Trump threatens China, Mexico and Canada with tariffs over opioids and immigration – live

Here are the key developments from the last few hours:

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  The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election has dismissed the case, hours after special counsel Jack Smith asked to end the case. Smith is planning to release a final report into his investigations into Trump’s classified documents and election interference cases, CNN reports. Prosecutors say they will continue to pursue the case against two of Trump’s employees. JD Vance responded to the news by tweeting: “If Donald J. Trump had lost an election, he may very well have spent the rest of his life in prison.” On Truth Social, Donald Trump himself wrote that the cases were “a political hijacking, and a low point in the History of our Country”.

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  Donald Trump said on Monday he would sign an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all products coming in to the United States from Mexico and Canada and additional tariffs on China. “On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. Trump said the tariffs would remain in place until the two countries clamp down on drugs, particularly fentanyl, and migrants crossing the border illegally. In a follow-up post, Trump announced that the US “will be charging China an additional 10% Tariff, above any additional Tariffs, on all of their many products coming into the United States of America”.

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  In a statement, Liu Pengyu, a Chinese embassy spokesperson, said China had taken steps to combat drug trafficking after an agreement was reached last year between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. “The Chinese side has notified the US side of the progress made in US-related law enforcement operations against narcotics,” Liu said. “All these prove that the idea of China knowingly allowing fentanyl precursors to flow into the United States runs completely counter to facts and reality,” Liu said.

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  Neither the US nor China would win a trade war, the Chinese embassy in Washington added. “About the issue of US tariffs on China, China believes that China-US economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial in nature,” Liu said in a statement. “No one will win a trade war or a tariff war,” Liu said.

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  Canada’s deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, released a statement saying country places the highest priority on border security and the integrity of its shared border with the US. The statement did not mention the tariffs directly. It also said that the Canada Border Services Agency, the US Drug Enforcement Administration and US Customs and Border protection “work together every single day to to disrupt the scourge of fentanyl coming from China and other countries.”

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  Trump and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau spoke on Monday night about trade and border security, Reuters reported, citing a Canadian source directly familiar with situation.

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  Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, a White House spokesperson told Reuters. “The president promised that he would attend the inauguration of whomever won the election,” said Andrew Bates, senior deputy press secretary at the White House. “He and the First Lady are going to honor that promise and attend the inauguration.”

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  Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner has dropped his office’s lawsuit against Elon Musk and his America Pac. Krasner had sued Musk over his super Pac’s $1m-a-day lottery, where swing state voters were entered into a drawing every day before the presidential election in exchange for signing a petition.

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  Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has said that leaders of so-called “sanctuary cities” should have to explain why they deserve federal funding and warned that they could lose their funding. Greene, who has been tapped to lead a subcommittee called the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) under Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, told Fox News she wants to question officials on whether they’re using federal funds to “harbor illegal criminal aliens”.

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  Trump’s pick for the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, faces renewed scrutiny over sexual assault allegations as Republican lawmakers are reportedly uncomfortable after a number of claims have surfaced. The concerns come as Hegseth was also revealed to have criticized several key US alliances, including Nato, as well as allied countries such as Turkey and international institutions such as the UN, and has said that US troops should not be bound by the Geneva conventions.

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  The identities of private donors funding Donald Trump’s presidential transition are being kept secret, in a break with precedent, that is obscuring which groups, businesses or wealthy individuals are supporting his second presidential launch.

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  Rand Paul, a Republican senator of Kentucky, has criticized Donald Trump’s proposed use of the US military to conduct mass deportations of immigrants when he returns to the White House. While Paul still supports Trump’s plans to expel millions of immigrants from the US, the lawmaker has opposed using the US military to do so, arguing that law enforcement would be better suited.

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  Gavin Newsom, California governor, has announced that the state may offer state tax rebates for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump administration cuts the federal tax credit for electric vehicles. In a statement on Monday, Newsom said that if the Trump administration eliminates the federal tax credit for electric vehicles he would propose creating a new version of the state’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program, phased out in 2023, which funded 594,000 cars and saved more than 456m gallons of fuel.

