New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted 25 hours and 5 minutes, setting the record for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber鈥檚 history. His feat of endurance was aimed at showing Democrats鈥 resistance to President Donald Trump鈥檚 sweeping actions.
Booker broke a record previously held by Strom Thurmond, a segregationist who filibustered for against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, according to the Senate鈥檚 records.
Meanwhile, Trump is promising to roll out a set of tariffs, or from other countries, on April 2 that he says will free the U.S. from a reliance on foreign goods. To do this, Trump has said he鈥檒l impose to match the duties that other countries charge on U.S. products.
Earlier Tuesday, employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal in ultimately .
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Republican Jimmy Patronis wins special election in Florida鈥檚 1st Congressional District
The state鈥檚 chief financial officer and Trump-backed candidate fended off a challenge from Democrat Gay Valimont.
Patronis was far outraised and outspent by Valimont, who benefited from the outrage of national donors alarmed by Trump鈥檚 aggressive second term.
Patronis will fill the northwest Florida seat vacated by former Rep. Matt Gaetz. Gaetz had been tapped to be Trump鈥檚 attorney general but dropped out amid allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied.
Sen. Cory Booker ends his record-breaking speech
The senator wrapped his speech at 8:05 p.m. Tuesday, 25 hours and 5 minutes after he began.
The chamber had exploded in applause when Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer announced that Booker had broken the record, which was previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond at
Sen. Cory Booker breaks record for longest Senate speech
Booker took to the Senate floor Monday evening, saying he would remain there as long as he was 鈥減hysically able.鈥 More than 24 hours later, the 55-year-old senator is still going.
He has set the record for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber鈥檚 history, though he was assisted by fellow Democrats who gave him a break from speaking by asking him questions.
It was a remarkable show of stamina as Democrats try to that they are doing everything possible to contest Trump鈥檚 agenda.
Yet Booker also provided a moment of historical solace for a party searching for its way forward: By standing on the Senate floor for more than a night and day and refusing to leave, he had broken a record set 68 years ago by then-Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a segregationist, to of the Civil Rights Act in 1957.
Sen. Cory Booker鈥檚 speech is still going, closing in on the all-time record
Sen. Cory Booker has held the Senate floor for 24 hours and is closing in on the record for the longest continuous floor speech held by Strom Thurmond, a segregationist.
Thurmond filibustered for against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, according to the Senate鈥檚 records. As Booker鈥檚 speech rolled past 24 hours, anticipation is growing in the Capitol.
Maher vows to dish about his dinner with Trump later this month
鈥淭hank you for all the interest in my dinner with the president last night,鈥 TV host Bill Maher posted Tuesday on X. He vowed that 鈥渁ll will be revealed鈥 during his show 鈥淩eal Time鈥 on April 11, adding that if he offered details on April Fool鈥檚 Day, 鈥渘o one would believe what I said.鈥
That followed Kid Rock, who was at the White House on Monday, offering to help arrange a dinner. He told Fox News Channel that 鈥淏ill鈥檚 obviously a very big liberal鈥 but Trump was nonetheless 鈥渟o gracious.鈥
Democratic leaders in Congress say they are standing together against Trump鈥檚 tax cuts
The Democrats are under pressure to show their voters they are doing all they can, even as the minority party in Congress, to block Trump鈥檚 agenda.
鈥淲e are standing together against the GOP tax scam and in defense of the American people,鈥 House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said at the Capitol steps with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.
Schumer praised fellow Democratic Sen. Cory Booker as a 鈥渢our de force鈥 for seizing the Senate floor in a landmark speech as they work to stall action on the GOP agenda.
Biden urges people in Wisconsin and Florida to 鈥楪O VOTE鈥
鈥淔lorida and Wisconsin, it鈥檚 not too late. Go VOTE,鈥 former President Joe Biden posted on X 鈥 offering a rare political pronouncement since leaving office.
Wisconsin has a state Supreme Court election, while two Florida districts are holding special elections to replace Republican congressmen who vacated House seats after Trump tapped them for administration posts.
Biden has kept a low profile since leaving office. His words echoed Trump鈥檚 White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, who also urged Wisconsin residents and Floridians to vote during her briefing with reporters.
