The United States imposed 50% tariffs on about $20 billion in Canadian goods after last-minute talks failed. Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended negotiations and said Canada will respond “dollar for dollar.”
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Trump’s lawyer demanded that the Center for American Progress retract a report finding National Guard deployments did not measurably reduce violent crime. The think tank rejected the threat as baseless and said it would stand by its research.
Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old grandmother from Brooklyn, was found dead in a drainage ditch near Harry Reid International Airport after disappearing during a trip to Las Vegas. Police said surveillance footage showed her falling down an embankment and collapsing in an area not visible from the street.
Trump campaigned with Sen. Darline Graham in Myrtle Beach before Tuesday’s South Carolina Republican runoff, urging supporters to vote as if he were on the ballot. Graham faces Rep. Ralph Norman after falling short of a primary majority and drawing scrutiny for debate remarks on national security.
Vice President JD Vance returned to Middletown, Ohio, to promote manufacturing investment and rally Republicans ahead of the midterms. The trip came as Trump-backed candidates face key runoff tests in South Carolina and Oklahoma.
TikTok and ByteDance will pay $400 million to settle U.S. allegations that the platform violated children’s online privacy laws. The Justice Department said the company has since made changes to strengthen protections for younger users.
President Trump said Ed Martin is leaving the Justice Department to work on legal battles tied to the midterms and the 2028 presidential election. Martin had served as pardon attorney and previously as interim U.S. attorney for Washington, drawing scrutiny over Jan. 6-related decisions and other controversies.
Trump said the U.S. will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef imports over 90 days without higher out-of-quota tariffs. The move is aimed at lowering beef prices but has drawn criticism from some ranching allies.