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  Internal rivalries spilled into public view on Monday as Boris Epshteyn, a top adviser to Donald Trump, found himself at the center of an ouster effort over accusations he asked potential administration nominees to pay monthly consulting fees in exchange for lobbying for them to the president-elect.

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While migrant arrests reached a record during President Joe Biden’s presidency, straining US border enforcement, illegal crossings fell dramatically this year as Biden instituted new border restrictions and Mexico stepped up enforcement, Reuters reports.

n More than 83% of exports from Mexico went to the US in 2023 and 75% of Canadian exports go to the country.

n Trump’s threatened new tariff would appear to violate the terms of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade. The deal which Trump signed into law took effect in 2020, and continued the largely duty-free trade between the three countries.

n Canada and the United States at one point imposed sanctions on each others’ products during the rancorous talks that eventually led to USMCA. Trump will have the opportunity to renegotiate the agreement in 2026, when a “sunset” provision will force either a withdrawal or talks on changes to the pact.

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More now from the statement from Canada’s deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, released on Monday evening, which says that the country places the highest priority on border security and the integrity of its shared border with the US.

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The statement did not mention the tariffs directly. It also said that the Canada Border Services Agency, the US Drug Enforcement Administration and US Customs and Border protection “work together every single day to to disrupt the scourge of fentanyl coming from China and other countries.”

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Trump and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau spoke on Monday night about trade and border security, Reuters reported, citing a Canadian source directly familiar with situation.

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More now on the statement from China.

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In a statement, Liu Pengyu, a Chinese embassy spokesperson, said China had taken steps to combat drug trafficking after an agreement was reached last year between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping.

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“The Chinese side has notified the US side of the progress made in US-related law enforcement operations against narcotics,” Liu said.

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“All these prove that the idea of China knowingly allowing fentanyl precursors to flow into the United States runs completely counter to facts and reality,” Liu said.

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Neither the US nor China would win a trade war, the Chinese embassy in Washington said on Monday.

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“About the issue of US tariffs on China, China believes that China-US economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial in nature,” Liu said in a statement.

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“No one will win a trade war or a tariff war,” Liu said.

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Trump and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau spoke on Monday night about trade and border security, Reuters reports, citing a Canadian source directly familiar with situation.

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Canada’s deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, has released a statement saying that the country places the highest priority on border security and the integrity of its shared border with the US, Reuters reports. The statement does not mention the tariffs directly.

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China’s embassy in Washington has responded to Trump’s announcement, saying that “no one will win a trade war or tariff war,” Reuters reports. More shortly.

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A Missouri court on Monday upheld a new state law that bans some gender-affirming health care for minors, the Associated Press reports, a victory for supporters of the ban as a multitude of lawsuits against similar bans in other states continue to play out.

n Republican attorney general Andrew Bailey said in a statement that Missouri is the “first state in the nation to successfully defend such a law at the trial court level.” Bailey, who tried to ban minors’ access to gender-affirming health care through rule change but dropped the effort when the law passed, is responsible for defending the legislation in court.

n “I’m extremely proud of the thousands of hours my office put in to shine a light on the lack of evidence supporting these irreversible procedures,” Bailey said. “We will never stop fighting to ensure Missouri is the safest state in the nation for children.”

n Every major medical organization, including the American Medical Association, has opposed the bans on gender-affirming care for minors and supported the medical care for youth when administered appropriately.

n Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Missouri, which are representing the plaintiffs who sued to overturn the law, on Monday said they will appeal against the ruling.

n Missouri is among at least 26 states that have adopted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.

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On Truth Social, Trump has also announced that the US “will be charging China an additional 10% Tariff, above any additional Tariffs, on all of their many products coming into the United States of America”.

