Shortly after President Donald Trump issued Wednesday’s announcement of new tariffs, four Senate Republicans joined Democrats to extend a lopsided bipartisan rebuke to his trade policy. The Senate adopted a resolution by a 51 to 48 vote to block his proposed tariffs on imports from Canada, a longtime US ally. Now, former Vice President Mike Pence is further infuriating Trump supporters by calling out his new tariffs as “a tax.”

Several Senate Republicans have broken from the rest of their conference on a major vote that could limit some of President Donald Trump's authority over trade.

Resolution that would block tariffs passes 51-48 in Senate, in vote that shows Republican unease over president’s plans

Canada and Mexico escaped President Donald Trump’s new round of tariff announcements, a relief for businesses and investors in the two biggest US trading partners.

Without representation, children — some of whom are victims of trafficking — are left to navigate complex immigration courts themselves, advocates say.

Former US Department of Health and Human Services employee Mack Schroeder got his chance to snap at Sen. Jim Banks’ (R-Ind.) support of spending cuts affecting roughly 10,000 full-time federal employees.

Chicago’s revenue exceeded estimates by 7.2% in the first two months of this year thanks to taxes on cloud storage and home sales, collections that will help a city that’s struggling with annual deficits.

State senator and Democratic rising star leaned into Trump-Musk criticisms when launching bid to succeed Gary Peters

If I don’t get a full night’s sleep, I can’t function. I’m a wreck for the next two days. Yet Cory Booker, of New Jersey, stood on the floor of the United States Senate to give a speech that lasted 25 hours. He broke Strom Thurmond’s record, a feat made sweeter by the fact that Thurmond was a Dixiecrat who was trying to stop Black people like Booker from having a say in democracy, much less being a US senator.

The Republican speaker, who has mostly wielded power by relying on the threat of retribution from President Trump, has chosen an institutional fight it’s not clear he can win.

In 2024, Brittany Charlton achieved what she now calls “one of [her] main career aspirations”: the launch of a research center at Harvard University’s medical school focused on LGBTQ health. Opening the LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence had been a goal for Charlton, an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public […]

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde called for an overhaul of how European Union decisions are taken, proposing that majority voting should be embraced to make the bloc more competitive.

On the heels of the news that Tesla CEO Elon Musk's investment of $20 million in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race—including offers of $1 million checks to individual voters—didn't manage to swing the election in the Republican Party's favor, the Trump administration adviser's electric car company learned of more trouble: Tesla's global sales declined by 13% in the first quarter of 2025, dropping to their lowest point in nearly three years.

Commentator and former editor Charlie Sykes offered a warning to Republicans after liberal judicial candidate Susan Crawford handily won a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court seat against Trump-endorsed Brad Schimel. Crawford's victory now gives liberal-leaning justices a 4-3 lead on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Insiders reportedly say Musk will leave when 130-day cap on government service expires but ‘Doge’ team set to continue

Today on TAP: Cory Booker’s marathon speech showed the party that resistance might be good policy and politics.

President Donald Trump’s midnight rant attacking four top Republican Senators appeared to reveal the President’s first big tariff test—on “Liberation Day” Wednesday, the day he is unveiling what is expected to be a highly unpopular global tariffs package—is off course, and may ultimately fail.

Bloomberg’s Craig Trudell explains what’s behind Tesla’s worst sales slump since 2022. He joins Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Technology.”  (Source: Bloomberg)

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Just months ago, a Trump White House advisor suggested that Elon Musk—a special government employee bound by law to step down after a limited tenure—was likely to overstay his term. Now, after a resounding defeat in Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court race, where voters overwhelmingly chose a Democrat—despite Musk injecting millions of dollars, his outsized persona, and million-dollar checks to voters—it seems the Tesla billionaire may have overstayed his welcome.

The disappointing global deliveries of the company's electric car models come as CEO Elon Musk's role as President Trump's cost-cutting czar sparks a backlash among consumers.

As he broke a record set when Thurmond stood against the Civil Rights Act, Booker said, "I'm not here, though, because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because, as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful."

The development of new oil and natural gas resources in the UK isn’t viable due to high taxes, according to Ineos Group.

