he defines them.' Despite the scores of competing pressures that animate the MAGA movement these days, it is still Trump and only Trump who defines the direction. When the debate centered on what 'America First' really means, Trump laid down the law and said that means attacking Iran, backing Israel and, most recently, arming Ukraine against Russia. As for the megabill, it was always primarily about taxes. Notable quotable: 'Most Republicans know voters support them to cut taxes and keep you safe,' longtime GOP strategist Josh Holmes tells JMart. 'We may have gotten muddy on a lot else, but this is the most consistent dividing line between the two parties: Taxes and security offer a pretty clear choice, and it's the fundamental advantage Republicans have with the center of the electorate.' Trump's movement is ever-evolving as he hunts for the next win, and he does so by following whichever direction is being peddled by the panoply of people in his ear at that current moment. It's a reality that offers the competing wings of the Republican Party both potential and peril. In Congress, the pre-Trump old guard was able to steer the ship when it came time to get the sprawling reconciliation bill in line and protect the tax cuts that were critical in the legislation. 'If you can't pick Jerry Moran and John Boozman out of a lineup, you're not grasping who still shapes the party, certainly in the Senate,' JMart writes. Counting votes in Congress still matters, and those like Bannon don't control any blocs — at least not yet. As JMart puts it, 'Trump's cult of personality is so strong it distorts more than defines the party's platform, a reckoning that will only come in full once he's gone.' A MAGA MELTDOWN: In Trump's White House, though, the persistent war for the president's ear is playing out a bit differently. As with Trump himself, attention is shifting ever forward to the next big thing. This week, a lot of that focus fell to the Jeffrey Epstein drama, and a MAGA meltdown over the fallout is now threatening the position of one of Trump's hand-picked men to carry out his stark makeover of the federal government. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino in recent days has 'told people he is considering resigning' amid a clash between his agency and the Justice Department, which ripped open over the release of an Epstein memo that stirred consternation and anger among the MAGA wing, CNN's Kristen Holmes and colleagues report. In particular, Bongino is frustrated by AG Pam Bondi, with whom he had a 'heated confrontation' at a meeting on Wednesday that also included FBI Director Kash Patel and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles. 'Bongino and Patel were confronted about whether they were behind a story that said the FBI wanted more information released but was ultimately stymied by the Department of Justice,' CNN reported. Bongino denied the leak. The latest reported row comes after Axios detailed another split between Bongino and Bondi over the episode, which also said that Bongino was a no-show at work on Friday. 'The whole thing has been a complete mess and no one is happy,' a source told CNN. But the administration is downplaying any serious schism. 'Any attempt to sow division within this team is baseless and distracts from the real progress being made in restoring public safety and pursuing justice for all,' White House deputy press secretary Harrison Fields told CNN. Deputy AG Todd Blanche vouched for Patel and Bongino on X, adding that the 'suggestion by anyone that there was any daylight between the FBI and DOJ leadership on this memo's composition and release is patently false.' Left unsaid, though, is exactly where Trump falls with all of this. Wait, there's more: Laura Loomer, the outspoken MAGA activist who has some sway among the administration from her online perch, is intent on ousting Bondi, POLITICO's Jacob Wendler writes. Loomer's X feed was littered with posts yesterday detailing Bongino's position and calling for the ouster of Bondi — whom she has deemed 'Scam Blondi.' The next turn of the screw: Loomer also claimed in a post that Bondi was 'threatening to hold up other investigations and releases unless Kash and Bongino defend her.' She then nodded to another major DOJ memo that MAGA world is watching for: 'Where is the Butler report,' she wrote, referring to the investigation into the assasination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. '1 year anniversary is on Sunday…' Expect to hear more about that in the next couple days. A MAGA MANEUVER: It was a little-noticed blip on the radar this week, but it could be a major signal of where Trump is putting his attention next — and who is behind the effort. On Wednesday, Trump cleared out the National Capital Planning Commission, an obscure panel that oversees urban planning for the Washington area, and in turn appointed a handful of political hands from the White House: staff secretary Will Scharf, deputy chief of staff James Blair and Stuart Levenbach, an aide to Russell Vought. 