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He said that the reason for the additional tariff was Chinas failure to curb the number of drugs entering the US. His post on Truth Social says,

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I have had many talks with China about the massive amounts of drugs, in particular Fentanyl, being sent into the United States – But to no avail. Representatives of China told me that they would institute their maximum penalty, that of death, for any drug dealers caught doing this but, unfortunately, they never followed through, and drugs are pouring into our Country, mostly through Mexico, at levels never seen before. Until such time as they stop, we will be charging China an additional 10% Tariff, above any additional Tariffs, on all of their many products coming into the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Trump has announced on Truth Social that he will sign an executive order charging Mexico and Canada a 25% tariff “on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders”.

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He writes:

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On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders. This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!

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A Texas woman has died after receiving inadequate medical treatment for a miscarriage, according to a new report from ProPublica – the fifth pregnant woman the publication has found to have died since the fall of Roe v Wade after receiving inadequate care or being denied a legal abortion.

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Porsha Ngumezi, a 35-year-old mother of two, died in June 2023 after experiencing a miscarriage in Texas, where nearly all abortions are banned, ProPublica reported on Monday. Ten weeks into her pregnancy, Ngumezi started to bleed and went to Houston Methodist Sugar Land, which is part of the Houston Methodist hospital chain and located in the Houston metropolitan area. While at the hospital, Ngumezi continued to bleed for several hours. She underwent multiple blood transfusions.

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Doctors who reviewed Ngumezi’s case told ProPublica that she should have been offered a dilation and curettage, or D&C, a common procedure that can be used for miscarriages and abortions to clear tissue from the uterus. However, some doctors in states with abortion bans have become hesitant to offer D&Cs, doctors said, because they are afraid of being punished for violating abortion bans – even in situations where women’s pregnancies have ended, as in Ngumezi’s case.

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Rather than being offered a D&C, a doctor gave Ngumezi misoprostol, ProPublica reported. Although misoprostol is frequently used in miscarriages and abortions, it can be dangerous to give to women who are – like Ngumezi – bleeding heavily.

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Trump has announced three choices for directors of White House offices.

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The first is James Braid, who was JD Vance’s lead political staffer in the Senate, as deputy assistant to the president and director of the Office of Legislative Affairs.

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The second is Matt Brasseaux, who was deputy political director of the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, as deputy assistant to the president and director of the Office of Political Affairs.

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The third is Alex Latcham, also as deputy assistant to the president and director of the Office of Public Liaison. Latcham was also a senior political director on the Trump campaign.

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More soon.

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The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election has dismissed the case, hours after special counsel Jack Smith asked to end the case. In an opinion dismissing the case, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote that the charges could be brought again after Trump’s presidency.

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“Dismissal without prejudice is also consistent with the Government’s understanding that the immunity afforded to a sitting President is temporary, expiring when they leave office.”

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Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, a White House spokesperson told Reuters.

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“The president promised that he would attend the inauguration of whomever won the election,” said Andrew Bates, senior deputy press secretary at the White House. “He and the First Lady are going to honor that promise and attend the inauguration.”

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Trump has broken his silence on the decisions by prosecutors to drop the election interference charges and the classified documents case against him.

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In a post on Truth Social, the president-elect said: “These cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought.”

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He continued:

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Over $100m Dollars of taxpayer Dollars has been wasted in the Democrat Party’s fight against their Political Opponent, ME. Nothing like this has ever happened in our Country before. They have also used State Prosecutors and

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District Attorneys, such as Fani Willis and her lover, Nathan Wade (who had absolutely zero experience in cases such as this, but was paid MILLIONS, enough for them to take numerous trips and cruises around the globe!), Letitia James, who inappropriately, unethically, and probably illegally, campaigned on “GETTING TRUMP” in order to win Political Office, and Alvin Bragg, who himself never wanted to bring this case against me, but was forced to do so by the Justice Department and the Democrat Party.

