By David Goldman, CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump pledged to restore his tariff regime after setbacks in the Supreme Court and other legal challenges. Now, he’s doing it — but not in the blustery, fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants, all-caps-late-night-Truth-Social-post manner that once defined his tariff policy.

Trump’s quiet, methodical, patient new approach to tariffs is on purpose. The tools he’s now using to rebuild his tariff engine are far more precise than the last ones.

But if he succeeds, his latest tariffs could be just as drastic as his previous ones. And longer lasting.

What Trump is doing

Late Tuesday night, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer published a 98-page report detailing the result of a monthslong investigation into trading partners’ policies on buying goods made with forced labor.

The report found that 60 economies the United States does business with have failed to impose or effectively enforce prohibitions on importing items into their countries that were made by people who were working against their will or for insufficient funds. Others, Greer said, have taken “initial steps” on restricting forced labor, but he said each US trading partner has to resolve the issue more swiftly.

“The failure of our most important trading partners to address the importation of goods made with forced labor is unacceptable,” Greer said in a statement. “This creates a dynamic where American workers are forced to compete globally on an unlevel playing field.”

As a remedy, Greer proposed a minimum 10% across-the-board tariff on all of the trading partners the administration investigated, citing authority from Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. Several trading blocs that had previously entered into trade negotiations with the United States, including Canada, Mexico, the European Union, Ecuador, Indonesia and Pakistan, would be subject to the new 10% tariff.

Many other countries would face a steeper 12.5% tariff, including China, Brazil, Japan and India. Those are the trading partners the USTR maintains have not even taken initial steps to rid forced labor from their economies of imported goods.

The tariffs won’t go into effect immediately: They’ve entered a public comment period that will last through July 6, and the USTR will hold hearings on the proposal on July 7.

Why Trump is doing it this way

Trump has signaled for a long time that he would use alternate methods to impose his tariffs – even before the Supreme Court in February declared Trump had no authority to use emergency powers to levy import taxes.

Immediately after the Supreme Court ruling, Trump announced a universal 10% tariff for 150 days under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. But in early May, a panel of judges at the US Court of International Trade found the administration lacked the justification to enact tariffs.

That was always intended to be a temporary measure. And the administration has signaled that it could use Section 301 as a more permanent solution.

Section 301 allows the USTR to investigate countries potentially violating other nations’ trade agree

By Jack Guy, CNN

(CNN) — An art museum in France has filed a legal complaint after a banana that makes up part of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s controversial artwork “Comedian” was stolen.

The theft was reported by a security guard at the Centre Pompidou-Metz in the city of Metz, eastern France, on Saturday, according to a statement from the museum published the same day.

The gallery “has filed a complaint with the relevant authorities against persons unknown,” it said in the statement.

The theft “undermines the respect due to the works on display and temporarily deprives visitors of part of the experience offered by the exhibition,” it added.

It noted, however, that “the perishable component of the work has been replaced, and the work has been restored to its original presentation as quickly as possible.”

CNN has contacted the High Court of Metz and the Perrotin Gallery, which sold the artwork, for comment.

This is not the first incident involving “Comedian,” which comprises a fresh banana taped to a wall.

In 2019, when Cattelan unveiled the work at the Art Basel Miami art fair in Florida, performance artist David Datuna grabbed the banana from the wall, before peeling and eating it in front of hundreds of stunned fair attendees.

Then, in 2023, an art student took the banana from a wall at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, and ate it.

And in November 2024, Justin Sun, a Chinese collector and founder of a cryptocurrency platform, acquired “Comedian” for $6.24 million at auction — before eating the banana.

Then, in July 2025, the banana was eaten by a gallery-goer at the Centre Pompidou-Metz.

“Comedian” is intended to demonstrate the “absurdity of financial speculation and the fragility of knowledge systems that underpin the art market,” the museum said in a statement at the time.

Cattelan is known for satirical pieces that challenge popular culture, often provoking debates around conceptual art.

Another one of Cattelan’s viral artworks was a solid 18-carat-gold toilet “entitled” America, valued at around $6 million. It was first installed at New York’s Guggenheim in 2016 and was open to use by visitors.

In 2019, it was stolen from Blenheim Palace in England — the birthplace of Winston Churchill — where it was being exhibited. It has never been found.

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El presidente Donald Trump sugirió que no ha abandonado la implementación del fondo contra la “instrumentalización” de la justicia impulsado por su Gobierno y afirmó en una entrevista publicada este miércoles que las personas afectadas “deberían ser compensadas”.

“No, un tribunal falló en contra (del fondo)”, dijo Trump cuando se le preguntó si había desistido de la controvertida iniciativa durante el pódcast Pod Force One with Miranda Devine, del New York Post. La entrevista fue grabada el martes.