'On the face of it, it seemed like a strange use of senior officials' time. At their inaugural meeting Thursday, the three sat through an afternoon of discussions about lighting plans for a Smithsonian building and guidelines for protecting pollinating insects,' Michael Schaffer writes in his latest Capital City column. 'But their presence made a lot more sense when the new commissioners spoke up — and promptly took aim at one of Trump's political foes, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.' In his opening speech to the commission, Blair made the unusual call: ''We should not be made fools of,' he thundered, referencing a renovation project to the Fed's headquarters that he called far more opulent than the one the Planning Commission approved. Blair cited a professor who implied Powell had lied under oath to the Senate about the renovation, which has become a refrain for GOP officials and conservative media.' Blair's remarks were met with emphatic agreement from his fellow Trump appointees and quiet reserve from the other commissioners — which include appointees of D.C.'s local government, congressional committees and cabinet agencies. The scene: 'It was, to say the least, an unusual moment for a largely apolitical commission that has rarely made news during its 101-year history,' Michael writes. 'The audience for Blair's remarks was largely made up of architects with business before the panel. I was the lone person sitting in the area reserved for the media. But in Washington, this little-noticed moment served as a reminder of something Trump himself said at a Tuesday cabinet meeting: He has a lot of power over the shape of the city, and he intends to use it.' It comes after a POLITICO report earlier this month noted the escalating tension among some Republicans who see the controversy as a reason for Trump to fire Powell for cause and another yesterday detailing Vought's probe into the renovation. Fuel, meet fire: Blair himself shared Michael's report in a post on X yesterday, simply pasting in the link and headline: 'Is Trump Using an Obscure Architecture Board to Fire Jerome Powell?' 9 THINGS THAT STUCK WITH US 1. THE LATEST IN TEXAS: After two days of flash floods, nearly two thirds of calls to FEMA's disaster assistance line went unanswered — after hundreds of contractors for the agency were fired after their contracts expired, NYT's Maxine Joselow reports. The hard numbers: 'On July 5, as floodwaters were starting to recede, FEMA received 3,027 calls from disaster survivors and answered 3,018 … That evening, however, [DHS Sec. Kristi] Noem did not renew the contracts with the four companies … The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846 … And on Monday, July 7, the agency fielded 16,419 calls and answered 2,613.' Insult to injury: Kerr County could have sent blaring alarms to every cell phone along the Guadalupe river — like some Amber alerts — but local officials didn't use the mass alert system on July 4, WaPo's Joyce Sohyun Lee and colleagues found. And some buildings of Camp Mystic, the all-girls camp along the river where 27 people died, had been removed from the area's 100-year flood map and exempted from some flood regulations, AP's Ryan Foley and Christopher Keller report. Damage control: Trump sang FEMA's praises yesterday after repeatedly calling for its elimination, while surveying the flood recovery efforts in Kerrville, Texas, POLITICO's Eli Stokols wrote. 'FEMA has been really headed by some very good people,' Trump said, 'It's about time.' When asked by a reporter about the criticism over the response time of local officials, Trump said 'only a bad person would ask a question like that.' Heroes of Camp Mystic: 'In the dark, amid screams, a Camp Mystic counselor had 16 girls and one headlamp,' by WaPo's John Woodrow Cox. 2. DEAL OR NO DEAL: Trump announced this morning that the US will levy 30 percent tariffs of the European Union and Mexico, in two posts on Truth Social. In his letters, Trump says Mexico has not done enough to stem the flow of fentanyl and said the EU's trade deficit posed a national security risk, AP's Aamer Madhani reports. A trade deal with the EU had been stuck on cars and agriculture, with the EU wanting no more than a 10 percent levy, Bloomberg's Alberto Nardelli and Jorge Valero report. The bigger picture: Trump's punishing trade policy was at first marketed as his way of opening foreign trade, but three months later with dozens of letters and only two (somewhat vague) deals, Trump seems poised to let tariffs stand, NYT's Ana Swanson writes. Meanwhile Trump's biggest allies are urging him to stand firm on his Aug. 1 deadline and let the TACO jokes