The law firm’s chairman, Brad Karp, capitulated to the president’s threats. The descendants of the man who wrote its high-minded principles told Mr. Karp that he had betrayed them.

Billionaire Tesla/SpaceX/X.com leader Elon Musk is the richest man in the world and a prominent figure in U.S. politics. President Donald Trump chose Musk to head an advisory group called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is helping the Trump Administration orchestrate mass layoffs of federal government workers.

Democrats seize on result as a referendum on Musk and an emphatic repudiation of Trump’s richest supporter and ally

Newsmax Inc. shares were cut in half on Wednesday after a raucous two-day surge fueled in part by retail traders briefly made it larger than Fox Corp.

Democrats motivated by deep anger from voters who say party isn’t doing enough to coalesce around a strategy

An attempt to get better terms for Finastra Group Holdings Ltd.’s more than $5 billion debt load — made up of one of the largest loans in private credit history — has fallen apart, according to people familiar with the matter.

The justices said the Food and Drug Administration had acted lawfully in rejecting applications from makers of flavored liquids used in e-cigarettes.

Many Democrats, including in Mr. Booker’s home state of New Jersey, reveled in his stamina and moxie as he assailed President Trump in the longest Senate speech on record.

The US Supreme Court largely sided with the Food and Drug Administration in its rejection of applications to sell flavored vaping products, backing actions the agency took during Joe Biden’s presidency amid uncertainty about the approach it will take under Donald Trump.

On Tuesday night, April 1, Republicans suffered a major disappointment when liberal Judge Susan Crawford defeated conservative Judge Brad Schimel by roughly 10 percent in a closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

The order for the funds’ temporary restoration came after nonprofit groups challenged the government’s decision to cut funding for legal services for unaccompanied children arriving in the United States.

A day after Colombia’s president accused the central bank of economic sabotage for its refusal to cut interest rates, bank Governor Leonardo Villar said that dealing with political pressure is “part of the job.”

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans to invest €1 billion ($1.1 billion) this year in Ukraine’s energy sector after facilities were devastated by Russian attacks.

The party’s position remains dire. But a judicial victory in Wisconsin and closer-than-expected losses in Florida suggest a once-demoralized Democratic base is animated again.

We go to Madison, Wisconsin, to speak with The Nation's John Nichols about Tuesday's pivotal state Supreme Court election, in which liberal Judge Susan Crawford convincingly defeated conservative candidate Brad Schimel. Crawford’s election is a major victory for Democrats after billionaire Trump ally Elon Musk poured about $25 million into the Wisconsin race, helping to make it the most expensive judicial election in U.S. history. “This is a huge signal from a battleground state that Americans are genuinely upset, genuinely angry, I think, with Trump and with Musk,” says Nichols. Tuesday also saw a pair of special House elections in Florida where Republicans held both seats, helping to maintain the party’s narrow majority in Congress. While Democrats were unlikely to flip the deep-red districts, Nichols notes “there was a huge shift in both of the Florida districts toward the Democratic candidates.”

The temporary restraining order is another setback in less than a week for Trump’s immigration crackdown

Top cocoa grower Ivory Coast raised the price it pays farmers for their beans amid expectations for a smaller harvest, slightly narrowing the gap to the global market.

A series of elections held Tuesday in Wisconsin and Florida served as a cautionary signal for Republicans and President Donald Trump. Democrats rallied against Trump's plans to reduce the federal government and the influence of tech billionaire Elon Musk – and it seems to have worked.

Susan Crawford defeats Brad Schimel in the most expensive US judicial election ever, a major win for the Democrats. Plus, Israel announces plan to seize ‘large areas’ of Gaza

Elon Musk’s involvement in right-wing politics contributed to fewer deliveries in Norway the first quarter, though other factors also played a role.

Staff at the UK’s Office for National Statistics voted to continue industrial action, a fresh setback for the agency that comes just a day after the government launched an investigation into the quality of its data.

New tests of blood and spinal fluid can identify people experiencing memory loss from Alzheimer's disease.

Liberal judge Susan Crawford wins race for seat on Wisconsin supreme court in litmus test for Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s popularity

A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian.