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Trump hits Brazil with 50% tariff, in part due to trial of ally Jair Bolsonaro
Steve Kopack and Alana Satlin
Trump announced yesterday that he planned to hit Brazil with a 50% tariff, in part because of the treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, his political ally.
In a letter on his Truth Social social media network, Trump told current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — known as Lula — that “the way Brazil has treated former President Bolsonaro … is an international disgrace.”
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Cory Booker posts record fundraising haul after marathon speech
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., raked in millions of dollars in campaign funds during the second fundraising quarter, his biggest haul ever, after his marathon speech on the Senate floor.
Booker’s Senate campaign and an affiliated joint fundraising committee raised $10 million from April through June, according to fundraising figures shared first with NBC News. It’s the most money Booker has ever raised in a single quarter, including when he was running for president in 2019.
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Marco Rubio to meet with Russian foreign minister
Monica Alba and Zoë Richards
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, a senior State Department official confirmed to NBC News.
It will be their first meeting since February in Saudi Arabia as the Trump administration continued its push for direct talks for a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine.
Trump has been more critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin amid unsuccessful attempts at a deal, saying this week that he was “not happy” with Putin.
During a Cabinet meeting earlier this week, Trump also said of Putin, “He’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.”
Trump also said he had approved sending U.S. defensive weapons to Ukraine, saying Putin was “killing too many people,” after the Pentagon said it would pause some shipments.
The post Marco Rubio and Russian foreign minister meet as tensions rise over Ukraine appeared first on NBC News.
