Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter is leading a diplomatic trip to Washington, hoping to negotiate down the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump last week. The Swiss delegation is hoping to talk White House officials down from the staggering 39% tariffs set to take effect on Thursday — an economic penalty that would have cascading effects on

The Swiss president is heading to the U.S. in a last-ditch effort to head off punishing tariffs that threaten to cripple key sectors of the country’s export-reliant economy. President Trump’s recent decision to impose a 39% levy—one of the highest in the world—stunned the Alpine nation and upended months of negotiations in which Swiss officials believed they were on the verge of securing a favorable deal.

The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate Army brigadier general whose wartime career lasted less than two years, is scheduled to be back on its plinth at D Street between Third and Fourth streets NW in October.