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It was a political hijacking, and a low point in the History of our Country that such a thing could have happened, and yet, I persevered, against all odds, and WON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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In statement, Steven Cheung, the communications director for the president-elect, said: “Today’s decision by the DOJ ends the unconstitutional federal cases against President Trump, and is a major victory for the rule of law.

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“The American People and President Trump want an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and we look forward to uniting our country,” he added.

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Federal prosecutors have also moved today to abandon the classified documents case against Donald Trump, similarly to the election interference case, in light of longstanding justice department policy that says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution – even though Trump has not yet been inaugurated.

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The move amounts to a predictable but nonetheless stunning conclusion to a criminal case that just one year ago had been seen as the most perilous legal threat that he faced. It reflects the practical consequences of Trump’s electoral victory, ensuring he enters office free from scrutiny over his hoarding of top secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after leaving office in January 2021 – conduct that prosecutors said had jeopardized national scrutiny.

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The dismissal had been foreshadowed in recent weeks by the revelation that special counsel Jack Smith was evaluating how to wind down both that case and a separate pending prosecution he brought charging Trump with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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Justice department legal opinions dating back decades say sitting presidents cannot be indicted or prosecuted while in office and the government’s filings today indicate that, although unprecedented, they have decided this also applies to a president-elect who was charged while still a private citizen.

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The government’s motion to dismiss the election interference case against Donald Trump also says that the prohibition on cases going forward against the president-elect “is categorical” but notes that it “does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the government’s proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the government stands fully behind”.

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It adds, “based on the department’s interpretation of the Constitution, the Government moves for dismissal without prejudice”, and says that the government has conferred with Trump’s defense lawyers and they do “not object to this motion”.

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A grand jury in Washington DC decided in August 2023 that there was cause to indict Trump, “charging the defendant with four felony offenses in connection with his efforts to interfere with Congress’s certification of the 2020 presidential election and the lawful transfer of presidential power”.

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From the moment Joe Biden’s victory was declared in November 2020, Trump made both legal and vocal challenges to the result and declared it fraudulent. Then, on January 6, 2021, the day that both houses of Congress were due to meet to certify the results, Trump held a rally urging supporters to “fight” against the result, after which thousands from the crowd went from the White House to the US Capitol and some fought with police and broke in, in a violent assault.

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Lawmakers were evacuated as the mob took over the halls, offices and House chamber, but many hours later a shaken congress convened in the early hours of January 7 and belatedly certified Biden’s victory. Trump was impeached for inciting insurrection but cleared by the Senate.

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Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a motion to drop all charges against Donald Trump in the federal election interference case against the president-elect.

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If you’re just joining us now, here is a recap of what has happened today so far:

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  Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has said that leaders of so-called “sanctuary cities” should have to explain why they deserve federal funding and warned that they could lose their funding. Greene, who has been tapped to lead a subcommittee called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, told Fox News she wants to question officials on whether they’re using federal funds to “harbor illegal criminal aliens”. When asked whether such cities and states would lose federal funding, Greene said: “If they use their police officers and resources to harbor and protect illegal criminal aliens, then absolutely.” So-called “sanctuary” cities are places around the country that don’t cooperate with the federal government on enforcing harsh immigration policies.

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  Trump’s pick for the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, faces renewed scrutiny over sexual assault allegations as Republican lawmakers are reportedly uncomfortable after a number of claims have surfaced.

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  The concerns come as Hegseth was also revealed to have criticized several key US alliances, including Nato, as well as allied countries such as Turkey and international institutions such as the UN, and has said that US troops should not be bound by the Geneva conventions.

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  Corey Lewandowski, an adviser to Donald Trump, said that he and the president-elect have “no concerns at all” regarding Pete Hegseth’s confirmation by the Senate as the next US secretary of defense. During an appearance on NewsMax, Lewandowski was asked if Trump had any concerns about Hegseth and his nomination, to which Lewandowski responded: “We have no concerns at all.”

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  The identities of private donors funding Donald Trump’s presidential transition are being kept secret, in a break with precedent, that is obscuring which groups, businesses or wealthy individuals are supporting his second presidential launch.

