President Trump’s economy faced a big day Wednesday, with a strong second-quarter GDP report and the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision coming two days before new tariffs take effect. The Fed announced Wednesday afternoon that it would not change interest rates for now.
Trump said Wednesday he was holding firm on his Aug. 1 deadline for his global tariffs to take effect. He railed against the tariffs India is charging the U.S. early Wednesday, and later in the day slapped a 50 percent tariff on Brazil. Many countries still don’t have a trade deal. Here’s which ones.
Texas Republicans are showing their hand as they try to force midcycle redistricting. They unveiled new congressional maps on Wednesday that create five new GOP-friendly districts.
Meanwhile, Senate Democrats are looking to force the administration to release the files of Jeffrey Epstein. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats will make remarks on the matter Wednesday afternoon.
Tensions among Democrats over how to deal with the Trump agenda boiled over on Tuesday, as Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) laid into his colleagues on the Senate floor. “This, to me, is a problem with Democrats in America right now, is we’re willing to be complicit to Donald Trump,” Booker thundered.
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