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President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Friday that modifies the reciprocal tariffs he first announced in April.

The order removes reciprocal tariffs on many foods -- a reversal from the White House, as many Americans struggle with the high cost of living, including rising grocery prices.

The White House said certain agricultural products will no longer be subject to reciprocal tariffs, including coffee and tea; tropical fruits and fruit juices; cocoa and spices; bananas, oranges, and tomatoes; beef; and additional fertilizers.

This executive order does not mean these goods will be completely tariff-free but that they will face significantly lower rates than those imposed by the president this summer. These carve-outs apply to all countries, not just the ones that have struck trade deals with the White House.

Trump's order on Friday comes as his administration faces economic pushback across the country. A recent ABC News/Ipsos poll found that over six in 10 Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling tariffs, the economy and managing the federal government.

-ABC News' Elizabeth Schulze, Isabella Murray and Hannah Demissie

Speaker Mike Johnson said the House will hold a vote next week on the Epstein files bill associated with the discharge petition effort.
GOP leaders are tentatively planning for a Tuesday afternoon vote on the Epstein bill, according to two sources familiar with the planning.

The discharge petition secured 218 signatures when Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva signed on after being sworn in on Wednesday.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

The Trump administration is taking a series of steps aimed at addressing Americans' mounting frustration over the cost of living, signaling a heightened focus on economic issues inside the White House.

According to a White House official, President Donald Trump will be increasing his domestic travel with economic speeches as part of the administration's broader midterm-year push.

After months of insisting that tariffs would not drive up prices, the White House this week announced a set of agreements with South American countries intended to lower the cost of groceries, such as bananas and coffee. The president has also floated several proposals, including a 50-year mortgage plan and $2,000 dividend payment to Americans.

Late Thursday, in a gaggle with reporters, Trump's top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, said the administration needs to "fix" high costs in the country.

"What would you say to Americans who are continuing to feel the pinch and small businesses who have been disrupted by tariffs?" ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Selina Wang asked Hasset.

"We're making up ground fast," he said.

-Hannah Demissie and Isabella Murray

President Donald Trump is again calling the recent release of documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as a political "Hoax" in a new social media post.

"The Democrats are doing everything in their withering power to push the Epstein Hoax again, despite the DOJ releasing 50,000 pages of documents, in order to deflect from all of their bad policies and losses, especially the SHUTDOWN EMBARRASSMENT, where their party is in total disarray, and has no idea what to do," Trump wrote in the post.

The president also blasted what he called "Weak Republicans" who "have fallen into their clutches because they are soft and foolish." Trump is likely referring to the House Republicans who signed onto a discharge petition to compel the Justice Department to release the full Epstein files.

While he has weighed in on social media, Trump has yet to answer questions from reporters about the release of messages sent by Epstein that mention him.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed the emails in a press briefing earlier this week, saying they "prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."