Donald Trump reaches his 100th day in office. Canadian voters opt to keep Prime Minister Mark Carney in power. And four people were killed when a vehicle crashed through an Illinois school program site.
Here’s what to know today.
How Trump has tried to remake America in his first 100 days
President Donald Trump is set to travel to Macomb County, Michigan, today to mark his 100th day in office. The county, made up of a cluster of Detroit suburbs, was the heart of the white, working-class “Reagan Democrat” contingent in 1980 and 1984, and Trump won it in each of his three elections.
But unlike Reagan (or really, any of his predecessors), Trump will celebrate 100 days by pointing to various moves that culminate into a breathtaking effort to remake the relationship between the government and the citizenry of the United States.
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In the past few months, Trump has deployed novel interpretations of the powers of the presidency to:
Slash the federal workforce.
Withhold funds for foreign and domestic aid.
Stem the flow of illegal immigration through the southern border.
Boost cryptocurrency.
Strangle trade.
Punish independent institutions — including universities, law firms and media outlets — for failing to to support his views.
Outlaw diversity initiatives within the federal government and entities it supports.
Past presidents, from Abraham Lincoln to Franklin Roosevelt, have tested the constitutional limits of their office in the name of protecting the nation from both foreign and domestic enemies and from the perils of financial ruin. However, as senior national political reporter Jonathan Allen points out, none have tried to exercise so much power, across such a broad range of issues and with such disregard for Congress and the courts, as Trump has in a time of relative peace and economic stability.
White House officials say Trump has delivered on two signature campaign promises: securing the border and curbing inflation. But in moving so quickly to carry out his ambitions, Trump has been forced to admit some mistakes.
More coverage of Trump’s first 100 days:
- Trump has so far signed just five bills into law, fewer than any president in the first 100 days of an administration since at least Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1950s. Meanwhile, he’s reinterpreting existing laws to advance his goals and taking a big bet on his GOP allies.
- Trump said he would end the war in Ukraine in his first 24 hours in office. Now, the president claims the promise was made in “jest” as he struggles to resolve a complicated geopolitical crisis.
More politics news:
- Top Republicans are considering rolling back a key part of the Affordable Care Act in a massive bill for Trump’s agenda.
- Chris Krebs, the former cybersecurity leader who was targeted by Trump, made his first public comments since the DOJ took action against him. He’s outraged.
- A mayoral race in Pittsburgh is a test for what’s next for Democratic leadership in big cities and how the party combats Trump in the next three years.
- The Supreme Court will hear arguments today about whether a lawsuit arising from a “wrong house” FBI raid can move forward.
Canadian voters opt to keep Prime Minister Mark Carney in power
Canadian voters backed Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. projects, in a national election strongly influenced by President Donald Trump. As of last night, it was too early to know whether the Liberal Party would win enough seats to form a majority government, but it projected another term for the party.
The results are a turnaround from a few months ago, when Liberals looked set to be ousted by the Conservatives amid frustration with soaring inflation, rising immigration and then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approach to Trump. But the tides turned when Trump imposed tariffs and promoted a plan that Canada should become the 51st U.S. state.
Attorneys dispute Trump officials’ claims about deported mothers
The Trump administration is defending the deportations of mothers to Honduras who were accompanied by their U.S.-born children in recent days, while attorneys for the mothers and children are pushing back against officials’ claims that the families chose for the children to leave the country.
In one case, attorneys said a mother was allowed less than two minutes on the phone with her husband to figure out what would become of her 2-year-old son. In another case, a mother wasn’t allowed to speak with attorneys or family members before she was deported with her 4-year-old son, who was left without access to his cancer medicines, and his 7-year-old sister.
Trump administration border “czar” Tom Homan said the three children were placed on deportation flights at their mothers’ request. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the children weren’t deported and that they could come back if there’s someone in the U.S. who “wants to assume them.” Meanwhile, Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the agency is “confident in our process and procedures.”
But attorneys have provided details they said show that the mothers and their families had little to no chance to make arrangements for their children. They allege the date for an immigration check-in was moved up and that ICE agents mischaracterized the mothers’ wishes for their children.
More immigration news:
- An exclusive look at the El Salvador prison where Kilmar Abrego Garcia was last known to be held reveals a sharp contrast to the supermax mega-prison to which he was first deported. Human rights advocates said Abrego Garcia’s transfer to a low-security prison is concerning.
Four killed when vehicle crashed into Illinois school program site
Police in Chatham, Illinois, are mourning a “terrible tragedy” after a vehicle struck a school camp program site, killing four people. Three of the four victims were outside the building and one was inside, state police said. They ranged in age from 4 to 18. Several other people were injured.
A vehicle drove into a building used by the YNOT After School Camp at about 3:20 p.m. Monday, state police said, striking several people inside before exiting through the building’s west wall. The driver, who was the only person in the vehicle, has been hospitalized. Authorities have not said whether they think the crash was intentional. Here’s what else we know.
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- The FDA said it is requiring drugmaker Novavax to run another clinical trial as part of the approval process for its Covid vaccine, a move has some former government health officials fearing the Trump administration is moving to slow-walk vaccine approvals.
- As Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour kicks off, some fans are resentful that ticket prices in several markets are going down, down, down, down.
- Power was almost entirely restored across the Iberian Peninsula early Tuesday, after a massive outage hit tens of millions people across Spain, Portugal and parts of France.
- It’s a matter of when, not if, an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault in the Pacific Northwest — and new research predicts catastrophic effects, like tsunami waves up to 100 feet and a 6.5-foot elevation drop along the coastline.
- Jury selection in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial is set to begin next week. Here’s how the group of 12 jurors and six alternates will be chosen.
Staff Pick : Explaining the Shedeur Sanders slide
Former Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders was the biggest name headed into the NFL Draft. As the son of one of the most electric pro football hall of famers and a bright personality in his own right, Sanders commanded much of the spotlight in the weeks leading up to the event. But predictions of Sanders being selected in the first round turned out to be wishful thinking. Instead, the Cleveland Browns selected Sanders with the 144th pick in the fifth round of the draft.
How did such a hyped prospect slide to the bottom half of the draft? I looked at the factors that contributed to his fate: who Sanders really is as a player, how he presented himself to teams and the potential risks of bringing an athlete like him into the locker room. — Rohan Nadkarni, sports reporter
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