Two of President Donald Trump's most controversial Cabinet-level nominees advanced to the full Senate on party-line votes, with Republican skeptics setting aside their concerns to give their stamp of approval to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for health and human services secretary and Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence.
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, Sahil Kapur reports from Capitol Hill on how Republicans are largely putting their concerns to the side when it comes to President Donald Trump ’s nominees.
China retaliated immediately overnight as Trump’s 10% tariff on all Chinese goods went into effect, announcing a series of measures including its own levies of 10% to 15% on some U.S. products. And as Matt Dixon writes, political uncertainty remains even after Trump struck temporary tariff deals with Canada and Mexico.Two groups of FBI agents filed lawsuits against the Justice Department alleging “retribution” over their work on Jan. 6 cases.
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