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  Rand Paul, a Republican senator of Kentucky, has criticized Donald Trump’s proposed use of the US military to conduct mass deportations of immigrants when he returns to the White House. While Paul still supports Trump’s plans to expel millions of immigrants from the US, the lawmaker has opposed using the US military to do so, arguing that law enforcement would be better suited.

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  Gavin Newsom, California governor, has announced that the state may offer state tax rebates for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump administration cuts the federal tax credit for electric vehicles. In a statement on Monday, Newsom said that if the Trump administration eliminates the federal tax credit for electric vehicles he would propose creating a new version of the state’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program, phased out in 2023, which funded 594,000 cars and saved over 456m gallons of fuel.

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  Joe Biden has pardoned his final White House turkeys. The president pardoned two turkeys from Minnesota, Peach and Blossom, named after the Delaware state flower, the Peach blossom, which symbolizes resilience, Biden said. After pardoning the turkeys, Biden said: “It’s my last time to speak here as your president during the season and give thanks and gratitude, so let me say to you, it’s been the honor of my life, I’m forever grateful.”

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  In a post on Truth Social, Trump endorsed Jimmy Patronis for Florida’s first congressional district, which was previously held by former representative Matt Gaetz. Gaetz said he wouldn’t take his seat after being nominated as attorney general – later pulling out of the process amid concerns over sexual misconduct claims.

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In a post on Truth Social, the president-elect endorsed Jimmy Patronis for Florida’s tfirst congressional district, which was previously held by former representative Matt Gaetz.

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Trump wrote:

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Jimmy Patronis, Chief Financial Officer for the Great State of Florida, has done a tremendous job as CFO, where he also serves as the State’s Fire Marshall, and as an important member of the Florida Cabinet. I hear that Jimmy is now considering launching a Campaign for Congress in Florida’s 1st Congressional District!”

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A fourth generation Floridian from the beautiful Panhandle, and owner of an iconic seafood restaurant, Jimmy has been a wonderful friend to me, and to MAGA. As your next Congressman, Jimmy would work tirelessly alongside of me to Grow our Economy, Secure our Border, Stop Migrant Crime, Strengthen our Incredible Military/Vets, Restore American Energy DOMINANCE, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment.

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Should he decide to enter this Race, Jimmy Patronis has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JIMMY, RUN!

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Corey Lewandowski, an adviser to Donald Trump, has said that he and the president-elect have “no concerns at all” regarding Pete Hegseth’s confirmation by the Senate as the next US secretary of defense.

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During an appearance on NewsMax, Lewandowski was asked if Trump had any concerns about Hegseth and his nomination, to which Lewandowski responded: “We have no concerns at all.”

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“Pete is eminently qualified to be the secretary of defense, the issue is that he’s outside of the box thinking, he’s not the traditional military industrial complex choice,” he added.

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Later in the interview, Lewandowski said that with “53 Republican US senators, we’re going to get all of our nominees through”.

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This comes as Hegseth, a 44-year-old former Fox News host and army veteran, is facing scrutiny over allegations of sexual assault and has come under fire for his extreme positions and past remarks.

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Joe Biden participates in his final White House turkey pardon.

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This morning, the president pardoned two turkeys from Minnesota, Peach and Blossom, named after the Delaware state flower, the Peach blossom, which symbolizes resilience, Biden said.

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After pardoning the turkeys, Biden said: “This event marks the official start of the holiday season here in Washington.”

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He continued: “It’s also my last time to speak here as your president during the season and give thanks and gratitude, so let me say to you, it’s been the honor of my life, I’m forever grateful.”

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The tradition of the turkey pardon dates to 1947 when the National Turkey Federation, which represents turkey farmers and producers, first presented a national Thanksgiving turkey to President Harry Truman.

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Here are some photos from the event:

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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has said that leaders of so-called “sanctuary cities” should have to explain why they deserve federal funding and warned that they could lose their funding.