Most immigrants at risk of deportation from the US are Christian, report finds
As many as four in five immigrants at risk of deportation from the United States are Christian, according to a new report.
The report, under the auspices of major Catholic and evangelical organizations, says about 10 million Christians are vulnerable to deportation.
鈥淭hough we鈥檙e deeply concerned about fellow Christians, we鈥檙e not exclusively concerned with immigrants who happen to share our faith,鈥 said Matthew Soerens, vice president of advocacy and policy at World Relief, an evangelical humanitarian organization that cosponsored the report.
Trump from certain Christian blocs in all three of his campaigns. While the report doesn鈥檛 directly refer to that support, it says it seeks to raise awareness of the potential impact of Trump鈥檚 immigration crackdown.
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Musk makes last-minute appeal to Wisconsin voters in closely-watched state judicial race
The billionaire government adviser told voters that the battle is so close that it could be decided by a single vote.
He made clear the political reasons behind supporting Brad Schimel, the candidate backed by Republicans.
鈥淎 judge race, election in Wisconsin will decide whether or not the Democrats can gerrymander Wisconsin in order to remove two House seats from Republican to Democrat,鈥 Musk said during a Fox News interview Tuesday afternoon.
If Republicans lose control of the U.S. House, Musk asserted that Democrats would do 鈥渆verything possible to stop the agenda that the American people voted for,鈥 Musk said.
鈥淚f you know people in Wisconsin, call them right now,鈥 he added.
Trump to hold Wednesday meeting on possible TikTok sale
Trump will hold a Wednesday meeting with aides about possible investors who could buy a stake in TikTok, a deal that could potentially stop the social media site from being banned in the U.S.
The details of the meeting were confirmed by a person familiar with the situation who insisted on anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
There has been uncertainty about the popular video app after a law took effect on Jan. 19 requiring its China-based parent, ByteDance, to divest its ownership because of national security concerns. After taking office, Trump gave TikTok a 75-day reprieve by signing an executive order that delayed until April 5 the enforcement of the law requiring a sale or effectively imposing a ban.
Among the possible investors are the software company Oracle and the investment firm Blackstone.
CBS News first reported on the meeting.
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Major international law firm reaches deal with White House
Another major international law firm has reached a deal with the White House to dedicate at least $100 million in free legal services to causes including veterans support and combating antisemitism.
The agreement announced Tuesday makes Willkie Farr & Gallagher the third law firm in the last two weeks to cut a deal with the White House. As part of the arrangement, Willkie agreed to disavow the use of diversity, equity and inclusion considerations in their hiring decisions.
The firm is home to Doug Emhoff, the husband of 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, and Tim Heaphy, who was chief investigative counsel to the House of Representatives committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The firm had been bracing for an executive order like the one leveled at nearly a half-dozen other major firms over the last month. Those orders have generally targeted firms over their association with attorneys Trump regards as adversaries.
The orders have threatened the security clearances of attorneys at the firms as well as the termination of the firms鈥 federal contracts and access by employees to federal buildings.
Trump administration pauses some family planning grants
The Trump administration has paused $27.5 million for organizations that provide family planning, contraception, cancer screenings and sexually transmitted infection services as it investigates whether they鈥檙e complying with federal law.
The money isn鈥檛 allowed to be used for abortion, but much of it goes to organizations that also provide abortions 鈥 and that鈥檚 long made the funding a target for conservatives.
About one-fourth of the grant recipients were told this week that their funding is on hold. That includes all the groups that receive the money for seven states.
Sen. Cory Booker overtakes Sen. Ted Cruz鈥檚 record for length of Senate speech
As Sen. Cory Booker鈥檚 speech rolled past 21 hours, it marked the fourth-longest in Senate history.
Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, has surpassed the longest speech time for a sitting senator 鈥 the 21 hours and 19 minutes that Sen. , a Texas Republican, held the floor to contest the Affordable Care Act in 2013.
Throughout his determined performance Tuesday, Booker has repeatedly invoked the civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis of Georgia.
The longest speech time in Senate records is that of of South Carolina, who filibustered for against the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Booker would need to hold the floor for almost three more hours to beat that record.
