Sen. Cory Booker holds hourslong overnight speech taking aim at the Trump administration
As morning alarms roused people on the East Coast for their work days, Sen. Cory Booker still hadn’t returned home from the night before. Instead, he was delivering an hourslong overnight speech on the Senate floor, which was ongoing 12 hours later this morning.
Booker showed no signs of slowing down after 7 a.m., speaking with animated gestures as he slammed the Trump administration.
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Europe has ‘strong plan’ to hit back against U.S. tariffs, E.U. chief warns
Reporting from Mainz, Germany
The European Union has a “strong plan” to retaliate against U.S. tariffs if necess, the E.U. chief warned, as Trump is poised to impose a 25% auto tariff in addition to reciprocal tariffs on countries around the world.
The 27-member bloc is willing to negotiate but is also prepared to protect its interests, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today in a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
“We do not necessarily want to retaliate, but we have a strong plan to retaliate if necess,” she said.
Von der Leyen said she understood American complaints that “others have taken advantage of the rules.”
“I agree. We also suffer from it. So let us work on it,” she said. “But tariffs across the board make things worse, not better.”
Steve Kornacki: Two very different parts of Wisconsin that will tell the story of the state Supreme Court election
While Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race is officially nonpartisan, Democrats and Republicans have both picked sides and are pouring fortunes into their efforts. As the votes are tallied tonight, the ability to claim political momentum amid the upheaval of President Donald Trump’s second term will be on the line.
What is being tested, though, is not so much whether large numbers of voters have changed their minds in the five months since the presidential election. When it comes to Trump himself, Wisconsin is an especially polarized state, with three straight presidential elections decided by less than 1 point. More likely, the outcome hinges on whether the pro-Trump side has become more engaged in an election like this than it has been up to this point.
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What to watch as Wisconsin and Florida host the first major elections of Trump’s second term
The first major elections of President Donald Trump’s second term will take place today as voters head to the polls in Wisconsin, a perennial battleground, and in Trump-friendly territory in Florida.
Tens of millions of dollars have poured into Wisconsin ahead of today’s state Supreme Court race in a contest that could have huge national implications. It’s the first major statewide contest in a battleground since the 2024 election — and it’s happening in the state where Trump had his narrowest margin of victory in November.
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