The exemptions come days after the U.S. trade representative said “the president has been clear” that he does not intend to give exemptions to the tariffs.

President Donald Trump is exempting smartphones, some computers and more electronics from his global reciprocal tariffs after a tumultuous week in the markets due to the president’s global trade war.

Drought and other conditions have interrupted the flow of water owed to the U.S. under a treaty.

President Trump has threatened to slap new tariffs on Mexico for failing to deliver water under a decades-old treaty. But climate change has decimated river flows.

The directive, sent to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, will be first implemented on a "limited sector" of federal lands along the border, to be determined by Hegseth over the next 45 days.

President Donald Trump has announced deals with five law firms that will allow them to avoid the prospect of a punishing executive order