Republican senator calls RFK Jr. to testify as mass layoffs roil nation鈥檚 top health department
Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor from Louisiana, summoned Kennedy to testify about his restructure of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services before the Senate health committee next week.
Cassidy backed Kennedy for the health secretary job after obtaining 鈥渟erious commitments鈥 from the administration, including that the health secretary would regularly appear before Senate lawmakers.
Cassidy鈥檚 request comes on the same day thousands of staffers were laid off from the health department.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation CEO calls health department firings 鈥榬eckless, thoughtless cuts鈥
Dr. Richard Besser, who also previously served as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said those carrying out the mass firings at Health and Human Services are 鈥渟ystematically and cruelly dismantling our nation鈥檚 public health system and workforce, which threatens the health and wellbeing of everyone in America.鈥
The firings 鈥渞epresent an abdication of the department鈥檚 essential responsibility to promote and protect health,鈥 Besser said in a statement on Tuesday. 鈥淎nd they present a fundamentally different vision of what government can and should do to improve people鈥檚 lives. Americans deserve better.鈥
He concluded his statement by saying: 鈥淚t is clear that political leaders in this administration are neither committed to nor serious about improving everyday people鈥檚 lives and health.鈥
Staff reductions close regional Head Start offices
Five regional offices for Head Start were closed Tuesday as part of a workforce reduction at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the 春色直播 Head Start Association.
Head Start is a preschool program that and children. Parents who otherwise would not be able to afford child care often rely on the program when they go to work or school.
The association鈥檚 statement said the move was taken without a 鈥渃lear plan for how the administration intends on supporting Head Start.鈥
The Office of Head Start had 12 regional offices to provide oversight and support administration of grants. It was not immediately clear which regional offices were closed.
春色直播 prime minister talks with Mexican president about boosting their trade relationship
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney says he had a call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to discuss the 鈥渋mportance of building upon the strong trading and investment relationship between the two countries.鈥
The discussion came in the lead up to Trump鈥檚 anticipated tariffs on Wednesday. If enacted, the tariffs would deal a hefty economic blow to both nations, which are both in a free trade agreement with the U.S.
In the call, the two leaders spoke about the 鈥渃hallenging times ahead,鈥 safeguarding economic competitiveness in the region and calls by both nations for the U.S. to respect their sovereignty, according to the 春色直播 government.
The leaders they would remain in 鈥渃lose contact,鈥 and that top government officials would work together to boost trade between the two countries.
Groups ask judge to order Trump administration restore legal services for migrant children
A federal judge in California held off Tuesday on granting the request from legal aid groups.
The Republican administration on March 21 terminated a program that provides legal services for unaccompanied migrants under 18, which plaintiffs say puts 26,000 children at risk of losing their attorneys.
Defendants say taxpayers have no duty to pay for direct legal services and the contract has expired.
But plaintiffs said Tuesday they鈥檙e asking not for contract restoration but for the government to come up with a plan so children as young as five months old will have legal representation in immigration courts as required by Congress.
U.S. District Judge Araceli Mart铆nez-Olgu铆n of San Francisco requested further briefing.
Speaker Johnson fails to squash proxy voting effort from new moms in Congress
House Speaker on Tuesday exercised his power of the gavel 鈥 and tried to bring it down with an unusually aggressive effort to squash a proposal for new parents in Congress to able to , rather than in person, as they care for newborns.
His plan failed, 206-222.
In an unprecedented move, the House Republican leadership had engineered a way to quietly kill the bipartisan plan from two new moms 鈥 Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida and Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen of Colorado. Their plan has widespread support from a majority of House colleagues. Some 218 lawmakers backed the new moms, signing on to a so-called 鈥渄ischarge petition鈥 to force their proposal onto the House floor for consideration.
But Johnson, like GOP leaders before him, rails against , as President Trump pushes people back to work in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic work from home trend.
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Melania Trump helps recognize diverse group of women for courage
Courage is rooted in love, the first lady said as she helped recognize eight women from around the world with the 2025 International Women of Courage Award.
At a ceremony at the State Department, which created the award, Trump said the 鈥渆xceptional assembly of brave women鈥 shows their love by refusing to be defined by fear or hardship.
