President Trump's decision Monday to slap tariffs on imports of solar panels and washing machines risks inflaming tensions with China and other big U.S. trade partners.
1. Trump's new tariffs: President Trump just made it more expensive to import solar panels and some washing machines into the United States. The Trump administration on Monday announced new tariffs of 30% on solar panels and taxes on large residential washing machines starting from 20% and going up to 50%.
Alex Jones, the far-right conspiracy theorist, is working on a book with New York Times bestselling author Neil Strauss, according to a proposal sent to major publishers that was obtained by CNN.
Six accountants, including former employees of a U.S. regulator, were charged Monday with leaking sensitive confidential data to KPMG to help the accounting firm clear regulatory inspections.
Rupert Murdoch has long expressed frustration with how companies like Facebook and Google use news content. Now the executive chairman of News Corp and 21st Century Fox is upping the ante, calling on Facebook to pay publishers a carriage fee the way cable companies pay for channels.