President Donald Trump attends the Republican Governors Association meeting at the National Building Museum, in Washington, D.C., yesterday.Win McNamee / Getty Images
What’s going on today
- President Donald Trump suffered a legal setback this evening when a judge blocked him from terminating DEI-related grants, arguing the term “equity-related” programs was too vague to be enforced.
- Trump announced today he had dismissed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, from his position amid a wave of other major Pentagon shakeups.
- Trump signed two memoranda this evening. One promises tariffs on any country that imposes any charge “that is discriminatory, disproportionate, or designed to transfer significant funds or intellectual property from American companies to the foreign government,” and another aims to promote foreign investment while protecting America’s national security interests.
- The Senate adopted a $340 billion budget resolution that includes money for Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts, with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., voting with Democrats against the measure. The House plans to take up its buget proposal next week.