die out, POLITICO's Megan Messerly and colleagues report this morning. Up north: Canada delayed the retaliatory tariffs it planned to issue on US steel and aluminum, as they continue negotiations through the new deadline, per POLITICO's Mickey Djuric in Ottawa. Doesn't really care: The stock market, which has been largely unresponsive as investors assume Trump will back away from his threats, WSJ's Krystal Hur writes. Or as WaPo's David Lynch notes, 'The stock market has learned to love President Donald Trump's tariffs.' Does really care: Voters, who are waving red flags at Republicans over the trade war in the latest POLITICO-Public First poll. POLITICO's Cheyanne Daniels writes that one in four Trump voters say tariffs are hurting trade negotiations, and one in four say the levies on China will hurt US companies. 3. MUSK READ: Those not living under a rock saw this week how Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok praised Nazis. Workers at xAI were furious with the company over the antisemitic comments, with one threatening to resign, Business Insider's Grace Kay scooped. The new version of Grok — Grok 4 — isn't a Nazi, but it's easily drawn to racism, The Atlantic's Matteo Wong reports. Especially concerning: 'In response to questions asking for Grok's perspective on controversial issues, the bot seems to frequently seek out the views of its dear leader.' 4. THE LOS ANGELES RAIDS: A federal judge yesterday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in LA, ruling that immigration officials were exacting 'roving patrols' of the city and arresting immigrants without reasonable suspicion, POLITICO's Kyle Cheney writes. The ruling came after about 200 immigrants were arrested in Thursday's raid of a cannabis farm, per AP. That raid erupted into protests where four U.S. citizens were arrested for assaulting ICE agents. One farm worker died in the raid after falling several stories, NYT's Miriam Jordan reports. The fallout: Essential immigrant workers who have been decontaminating houses devastated in the LA wildfires have been staying home out of fear their workplaces will also be raided, NYT's Livia Albeck-Ripka and Orlando Mayorquín write. Immigration files: The Supreme Court limited the use of universal injunctions in Trump's birthright citizenship case, but it left open the door to large class action lawsuits which may make Trump's legal victory short lived, per NYT's Adam Liptak. … In Nassau County, ICE agents will be allowed to wear masks, despite local county laws banning the use of masks for its residents, NYT's Taylor Robinson reports. 5. SCHOOL TIES: 'Columbia Has Discussed $200 Million Payment in Civil-Rights Settlement With Trump Administration,' by WSJ's Douglas Belkin and Liz Essley Whyte: 'White House officials said the deal also includes payments to individual students and professors whose rights allegedly have been violated. … The deal goes beyond antisemitism and addresses administration concerns about what it views as racial preferences on campus … The Trump administration envisions the deal having a lasting impact on Columbia's campus culture … An agreement would see the restoration of at least some of Columbia's federal funding.' 6. TO RUSSIA, WITH LOVE: Trump is considering a new military aid package for Ukraine that numbers in the hundreds of millions, POLITICO's Paul McLeary and colleagues report. That money could come from the fund approved by former President Joe Biden that lets the DOD give weapons from the U.S. military stockpile to Ukraine. The expanded aid could come as soon as Monday, as Trump teases a coming announcement. Another possibility is on Russia sanctions, but Reuters' Gram Slattery writes that the sanctions bill is still a work in progress and may not reach the Senate floor for another week at the earliest. By the numbers: 'Ukraine suffers most civilian casualties in 3 years as Russia ramps up aerial attacks,' by NBC's Ryan Balberman and Dan De Luce. 7. MIDDLE EAST LATEST: Though Trump has said he doesn't want more U.S. bombings of Iran, he's had few objections in private to Israel's plans to strike again if Iran builds out its nuclear capabilities, WSJ's Alexander Ward and Laurence Norman report. Sticking points: 'Trump is counting on the threat of further attacks to pressure Tehran into an agreement … Israel is skeptical a diplomatic settlement would prevent Iran from secretly rushing toward a nuclear weapon. … And Tehran is demanding guarantees it won't face more bombing.' Over in Gaza: Calls for a ceasefire are growing even more urgent, as officials from the UN World Food Programme say the Gaza Strip is 'worse than I've ever seen it before,' Bloomberg's Magdalena Del Valle writes. But ceasefire talks are stalled after Hamas rejected Israel's proposed withdrawal maps in negotiations in Doha today, per Reuters. Special envoy Steve Witkoff is