Trump sought parallels with them, saying that, in her own life, she has 鈥渉arnessed the power of love鈥 as a source of strength during challenging times.
The eight women receiving awards hail from Burkina Faso, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Romania, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Yemen and Israel.
The honorees include Amit Soussana, who was taken hostage by Hamas after the militant group鈥檚 Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Soussana was released after 55 days.
Group of Democratic senators introduce legislation to repeal Trump鈥檚 executive order on elections
They call the recent unconstitutional and say millions of voters could be disenfranchised.
The 鈥淒efending America鈥檚 Future Elections Act鈥 was filed Tuesday and is likely to face opposition as Republicans maintain majorities in both the House and Senate.
Trump鈥檚 March 25 order called for several election-related changes, including a documentary proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration and revised voluntary standards for voting machines to prohibit the use of barcodes on ballots. challenging the order have been filed.
Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat who sponsored the bill, calls Trump鈥檚 order an 鈥渋llegal and unconstitutional power grab.鈥 Ten other senators co-sponsored the legislation.
They note that proving citizenship would be difficult for millions of Americans who don鈥檛 have easy access to their birth certificates or who haven鈥檛 obtained U.S. passports.
RFK Jr. posts video of FDA, NIH director being sworn in as thousands lose their jobs
It was just hours after thousands of his employees began or were told to turn in their badges at HHS offices around the country.
Health and Human Services Secretary posted the videos on social media celebrating the swearing in of his two latest hires: Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH director, and Martin Makary, the FDA commissioner.
鈥淭he revolution begins today!鈥 Kennedy wrote.
HHS hasn鈥檛 provided additional details or comments about Tuesday鈥檚 mass firings.
Princeton University says the Trump administration has halted dozens of research grants
The Ivy League school received notifications Monday and Tuesday that grants were being suspended by agencies including the Department of Energy, NASA and the Defense Department, according to a campus message from President Christopher Eisgruber.
The rationale wasn鈥檛 fully clear, but Princeton will comply with the law, Eisgruber said.
鈥淲e are committed to fighting antisemitism and all forms of discrimination, and we will cooperate with the government in combating antisemitism,鈥 he wrote.
Princeton is the latest Ivy League school to have its federal funding come under scrutiny from the Trump administration amid investigations into campus antisemitism. Columbia University last week agreed to several demands from the administration after the government cut $400 million and threatened to slash billions more.
A federal task force on antisemitism announced Monday that Harvard was facing a 鈥渃omprehensive review鈥 of almost $9 billion in federal grants and contracts.
Democratic senator is putting holds on VA nominees to protest Trump鈥檚 plans to cut its workforce
Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego announced Tuesday he鈥檒l block the confirmation of top leaders at the Veterans Affairs Department, raising the stakes in Democrats鈥 bid to get the Trump administration to back off that serves millions of military veterans.
Gallego, a Marine Corps veteran, made the announcement just hours before the Senate Committee on Veterans鈥 Affairs was scheduled to hear testimony from three nominees for the VA who are military veterans themselves. His move was a significant escalation in the Democrats鈥 efforts to counter Trump鈥檚 plans to slash federal agencies and a sharply partisan move on a committee that鈥檚 often seen cooperation between Republicans and Democrats.
鈥淭alking to veterans, people that I served with as well as seeing some of what鈥檚 happening in Arizona, I decided that whatever tool I have to fix the situation, I鈥檓 going to use it,鈥 Gallego told The Associated Press. 鈥淎nd this is one of the few tools I have at this point.鈥
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President Trump鈥檚 first foreign trip will come next month
The White House says Trump will head to Saudi Arabia in May. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered no further details on the trip.
With a TikTok ban looming, Trump signals a deal will come before April 5 deadline
Trump has signaled he鈥檚 confident his administration can broker an agreement with ByteDance, the social media app鈥檚 China-based parent company.
Speaking with reporters on Air Force One late Sunday, Trump said 鈥渢here鈥檚 tremendous interest in Tiktok.鈥 He added that he would 鈥渓ike to see TikTok remain alive.鈥 The president鈥檚 comments came less than one week before an April deadline requiring ByteDance to divest or face a ban in the United States.
鈥淲e have a lot of potential buyers,鈥 Trump said.
