Donald Trump Takes On The Media And Announces Major Tariffs | Evening News Rundown

Donald Trump announces massive tariffs, takes on the media, and JD Vance lays the groundwork for a constitutional crisis. Just another Sunday.

Today is February 9, 2025, and here is all the news you missed from today. As promised, this will be a text based update as I’m traveling right now.

On a personal note, Donald Trump’s attack on our media reached a high today as his lawsuit against CBS, for editing Vice President Harris’ 60 Minutes interview, was upped to now seek $20 million in damages. Time will tell if CBS settles, but we’ve already seen ABC News do something similar. This is just the beginning. Trump’s FCC has begun investigating NPR and PBS, and it is expected to increase the number of investigations during the next several months.

As an independent journalist, I want you to know that I am not afraid of Donald Trump or his Administration. If they come after me, I won’t settle. If they target my work, I’ll punch back. I will never stop working to provide you with the truth while holding our leaders accountable. To that end, unlike major media companies, I’m funded by you and only beholden to you. If you want to support my work, and get access to our first subscriber only live this week, click the button below and upgrade your subscription!

With that, here’s the news of the day:

• JD Vance laid the groundwork for a constitutional crisis by alluding to the executive disregarding a judicial ruling they don’t agree with.

• Donald Trump announced that he will impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports tomorrow along with reciprocal tariffs on Tuesday. The timeline for the implementation of the steel tariffs is unknown.

• Donald Trump stated that he will ask Elon Musk to review the Department of Education within 24 hours.

• Donald Trump has doubled down on his plan to have the United States “own” Gaza, but now says that he may break the Palestinian territory up and give pieces to Middle East nations.

• Russ Vought, the architect of Project 2025, and new head of the CFPB has closed the building this week, ordering CFPB employees to work from him.

• Donald Trump has predicted that the Chiefs will win the Super Bowl.

I will be back in the morning with a video update. See you then.

Aaron