Summary of the day so far
Trump said Wednesday will be “Liberation Day” when he announces reciprocal tariffs on nearly all US trading partners. Global stock markets were a sea of red on Monday and investors fled to gold amid recession fears.
The Trump administration has announced a review of federal contracts and grants at Harvard University over allegations of antisemitism.
Senate majority leader John Thune said he believes Donald Trump is “probably messing with you” with his remarks on Sunday that there are “methods” by which he could run for a third term.
A coalition of civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block portions of Donald Trump’s executive order that would require voters to prove their citizenship in order to vote.
Trump took aim at ticket scalping in a new executive order signed today, which directs the Department of Justice and the FTC to crack down on ticket resellers who price-gouge.
Tens of millions of dollars is being withheld for Planned Parenthood chapters across the US in an attempt by the Trump administration to force the clinics to change their operations.
A federal judge has put the Trump administration plans to deport hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants on pause, ruling Monday that protections struck down by officials should be reinstated while lawsuits continue.
Some GOP senators are speaking out against Trump’s tariffs on Canada and are considering signing on their support for a resolution blocking them, CNN reports.
Senator Rand Paul has signed on as a cosponsor of the resolution, expected to come to a vote tomorrow. Senator Susan Collins, meanwhile, highlighted how the brewing trade war could impact Maine.
“Imposing tariffs on Canada, which is our closest neighbor, a friendly ally, is a huge mistake and will cause disruption in the economies of both countries,” Collins told reporters on Monday, who noted that she wore a Canadian flag pin alongside a US flag pin on her lapel.
At least four Republicans must join the 47 Democrats who have pledged support for the resolution for it to pass. But, according to Politico, it’s unlikely to get a vote in the House.
GOP leadership worked language into the stopgap funding bill to bar any member of Congress from calling for a vote on Trump’s policies connected to declared national emergencies, including the fentanyl emergency cited as the justification for the tariffs.
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