Trump also said the administration is 鈥渄ealing with China鈥 who 鈥渁lso want it because they may have something to do with it.鈥 Last week, Trump said he would on China if that country鈥檚 government approves a sale of TikTok鈥檚 operations in the U.S.
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White House says Maryland resident mistakenly deported was an MS-13 member
The White House is asserting that the man with protected legal status who was mistakenly sent to an El Salvador prison was a member of the MS-13 gang and alleged he鈥檇 been involved in human trafficking.
Officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, acknowledged an 鈥渁dministrative error鈥 in efforts to remove Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from the U.S.
鈥淭he administration maintains the position that this individual, who was deported to El Salvador and will not be returning to our country, was a member of the brutal and vicious MS-13 gang,鈥 Leavitt told reporters at a Tuesday briefing.
Leavitt claimed 鈥渃redible intelligence鈥 showed he was involved in human trafficking and that he was a leader of the notorious MS-13 gang.
鈥淔oreign terrorists do not have legal protections in the United States of America anymore,鈥 Leavitt said.
In a complaint, Abrego Garcia鈥檚 lawyers disputed the government鈥檚 claims.
鈥淎lthough he has been accused of general 鈥榞ang affiliation,鈥 the U.S. government has never produced an iota of evidence to support this unfounded accusation,鈥 the complaint stated.
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A Senate vote to reverse Trump鈥檚 tariffs on Canada is testing Republican support
With Trump鈥檚 so-called fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some of those plans to the test by forcing a vote to nullify the emergency declaration that underpins the tariffs on Canada.
Republicans have watched with some unease as the president鈥檚 attempts to remake global trade have sent the stock market downward, but they have so far stood by Trump鈥檚 to levy taxes on imported goods.
Even as the resolution from Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia offered them a potential off-ramp to the tariffs levied on 春色直播 imports, Republican leaders were trying to keep senators in line by focusing on fentanyl that comes into the U.S. over its northern border. It was yet another example of how Trump is not only reorienting global economics, but upending his party鈥檚 longtime support for ideas like free trade.
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Trump鈥檚 Joint chiefs nominee downplays concerns of military involvement in domestic law enforcement
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat from Illinois, pressed retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine on whether he would follow orders from the president to use the military in domestic matters like law enforcement.
Duckworth accused Trump of engaging in 鈥渢hreat inflation鈥 of domestic protests to justify military involvement on issues like protests, immigration or free speech.
鈥淚 think there鈥檚 strong systems in place, legal systems in place, that prevent any missteps there,鈥 said Caine.
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, asked Caine whether he would push back on an order by Trump 鈥渢o use the military in a way that was unconstitutional.鈥 She argued that Trump had made such orders during his first term and promised to do so during his reelection campaign.
鈥淚 will senator. I don鈥檛 expect that to happen, but I will,鈥 Caine said.
Sen. Cory Booker passes the 17-hour mark in his speech to protest Trump鈥檚 actions
Booker, who鈥檚 55, started speaking Monday evening and hasn鈥檛 left the Senate floor since. As it rolled into Tuesday afternoon, Booker鈥檚 performance is currently the sixth longest in Senate history.
The record for the longest individual speech belongs to of South Carolina, who filibustered for against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Only one other sitting senators has spoken for longer than Booker. In 2013, Sen. , a Republican of Texas, held the floor for 21 hours and 19 minutes to contest the Affordable Care Act.
Among hardest-hit in HHS layoffs is the 春色直播 Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
The agency is losing more than 1,000 employees.
NIOSH is based in Cincinnati but also has people in Pittsburgh; Spokane and Morgantown, West Virginia.
Micah Niemeier-Walsh, vice president of the union local representing NIOSH employees in Cincinnati, said the union had heard reports that around 850 of the center鈥檚 employees are receiving notices, including the center鈥檚 director.
The cuts are hitting mining safety research, work on developing personal protective technology, a firefighter cancer registry, and a lab that鈥檚 key in the certification of respirators for industry. Niemeier-Walsh called the cuts 鈥渁 very pointed attack on workers in this country.鈥
Who is Cory Booker, the Democrat from New Jersey holding the Senate floor?