set to travel to Doha this week to join the negotiations. The latest Israeli airstrikes today killed 28 Palestinians, including four children, per AP. 8. DOGE DIARIES: 'DOGE sprouts in red states, as governors embrace the cost-cutter brand and make it their own,' by AP's Marc Levy: 'Governors have always made political hay out of slashing waste or taming bureaucracy, but DOGE has, in some ways, raised the stakes for them to show that they are zealously committed to cutting costs. … [Some] governors who might be eyeing a White House run in 2028 are rebranding their cost-cutting initiatives as DOGE.' 9. FOR YOUR RADAR: 'Appeals court throws out plea deal for alleged mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks,' by AP's Mark Sherman and Jennifer Peltz: 'A divided federal appeals court on Friday threw out an agreement that would have allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal sparing him the risk of execution for al-Qaida's 2001 attacks.' CLICKER — 'The nation's cartoonists on the week in politics,' edited by Matt Wuerker — 17 funnies GREAT WEEKEND READS: — ''The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River,'' by Texas Monthly's Aaron Parsley: 'On July 4, the Guadalupe ripped our home from its pillars, pulling my family into its waters and into the night. Then morning came.' — 'Knives Out on K Street,' by N.Y. Mag's Ben Terris: 'A new breed of MAGA lobbyist is chasing the old firms out of Washington and updating the art of influence peddling.' — 'The People Who Brought You Bill Clinton Want to Introduce You to the 'Colorado Way,'' by Natalie Fertig for POLITICO Magazine: 'One group is betting the state's blend of libertarianism and progressivism can be packaged to appeal to voters who have drifted toward Trump over the past few cycles.' — 'How AmeriCorps Kept Young Talent in Rural Communities,' by Washington Monthly's Gillen Tener Martin: 'Trump's cuts to the federal service program eliminated thousands of positions that provided career pathways in struggling small towns across America.' — 'The Nuclear Club Might Soon Double,' by The Atlantic's Ross Andersen: 'As American power recedes, South Korea, Japan, and a host of other countries may pursue the bomb.' — 'Against Illegal Immigration, but Married to Someone Here Illegally,' by NYT's Sabrina Tavernise: 'Chris Allred's views were shaped by economic changes. Now, facing an immigration crackdown, where do he and his wife go from here?' — 'How Strategist Brain Took Over the Democratic Party,' by Slate's Ben Mathis-Lilley: 'During the Reagan revolution, Democrats settled on a new way to win elections. It's destroying them now.' — 'UnitedHealth's Campaign to Quiet Critics,' by NYT's David Enrich: 'The company has invoked the murder of an executive last year to complain about coverage in news outlets, on streaming services and on social media.' TALK OF THE TOWN Ben Jealous, the executive director of the Sierra Club, is on leave as of yesterday. Donald Trump is set to attend the FIFA Club World Cup championship game between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea tomorrow in New Jersey's MetLife Stadium. Trump said he's considering revoking Rosie O'Donnell's U.S. citizenship. SUBWAY BLUES — 'The exclusive Capitol subway that keeps trapping US senators,' by the Washington Examiner's David Sivak and colleagues: 'Senators are getting trapped in a subway built exclusively for their convenience, leading to calls for more funding and some amusement for those who opt to walk the Senate's tunnels instead. Riding the tiny, three-car train, which shuttles between the U.S. Capitol and two Senate office buildings, has become a gamble for senators, staffers, and congressional reporters alike.' Says Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.): 'If time wasn't a factor here, I would never take it.' IN MEMORIAM — 'David Gergen, Adviser to Presidents and Political Commentator, Dies at 83,' by NYT's Clyde Haberman: 'It was Mr. Gergen who devised a line in the 1980 presidential election that helped secure victory for the Republican candidate, Ronald Reagan … Mr. Gergen mined as many of those nuggets as he could writing speeches, briefing news reporters, creating communications strategies and helping to set the agenda for four presidents … Still, when Mr. Gergen bade government farewell in the mid-1990s, he was generally praised by the presidents he had served.' MEDIA MOVES — David Ellison, the CEO of Skydance, is in early talks about potential acquiring the Free Press. … Riley Beggin is joining WaPo as a congressional economic policy correspondent. She previously was a congressional reporter at USA Today. TRANSITIONS — Cody Tucker is now SVP at Milne, Weiner & Shofe Global Strategies. He previously was at Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America. 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