U.S. equity markets lost roughly $1.5 trillion after President Trump announced sweeping punitive import duties, but the administration is more interested in bringing down borrowing costs to stave off a potential sovereign debt doom loop.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unpacks the Trump administration's sweeping retaliatory tariffs on "Special Report."

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Reynaldo Martinez, 32, admitted he obtained at least 40 SNAP electronic benefit transfer cards using stolen identities and stolen or fraudulent Social Security numbers, officials said.

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A delegation from Ukraine will arrive in the U.S. at the end of this week or early next week to discuss the minerals agreement, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Bloomberg on April 2. The news comes after Washington and Kyiv reportedly discussed the draft on the expanded minerals agreement proposed by the U.S. at the end of March.

US factory activity contracted in March for the first time this year and prices accelerated sharply for a second month as the drumbeat of higher tariffs reverberated through the economy. The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index declined 1.

Treasury yields were lower on Tuesday as investors brace themselves for U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policy rollout. The yield on the 10-year Treasury lost 5 basis points to 4.194%. The 2-year Treasury yield ticked down over 2 basis points lower at 3.