GOP, Trump and Senate
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While Donald Trump held a three-hour cabinet meeting, Sen. Amy Klobuchar came face-to-face with the more than two million people who attend the Minnesota State Fair or as she calls it, “the real cabinet meeting.
Minn., denounces Trump tariffs and the firing of a senior Labor official, saying Trump needs to "get this under control" or Congress will "be a check on him."
Trump declared that the U.S. trade deficit is a national emergency and invoked IEEPA to impose sweeping “reciprocal tariffs.” Initially, that meant a minimum 10% tariff on most imports and much higher tariffs on select countries.
Senate Republicans are on the verge of breaking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s stranglehold over the confirmation process.
Senate Republicans are slamming Democrats for changing their tune on speeding up the confirmation process as the GOP conference forges ahead with a change to the upper chamber’s rules to clear a backlog of President Donald Trump’s nominees.
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz issues plan on AI regulation that could take on states' limits, which a White House official said can be "anti-innovation."
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar said Thursday she is “so tired” of congressional inaction on gun control in the wake of a school shooting in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 17 others injured.