Trump's tariffs prompt pushback in Congress
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariff plan — which has rattled Wall Street and sparked bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill — is his latest push to act unilaterally on a consequential part of his second term agenda.
Trump declared the impact of foreign trade practices on the U.S. economy a national emergency when he signed his executive order Wednesday authorizing a new wave of tariffs on all imported goods. The declaration came after Trump declared a national emergency on the southern border in January to propel his mass deportation effort, and a national emergency in February surrounding drugs and fentanyl entering the U.S. United States to justify tariffs imposed on Canada and Mexico.
Laura Figueroa Hernandez is the White House correspondent and previously covered New York City politics and government. She joined Newsday in 2012 after covering state and local politics for The Miami Herald.
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