Trump news at a glance: Senators pass measure that would eliminate tariffs on Brazil in rare pushback against trade war | Trump administration
The Republican-led US Senate has passed a measure that would end Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Brazilian imports, including coffee, beef and other products, in a rare bipartisan show of opposition to the president’s trade war.
The vote was taken by 52 votes to 48. The resolution was led by Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, and seeks to overturn the national emergency that Trump declared to justify the tariffs.
“Tariffs are a tax on American consumers,” Kaine said in a speech. “Tariffs are a tax on American companies. And they are a tax imposed by one person: Donald Trump.”
Senators vote to block Brazilian tariffs
The US Senate has approved a bipartisan effort to stop Donald Trump’s tariffs on imports from Brazil. In a rare show of working together, senators passed the measure Tuesday night. But it is certain to stall in the US House of Representatives — and if the measure reaches the president’s desk, it will likely face a veto by Trump.
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The Border Patrol commander was required to go to court every day of the week to report to law enforcement in Chicago
A federal judge has ordered Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official leading the Trump administration’s anti-immigration push in Chicago, to appear in federal court every weekday to report on the day’s events in an extraordinary attempt to censor the government’s military raids in the city.
The order came after a brief hearing on Tuesday morning.
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ICE leadership will be revamped to ramp up deportations
The Trump administration plans to revamp the leadership of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to reports, as the government seeks to ramp up mass deportation efforts.
Multiple media outlets have reported that the government intends to reassign several ICE field office directors in the coming days, potentially replacing them with Border Patrol officials.
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He sued the White House over the suspension of food stamps
A coalition of more than two dozen states on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its decision to suspend food stamps during the government shutdown.
The lawsuit, co-led by New York, California and Massachusetts, asks a federal judge to force the USDA to tap emergency reserve funds to distribute food assistance to nearly 42 million families and children who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap). The USDA said no benefits will be issued on November 1.
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Biden’s ‘auto-unlock’ claims revived in new report
House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled their long-promised report on Joe Biden’s use of a typewriter during his presidency, largely rehashing public information while criticizing his time in office and making sweeping accusations about the workings of the White House.
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