Booker, 55, was born in Washington, D.C., and moved to northern New Jersey when he was a boy. He鈥檚 spoken about growing up in a Black family in a predominantly white neighborhood and how his parents faced opposition when they tried to buy a house.
He played football in college at Stanford University before attending Yale Law School and then worked as an attorney in nonprofits, giving legal aid to poorer families. Elected to the Newark City Council and then as mayor of the state鈥檚 biggest city, he served there until 2013.
His time in office coincided with to the city鈥檚 public schools, a boon that burnished his status as a Democratic rising star at the time.
Booker also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2020.
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Trump says he spoke with Egypt鈥檚 President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
In a Tuesday post on his social media platform, Trump said the pair discussed U.S. military operations against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, as well as the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and 鈥減ossible solutions鈥 to the conflict, as well as 鈥渕ilitary preparedness.鈥
US sanctions people and firms in UAE, China and Iran for helping to procure drone parts
The Tuesday sanctions were against a network of six firms and two people based in Iran, the United Arab Emirates, and China who are allegedly responsible for procuring drone components on behalf of Iranian drone manufacturers.
They mark the second round of sanctions targeting Iranian weapons proliferators since President Trump signed an executive order in February imposing a 鈥渞estoring maximum pressure鈥 campaign on Iran meant to deny Iran all paths to a nuclear weapon.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Treasury will continue to target Iranian drones 鈥渕issiles, and conventional weapons that often end up in the hands of destabilizing actors, including terrorist proxies.鈥
Mexican president: 鈥榃hat they鈥檙e going to announce on April 2 isn鈥檛 against Mexico鈥
After previously saying Mexico would seek 鈥減referential treatment鈥 with Trump and his tariffs, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum shifted her tone Tuesday to note the tariffs set to go into effect on Wednesday weren鈥檛 targeting Mexico.
鈥淲hat they鈥檙e going to announce on April 2 isn鈥檛 against Mexico, it鈥檚 not against Canada. It鈥檚 a policy of the United States to the entire world,鈥 Sheinbaum said in her morning news briefing.
That said, if tariffs go into effect, Mexico would be dealt a particularly hard blow, as much of its economy is intertwined with the U.S., especially the auto sector.
While other leaders have butted heads with Trump, Sheinbaum has assumed a less confrontational approach, following through on U.S. demands in the hope that doing so will offset the bulk of American populist鈥檚 threats.
Speaker Johnson says tariffs may be 鈥榬ocky鈥 at first
鈥淵ou have to trust the president鈥檚 instincts on the economy,鈥 Johnson said.
He said he expects the tariffs to go forward as Trump promised.
鈥淲e鈥檒l see how it all develops,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t may be rocky in the beginning. But I think that this will make sense for Americans and help all Americans.鈥
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he and Trump have talked about a third term
鈥淭here鈥檚 a constitutional path. You have to amend the constitution to do this, and that鈥檚 a high bar,鈥 said Johnson, a lawyer who specialized in constitutional issues.
鈥淚 think he recognizes the constitutional limitations,鈥 he said.
The Republican speaker says Trump has joked with him about the idea. He said he takes the president 鈥渁t his word.鈥
Florida Republicans face off against well-funded Democrats in US House special elections
Tuesday鈥檚 special elections for two Florida congressional seats in heavily pro-Trump districts have become an unexpected source of concern for national Republicans as Democrats have poured into the races.
Both seats opened when Trump chose their representatives for jobs in his second administration. Matt Gaetz was briefly nominated to be Trump鈥檚 attorney general before withdrawing, while Mike Waltz became national security adviser.
Florida state Sen. Randy Fine, running for Waltz鈥檚 seat, and state Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, running to replace Gaetz, are widely expected to hold the seats in their reliably conservative districts, which would give Republicans a 220 to 213 advantage over Democrats in the U.S. House.
But both have been outraised by their Democratic counterparts, and Republicans in Florida and Washington have begun trying to distance themselves from any potential underperformance.
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Hundreds of HHS employees wait in line wrapping around building to find out if their job is gone
As a biting spring wind whipped around them, staffers waited for as long as an hour outside the health department鈥檚 Washington offices to get scanned into the building.