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Greene, who has been tapped to lead a subcommittee called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, told Fox News that she would “like to talk to the governors of sanctuary states and the mayors of sanctuary cities and have them come before our committee and explain why they deserve federal dollars if they’re going to harbor illegal criminal aliens in their states and their cities”.

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When asked whether such cities and states would lose federal funding, Greene said: “If they use their police officers and resources to harbor and protect illegal criminal aliens, then absolutely.”

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So-called “sanctuary” cities are places around the country that don’t cooperate with the federal government on enforcing harsh immigration policies.

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The interviewer also asked Greene where she sees as the “most government waste” to which she responded: “It’s all over, every single government department, program, grant programs, contracts, it is everywhere.”

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She said she would do a “deep dive” into all government departments and programs.

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In the last three days Donald Trump finished up making his major cabinet announcements.

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If you missed them, here is a quick roundup.

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  Trump chose Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, to be agriculture secretary.

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  Trump named Scott Bessent, a longtime hedge-fund investor who taught at Yale University for several years, to serve as treasury secretary.

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  Trump picked Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Vought was OMB chief during Trump’s previous term in office and has been deeply involved in Project 2025 in recent years.

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  Trump announced Sebastian Gorka, a former Breitbart writer and longtime rightwing Maga supporter, as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counter-terrorism in his second administration.

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  Trump named Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Oregon representative, as his nominee for labor secretary. Chavez-DeRemer recently lost her re-election bid for the House of Representatives.

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  Dr Janette Nesheiwat, a double board-certified medical doctor, a regular Fox News contributor, is Trump’s pick for surgeon general.

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  Alex Wong, a former state department official will serve as deputy national security adviser.

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  Trump also said he would nominate the Johns Hopkins surgeon and writer Marty Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration.

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  Trump announced Scott Turner as his pick to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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  Trump announced Dave Weldon, a former representative and a medical doctor, as his choice for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog.

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This morning, we start with news that president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, has previously criticized several key US alliances, including Nato, as well as allied countries such as Turkey and international institutions such as the UN, and has said that US troops should not be bound by the Geneva conventions.

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This comes as Hegseth is also facing scrutiny over allegations of sexual assault and misconduct from 2017. Police did not press charges at the time, and Hegseth has maintained that the encounter was consensual and has denied any wrongdoing.

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Last week, the police report detailing the allegations and incident was made public, and since then, concerns around Hegseth’s path to confirmation have grown, with some Republican lawmakers reportedly uncomfortable with the series of sexual misconduct allegations against Hegseth and Trump’s other cabinet picks.

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As Hegseth faces a potentially challenging Senate confirmation process next year, concerns continue to arise regarding his qualifications for the position, as well as about his controversial views and past statements.

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In other news:

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  The prominent Republican US senator, James Lankford of Oklahoma said on Sunday that Congress would not give blanket approval to Trump’s controversial cabinet picks.

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  Public health experts are concerned that if confirmed, Trump’s selection for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr could jeopardize access to pharmaceutical drugs in favor of more experimental treatments.

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• The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election has dismissed the case, hours after special counsel Jack Smith asked to end the case. Smith is planning to release a final report into his investigations into Trump’s classified documents and election interference cases, CNN reports. Prosecutors say they will continue to pursue the case against two of Trump’s employees. JD Vance responded to the news by tweeting: “If Donald J. Trump had lost an election, he may very well have spent the rest of his life in prison.” On Truth Social, Donald Trump himself wrote that the cases were “a political hijacking, and a low point in the History of our Country”.

• Donald Trump said on Monday he would sign an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all products coming in to the United States from Mexico and Canada and additional tariffs on China. “On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. Trump said the tariffs would remain in place until the two countries clamp down on drugs, particularly fentanyl, and migrants crossing the border illegally. In a follow-up post, Trump announced that the US “will be charging China an additional 10% Tariff, above any additional Tariffs, on all of their many products coming into the United States of America”.

