Good morning.
It's Thursday, April 10th.
I'm Shamita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show,
a change to a long-standing IRS rule,
why the State Department is revoking visas for hundreds of international students in the U.S.,
and the Masters marks a historic anniversary.
But first,
President Trump abruptly reversed course on widespread global tariffs yesterday
in the face of forecasts of a potential recession,
pushback from the business community,
and growing discontent among some Republican members of Congress.
Here's how the president put it.
People were jumping a little bit out of line.
They were getting yippy, you know?
They were getting a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid.
Now Trump says he's instituting a 90-day pause for most countries while retaining a baseline tariff of 10 percent.
The exception, China.
Instead of pulling back, Trump doubled down, now saying China will face a 125 percent tariff,