As many as 10,000 workers are expected to lose their jobs Tuesday and some are finding out as they try to enter the building that they no longer have jobs. Laid off staffers are being asked to immediately turn in their badges and cellphones at the door.
One staffer waiting in line loudly joked: 鈥淚s this an April Fool鈥檚 joke?鈥
Caine says uniformed guard shouldn鈥檛 have been in Houthi attack Signal chat
During retired Lt. Gen. John Caine鈥檚 confirmation hearing for joint chiefs chairman, Sen. Jack Reed asked him whether top uniformed military leaders should have participated in a controversial Signal chat in which U.S. officials discussed battle plans.
鈥淔rom what I understand of that chat, it was a partisan political chat and so the joint force should not have been represented in there,鈥 Caine said.
Caine declined to comment on whether senior U.S. officials, including the vice president, defense secretary, secretary of state and national security advisor, should have discussed battle plans on an unclassified, commercial application.
鈥淲hat I will say is we should always preserve the element of surprise,鈥 Caine said. He noted that the Senate Armed Services Committee had requested an inquiry into the matter.
Joint chiefs chairman nominee for the first time publicly denies he had ever worn a MAGA hat
President Trump has told a story about retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine saying he wore one of the hats when the two met some years ago.
When asked about the story during the Senate Armed Services hearing on his confirmation, Caine said, 鈥淔or 34 years, I鈥檝e upheld my oath of office and my commitment to my commission. And I have never worn any political merchandise.鈥
He added that he thinks Trump must have been 鈥渢alking about somebody else.鈥
Trump administration sued over decision to rescind billions in health funding
A coalition of state attorneys general sued the administration Tuesday over its decision to initiatives and across the country.
Officials from 23 states filed the suit in federal court in Rhode Island. They include New York Attorney General Letitia James, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as well as attorneys general California, Minnesota, North Carolina, Wisconsin and New York , as well as the District of Columbia.
The lawsuit argues the 鈥渟udden and reckless cuts violate federal law, jeopardize public health, and will have devastating consequences for communities nationwide.鈥
The lawsuit asks the court to immediately stop the Trump administration from rescinding the money, which was allocated by Congress during the pandemic and mostly used for COVID-related efforts such as testing and vaccination. The money also went to .
Federal health officials announced the decision to claw back the money a week ago.
Sen. Cory Booker鈥檚 floor speech stretches into its 15th hour
The New Jersey senator has been speaking through the night to protest President Trump鈥檚 agenda.
Booker鈥檚 speech is now among the longest marathon-speaking performances in Senate history. Only eight others have held the Senate floor for longer.
Booker is visibly exhausted as he continues his speech.
春色直播 Institutes of Health layoffs arrive on the new director鈥檚 first day on the job
The Tuesday layoffs, coming on new director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya鈥檚 first day, are part of a larger effort by the Trump administration and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reduce the size of the Health and Human Services department by about 25%.
At the NIH, the cuts included at least four directors of the NIH鈥檚 27 institutes and centers who were put on administrative leave, and nearly entire communications staffs were terminated, according to an agency senior leader, speaking on condition of anonymity to avoid retribution.
An email viewed by The Associated Press shows some senior-level employees of the Bethesda, Maryland, campus who were placed on leave were offered a possible transfer to the Indian Health Service in locations including Alaska and given until end of Wednesday to respond.
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Trump鈥檚 pick for Joint Chiefs chairman strikes humble, apolitical tone in Senate hearing
President Trump鈥檚 nominee to become the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Air Force told senators Tuesday he understands he鈥檚 an unknown and unconventional nominee 鈥 but the nation is facing unconventional and unprecedented threats, and he鈥檚 ready to serve in its defense.
鈥淚 realize for many Americans I am an unknown leader,鈥 Caine said in his opening remarks. He spoke of serving under presidents of both parties and of his wide span of experience, which also included service in the 春色直播 Guard, the private sector and the CIA.
Advocacy organizations file lawsuit to block Trump executive order to overhaul US elections
The complaint filed Tuesday in federal district court in Washington is the to the order in two days after national Democrats and a pair of nonprofits filed two other lawsuits Monday.
The suit brought by the Brennan Center for Justice, the American Civil Liberties Union and others argues Trump鈥檚 call for a proof-of-citizenship requirement to register to vote violates the U.S. Constitution.