• In a statement, Liu Pengyu, a Chinese embassy spokesperson, said China had taken steps to combat drug trafficking after an agreement was reached last year between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. “The Chinese side has notified the US side of the progress made in US-related law enforcement operations against narcotics,” Liu said. “All these prove that the idea of China knowingly allowing fentanyl precursors to flow into the United States runs completely counter to facts and reality,” Liu said.

• Neither the US nor China would win a trade war, the Chinese embassy in Washington added. “About the issue of US tariffs on China, China believes that China-US economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial in nature,” Liu said in a statement. “No one will win a trade war or a tariff war,” Liu said.

• Canada’s deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, released a statement saying country places the highest priority on border security and the integrity of its shared border with the US. The statement did not mention the tariffs directly. It also said that the Canada Border Services Agency, the US Drug Enforcement Administration and US Customs and Border protection “work together every single day to to disrupt the scourge of fentanyl coming from China and other countries.”

• Trump and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau spoke on Monday night about trade and border security, Reuters reported, citing a Canadian source directly familiar with situation.

• Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, a White House spokesperson told Reuters. “The president promised that he would attend the inauguration of whomever won the election,” said Andrew Bates, senior deputy press secretary at the White House. “He and the First Lady are going to honor that promise and attend the inauguration.”

• Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner has dropped his office’s lawsuit against Elon Musk and his America Pac. Krasner had sued Musk over his super Pac’s $1m-a-day lottery, where swing state voters were entered into a drawing every day before the presidential election in exchange for signing a petition.

• Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has said that leaders of so-called “sanctuary cities” should have to explain why they deserve federal funding and warned that they could lose their funding. Greene, who has been tapped to lead a subcommittee called the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) under Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, told Fox News she wants to question officials on whether they’re using federal funds to “harbor illegal criminal aliens”.

• Trump’s pick for the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, faces renewed scrutiny over sexual assault allegations as Republican lawmakers are reportedly uncomfortable after a number of claims have surfaced. The concerns come as Hegseth was also revealed to have criticized several key US alliances, including Nato, as well as allied countries such as Turkey and international institutions such as the UN, and has said that US troops should not be bound by the Geneva conventions.

• The identities of private donors funding Donald Trump’s presidential transition are being kept secret, in a break with precedent, that is obscuring which groups, businesses or wealthy individuals are supporting his second presidential launch.

• Rand Paul, a Republican senator of Kentucky, has criticized Donald Trump’s proposed use of the US military to conduct mass deportations of immigrants when he returns to the White House. While Paul still supports Trump’s plans to expel millions of immigrants from the US, the lawmaker has opposed using the US military to do so, arguing that law enforcement would be better suited.

• Gavin Newsom, California governor, has announced that the state may offer state tax rebates for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump administration cuts the federal tax credit for electric vehicles. In a statement on Monday, Newsom said that if the Trump administration eliminates the federal tax credit for electric vehicles he would propose creating a new version of the state’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program, phased out in 2023, which funded 594,000 cars and saved more than 456m gallons of fuel.

• Internal rivalries spilled into public view on Monday as Boris Epshteyn, a top adviser to Donald Trump, found himself at the center of an ouster effort over accusations he asked potential administration nominees to pay monthly consulting fees in exchange for lobbying for them to the president-elect.

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Internal rivalries spilled into public view on Monday as Boris Epshteyn, a top adviser to Donald Trump, found himself at the center of an ouster effort over accusations he asked potential administration nominees to pay monthly consulting fees in exchange for lobbying for them to the president-elect.

The maelstrom engulfing Epshteyn suggested that barely 20 days since Trump won the election, the knife-fight culture of the first Trump presidency, where bitter aides took any opportunity to remove rivals, had returned.

Over the weekend, David Warrington, the Trump 2024 campaign’s general counsel, finalized the main conclusions of a review into Epshteyn that found he had unsuccessfully solicited tens of thousands of dollars from potential nominees including Scott Bessent, who has been tapped to be Treasury secretary.