Ese mismo día, el secretario de Justicia interino, Todd Blanche, dijo a legisladores que el Departamento de Justicia no seguirá adelante con el fondo.

Sin embargo, Trump sostuvo en la entrevista que las personas que, según él, fueron blanco de un “Gobierno corrupto” merecen una compensación.

“Y muchas de estas eran personas extraordinarias. Les otorgué indultos. Estoy muy orgulloso de haberles otorgado indultos. Y creo que deberían ser compensada”, afirmó.

No está claro cómo encajan las declaraciones de Trump con las de Blanche ni si el mensaje del Gobierno aliviará las preocupaciones de los legisladores republicanos sobre el fondo.

Las declaraciones de Blanche marcaron la primera vez que un funcionario del Gobierno afirmó de manera definitiva que el fondo sería abandonado. El giro del Departamento de Justicia se produjo en medio de una fuerte reacción de republicanos en el Capitolio.

A comienzos de esta semana, varios senadores republicanos dijeron que no podían avanzar con la financiación para la aplicación de las leyes migratorias hasta tener la certeza de que el fondo contra la “instrumentalización” de la justicia había sido descartado definitivamente.

La noche del martes, después de los comentarios de Blanche, los líderes republicanos del Senado impulsaban una votación tan pronto como este miércoles para avanzar con el proyecto de ley de US$ 70.000 millones destinado a financiar las prioridades migratorias del presidente.

Un asesor republicano minimizó este miércoles la posibilidad de que los comentarios de Trump en el pódcast afecten al Congreso.

“No me preocupa lo que dijo”, afirmó el asesor. “No me encanta, pero decir que un tribunal falló en contra es lo más cercano a un ‘sí, lo estoy abandonando’ que vamos a obtener”.

El asesor agregó que Blanche “fue muy claro” durante la audiencia.

“No vamos a seguir adelante con el fondo, punto”, dijo Blanche ante una subcomisión de Asignaciones Presupuestarias de la Cámara de Representantes.

“¿No van a seguir adelante nunca?”, preguntó la representante demócrata Grace Meng.

“Correcto”, respondió Blanche.

En una publicación en X, el senador de Carolina del Sur Lindsey Graham dijo que apreciaba la declaración de Blanche, pero propuso crear “un fondo contra la instrumentalización que esté disponible para quienes puedan demostrar sus reclamaciones contra el Gobierno federal mediante la Ley Federal de Reclamaciones por Agravios”.

El secretario adjunto de Justicia Stanley Woodward Jr. respondió a la publicación de Graham diciendo: “Estamos trabajando en ello”. El mensaje no incluyó ninguna explicación y posteriormente fue eliminado.

La semana pasada, un juez federal en Virginia bloqueó temporalmente los esfuerzos del Gobierno para establecer el fondo y le prohibió desembolsar dinero a través de él.

Sin embargo, el fallo fue de carácter técnico. No abordó la legalidad del programa, sino que buscó dar tiempo al tribunal para revisar una demanda que pretende eliminarlo por completo.

Durante la entrevista en el pódcast, Trump también elogió al secretario de Justicia interino, quien reemplazó a Pam Bondi en abril, y dijo que Blanche está “haciendo un muy buen trabajo” en el Departamento de Justicia.

Cuando se le preguntó si intentaría nombrar de forma permanente a Blanche como

Por Lisa Eadicicco, CNN

Durante al menos una década, los gigantes tecnológicos han intentado desarrollar computadoras que puedan manejar tareas complicadas en nombre de un usuario. Pero esos esfuerzos en gran medida no han dado resultado, y asistentes como Alexa y Siri se usan principalmente para cosas como poner alarmas y reproducir música.

Algunas de las empresas tecnológicas más grandes del mundo apuestan a que eso está a punto de cambiar.

Nvidia, Microsoft, Google y otras empresas tecnológicas han presentado recientemente nuevas tecnologías que creen que podrían preparar el terreno para un futuro con menos teclados y ratones. Eso incluye nuevos chips, portátiles y software —muchos anunciados esta semana— diseñados para impulsar agentes de IA que puedan organizar y llevar a cabo tareas complejas de forma autónoma.

“El objetivo, eventualmente, es averiguar: ‘Oye, ¿cómo hago para simplemente decirle a la computadora esencialmente lo que quiero que haga y luego hacer que lo haga?’”, dijo Bob O’Donnell, fundador y analista principal de la firma de investigación tecnológica Technalysis.

Nvidia y Microsoft están renovando Windows para hacer más de eso. Nvidia reveló el 1 de junio un nuevo chip para portátiles con Windows llamado RTX Spark, destinado a ejecutar agentes de IA sin conectarse a la nube. El chip combina las tecnologías de gráficos, computación y redes de Nvidia con más memoria que la de un portátil estándar; Dell, HP y Lenovo lanzarán este otoño computadoras que funcionen con el nuevo chip.

