President Trump plans to issue an executive order to extend the pause on his steep, so-called reciprocal tariffs to Aug. 1, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. The pause had been set to expire Wednesday.

The chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers said that some countries that are negotiating with the U.S. could see tariffs delayed.

US President Donald Trump is to delay the imposition of high tariffs on trading partners to August 1, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Monday, just two days before a bevy of additional duties were expected to take effect.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attempted to explain why Attorney General Pam Bondi talked earlier this year of a Jeffrey Epstein client list but now a Justice Department memo says there is none.