A surprise vote barring the Trump administration from moving the FBI’s headquarters to a new location in Washington, D.C., brought the Senate appropriations process to a halt — a setback for lawmakers working to avert a government shutdown at the end of September.

Earlier this year in April, Trump announced the “Liberation Day tariffs”, which included a 24% tariff on Malaysian exports as part of a broader global plan targeting roughly 49 more countries. He then paused it for 90 days to allow for negotiations.

President Donald Trump has sent out tariff letters to seven smaller U.S. trading partners in his first batch of import tax announcements of the day.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi Friday on the sidelines of ASEAN talks in Malaysia, where Trump's tariffs are in sharp focus.

China has been a fierce critic of sweeping U.S. tariffs that Trump announced on April 2. He later delayed the implementation of most but China, which has said it will respond with its own tariffs on U.S. imports, now faces a deadline next month to negotiate a deal.

Donald Trump's top trade negotiators have added more time to the clock after the White House failed to reach its 90 deals in 90 days target.

The U.S. started imposing tariffs by letter to a variety of countries Monday, pairing new rates with an explicit warning that even those could change at any time. Why it matters: After months of threats,

The US is still Malaysia’s third-largest buyer for chip exports. The Southeast Asia nation is also responsible for packaging nearly 10% of the world’s semiconductors, and around 40% of its exports are electrical and electronic products. In 2024, the country sold over 575.45 billion ringgit-worth of semiconductors, equal to about $135 billion.