Los próximos Googlebooks de Google podrán sugerir acciones cuando un usuario apunte el ratón a algo en la pantalla, como programar una reunión después de pasar el cursor sobre una fecha en un correo electrónico.

Durante años, las empresas tecnológicas han intentado crear ayudantes digitales para tareas digitales mundanas, como armar carritos de compra, rastrear pedidos en línea y planificar viajes. Los asistentes anteriores podían manejar tareas individuales —como llamar a un taxi o hacer un pedido— pero no trabajos de varios pasos ni comprender preferencias personales. Eso empezó a cambiar después de que los modelos de lenguaje grandes cobraran protagonismo tras el lanzamiento de ChatGPT a finales de 2022.

OpenClaw, el llamativo asistente de IA que este año se convirtió en un favorito global entre los desarrolladores, es quizá el mayor ejemplo hasta ahora de cómo la IA está cambiando los hábitos de computación para algunas personas. El agente puede ejecutar programas y completar solicitudes sin indicaciones constantes. Desarrolladores le dijeron anteriormente a CNN que ejecutan OpenClaw para cosas como investigación en una computadora doméstica dedicada; mientras centran su atención en otras tareas, revisan el progreso del agente enviándole mensajes de texto a través de WhatsApp o Telegram.

Algunos empleados de tecnología, al parecer, han comenzado a dictar comandos a agentes de IA en lugar de teclear, según Bloomberg y The Wall Street Journal.

“Las cosas son bastante diferentes ahora porque más personas ya se han acostumbrado bastante a usar algo como Chat GPT o Gemini o Anthropic”, dijo David Naranjo, director asociado en la firma de investigación de mercado Counterpoint Research.

El CEO de Nvidia, Jensen Huang, mostró cómo un portátil que funciona con uno de sus nuevos chips podría ayudar a diseñar una casa utilizando agentes de IA para trabajar entre aplicaciones de modelado 3D durante una conferencia de prensa esta semana.

By Aileen Graef, CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump suggested that he has not dropped the administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund, saying in an interview released Wednesday that people “should be reimbursed.”

“No, a court ruled against (the fund),” Trump said when asked if he had dropped the controversial effort on the New York Post’s podcast “Pod Force One with Miranda Devine.” The interview was taped on Tuesday.

That same day, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers that the Justice Department would not move forward with the fund.

But Trump argues in the podcast interview that people who he claims were targeted by a “crooked government” deserve compensation. “And these were many great people. And I gave them pardons. I’m very proud to have given them pardons. And I think they should be reimbursed for a crooked government,” he said.

It’s unclear how Trump’s comments comport with Blanche’s — and whether the administration’s messaging will allay GOP lawmakers’ concerns about the fund.

Blanche’s comments marked the first time an administration official definitively said the fund is being abandoned. The Justice Department’s about-face came amid fierce pushback from Republicans on Capitol Hill.

Many GOP senators said earlier this week that they could not move ahead with immigration enforcement funding until they knew the “anti-weaponization fund” was dead.

On Tuesday night, after Blanche’s comments, Senate GOP leaders were pressing for a vote as soon as Wednesday to advance the $70 billion bill to fund the president’s immigration priorities.

A Republican aide on Wednesday downplayed the notion that Trump’s comments on the podcast would impact Congress.

“I don’t feel concerned about what he said,” the aide said. “Don’t love it, but him saying a court ruled against it is about as close to ‘yes I’m dropping it’ as we will get.”

The aide added that Blanche “was very clear” during the hearing.

“We are not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche told a House Appropriations subcommittee.

“Not moving forward, ever?” asked Democratic Rep. Grace Meng. “Correct,” Blanche said.

In a post on X, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said he appreciated Blanche’s statement but proposed creating “a weaponization fund that will be available to those who can prove their claim against the federal government through the Federal Tort Claims Act.”

Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, Jr. responded to Graham’s post saying, “We’re on it.” The post included no explanation and was later deleted.

Last week, a federal judge in Virginia had temporarily blocked the administration from taking steps to set up the fund and barred it from releasing any money from it.

But that ruling was highly technical; it didn’t address the legality of the program but was instead intended to get the court time to review a lawsuit seeking to kill the program in full.

During the podcast interview, Trump also praised the acting attorney general, who replaced Pam Bondi in April, saying that Blanche is “doing a very good job” at DOJ.

When asked if he would try to install Blanche permanently in the attorney general role, Trump said he would.

CNN’s Devan Cole, Manu Raju, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Ted Barrett contributed to this report.

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