Since Donald Trump took office in January, a lot has happened.
The White House budget office ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans.
The impact of the Trump administration's tariffs is already being felt in President Trump's efforts to radically remake the federal government.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corfa Coleman.
President Trump has paused the most recent round of tariffs he slapped on dozens of other countries yesterday.
These were only in effect for hours, and world markets had lost a lot of ground.
Then abruptly, Trump reversed himself.
He suspended most of those tariffs for 90 days.
The stock market skyrocketed, but the 10% tariffs he imposed last weekend are still in effect,
and Trump boosted tariffs again on China.
These now stand at 125%.
China had boosted its tariffs on U.S. goods to 84%.
China says it's open to negotiation with the Trump administration,
but as NPR's John Ruiwitz says, Beijing says the U.S. needs to change its attitude.
China's Commerce Ministry spokeswoman Ho Yongchun says pressure and threats are not the right way to deal with China.
Dialogue must be conducted on the basis of mutual respect.
Beijing and Washington have been locked in a tit-for-tat cycle of tariff escalation.