According to the review, one day after Trump met with Bessent for the first time in February, Epshteyn invited him to lunch at a hotel in Palm Beach, where he asked for a monthly retainer of at least $30,000 to promote his name at Mar-a-Lago in case Trump won the election.

“Mexico and Canada remain heavily dependent on the US market so their ability to walk away from President-elect Trump’s threats remains limited,” Wendy Cutler, vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute, and former US trade official, told AFP.

AFP reports that by citing the fentanyl crisis and illegal immigration, Trump appears to be using national security concerns as a means to break the USMCA trade deal, something that is usually allowed under the rules set by the World Trade Organization or in trade deals.

But most countries and the WTO treat national security exceptions as something to be used sparingly, not as a routine tool of trade policy.

Trump tariff deal appears to violate US-Canada-Mexico trade agreement – report

While migrant arrests reached a record during President Joe Biden’s presidency, straining US border enforcement, illegal crossings fell dramatically this year as Biden instituted new border restrictions and Mexico stepped up enforcement, Reuters reports.

More than 83% of exports from Mexico went to the US in 2023 and 75% of Canadian exports go to the country.

Trump’s threatened new tariff would appear to violate the terms of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade. The deal which Trump signed into law took effect in 2020, and continued the largely duty-free trade between the three countries.

Canada and the United States at one point imposed sanctions on each others’ products during the rancorous talks that eventually led to USMCA. Trump will have the opportunity to renegotiate the agreement in 2026, when a “sunset” provision will force either a withdrawal or talks on changes to the pact.

Here is our full story on Trump’s tariff threats:

Canada responds to Trump’s fentanyl, border comments amid tariff threat

More now from the statement from Canada’s deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, released on Monday evening, which says that the country places the highest priority on border security and the integrity of its shared border with the US.

The statement did not mention the tariffs directly. It also said that the Canada Border Services Agency, the US Drug Enforcement Administration and US Customs and Border protection “work together every single day to to disrupt the scourge of fentanyl coming from China and other countries.”

Trump and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau spoke on Monday night about trade and border security, Reuters reported, citing a Canadian source directly familiar with situation.

China responds to Trump tariff threat

More now on the statement from China.

In a statement, Liu Pengyu, a Chinese embassy spokesperson, said China had taken steps to combat drug trafficking after an agreement was reached last year between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping.

“The Chinese side has notified the US side of the progress made in US-related law enforcement operations against narcotics,” Liu said.

“All these prove that the idea of China knowingly allowing fentanyl precursors to flow into the United States runs completely counter to facts and reality,” Liu said.

Neither the US nor China would win a trade war, the Chinese embassy in Washington said on Monday.

“About the issue of US tariffs on China, China believes that China-US economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial in nature,” Liu said in a statement.

“No one will win a trade war or a tariff war,” Liu said.

The statement from Canada’s deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, says that the US-Canada relationship today is balanced and mutually beneficial, particularly for american workers.

Meanwhile according to the Canadian source directly familiar with the situation who spoke to Reuters, Trump and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau had ‘“Good discusison” and agreed to stay in touch.

Canada says is places highest value on border security

Trump and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau spoke on Monday night about trade and border security, Reuters reports, citing a Canadian source directly familiar with situation.

Canada’s deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, has released a statement saying that the country places the highest priority on border security and the integrity of its shared border with the US, Reuters reports. The statement does not mention the tariffs directly.

In the small island country of Samoa, lives have been forever altered by an outbreak of the measles in 2019 that caused at least 83 deaths and 1,867 hospitalisations, mostly of babies and young children. Thousands more fell sick.

The preventable illness was able to spread through the small, closely knit population of about 200,000 due to record low vaccination rates – stemming from a medical vaccination error, the Samoan government’s public health mismanagement, and fuelled by anti-vaccination sentiment, including by Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US health department, Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Michelle Duff reports from Apia for the Guardian:

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