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President Donald Trump is threatening a massive 200 percent tariff on champagne and wine from Europe in the latest escalation of a bitter trade war. The president lashed out at the 'nasty' European Union after it announced tariff hikes on American imports in retaliation for Trump's increases on steel and aluminum. The tit-for-tat measures have raised the stakes in Trump's ongoing trade war, sparking fears of a recession in the United States and a shock to the global economy. In his latest salvo Trump threatened 'a 200% Tariff on all wines, champagnes, & alcoholic products' after the EU raised tariffs on American goods including whiskey. Many Republican states in the U.S. produce whiskey.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) director in Michigan has been accused of running a scheme to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after a series of floods damaged her home in 2023. The Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed a criminal complaint against 55-year-old Serina Baker-Hill on Wednesday, charging her with engaging in a scheme to defraud FEMA and lying to federal agents. Baker-Hill is a career employee with CBP and serves as director of CBP’s Center for Excellence and Expertise over Automotive and Aerospace Engineering. "Following efforts with our interagency partners, I can report that a career Director level employee at US Customs and Border Protection has been charged with allegedly attempting to defraud FEMA, as well as lying to federal agents," FBI Director Kash Patel said in a post on X.

WASHINGTON (7News) — Nearly 12,000 federal employees have filed initial unemployment claims in the District, according to the Department of Employment Services. Among them is a former Department of Environmental Protection employee, who shared her experience with 7News.