Other legal experts have raised similar concerns, since the Constitution鈥檚 so-called 鈥淓lections Clause鈥 gives states and Congress the power to regulate federal elections.
Republicans have argued a proof-of-citizenship requirement will help secure elections against illegal noncitizen voting, which . The White House didn鈥檛 immediately respond to a request for comment.
US-Canada-Mexico joint World Cup goes from unity to acrimony thanks to tariffs and 鈥51st state鈥 talk
Seven years ago, when a joint bid by the United States, Canada and Mexico was awarded the , rifts created by tariffs 鈥 yes, back then, too! 鈥 and a proposed border wall were glossed over because of the neighbors鈥 longstanding political and economic alliances.
was the overriding theme articulated by Carlos Cordeiro, then-president of the U.S. Soccer Federation. 鈥淎 powerful message,鈥 he called it.
Well, here we are now, with the soccer showcase arriving in North America in about 15 months, and Trump back in office 鈥 inciting trade wars between the neighbors, not to mention across the globe, by levying that come, then go, then return, , including what the Republican calls 鈥 鈥 starting .
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The 鈥榖ig six鈥 GOP leaders from Treasury and Congress to meet on tax cuts
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is expected to meet with congressional Republicans again Tuesday afternoon as they edge closer to agreement on a budget framework for Trump鈥檚 tax breaks.
Senate GOP Leader John Thune is hoping to launch votes on the package this week. But differences remain, particularly over GOP spending cuts.
Wall Street falls early with Trump鈥檚 鈥楲iberation Day鈥 tariffs on trade partners now a day away
Futures for the S&P 500 fell 0.5% before the bell Tuesday morning, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.6%. Nasdaq futures also headed 0.5% lower.
rose to over $3,170.00 per ounce early Tuesday before falling back slightly. Gold is hitting all-time highs as with markets destabilized by Trump鈥檚 tariff threats.
On Wednesday, the United States is set to begin what Trump calls 鈥 鈥 tariffs. Yet little is known about exactly who will be targeted and what the tariff scheme will be.
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Europe says it holds a lot of trade cards on the eve of Trump鈥檚 tariff 鈥楲iberation Day鈥
A top European Union official warned the U.S. on Tuesday that the world鈥檚 biggest trade bloc 鈥渉olds a lot of cards鈥 when it comes to dealing with the Trump administration鈥檚 new tariffs and has a good plan to retaliate if forced to.
Trump has promised to roll out from other countries Wednesday. He says they will free the U.S. from reliance on foreign goods.
He鈥檚 vowed to impose to match the duties that other countries charge on U.S. products, dubbing April 2
鈥淓urope has not started this confrontation. We do not necessarily want to retaliate, but if it is necessary, we have a strong plan to retaliate and we will use it,鈥 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told EU lawmakers.
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Control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court at stake in race that鈥檚 drawn powerful political interests
The race, which will be decided Tuesday, broke records for spending and has become a proxy battle for the nation鈥檚 political fights, pitting a candidate against a Democratic-aligned challenger.
Republicans including Trump and the world鈥檚 wealthiest person, , lined up behind , a former state attorney general. Democrats like former President Barack Obama and billionaire megadonor George Soros backed , a Dane County judge who led legal fights to protect union power and and to oppose voter ID.
The first major election in the country since November is seen as a litmus test of how voters feel about Trump鈥檚 first months back in office and the role played by Musk, whose Department of Government Efficiency has torn through federal agencies and laid off thousands of workers. on Sunday to make a pitch for Schimel and personally hand out $1 million checks to two voters.
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New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker carries an all-night speech to protest Trump鈥檚 agenda
Booker took to the Senate floor Monday evening saying he would remain there as long as he was 鈥減hysically able.鈥 He was still on the floor Tuesday morning more than 12 hours later.
鈥淭hese are not normal times in our nation,鈥 Booker said at the start of his speech. 鈥淎nd they should not be treated as such in the United States Senate. The threats to the American people and American democracy are grave and urgent, and we all must do more to stand against them.鈥
Booker railed against cuts to and spoke to concerns that broader cuts to the social safety net could be coming, though Republican lawmakers say .
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