President Donald Trump arrived in Canada yesterday evening for the G7 leaders’ summit, his first major multilateral event since returning to the White House.
Israel and Iran exchanged missile fire for a fourth day. Trump told reporters he believes a deal can be reached, but the two sides may need to continue fighting before they’re ready for peace.
Trump’s statement on Thursday that he would send letters to trading partners outlining new tariff rates and concerns over US participation in AUKUS pushed the dollar to its lowest level in three years.
Trump pledged to expand his operation to deport illegal migrants in Democrat-run cities, a hardline move, which appears to provide cover for last week's decision to exempt certain sectors from ICE operations. The Trump administration is also considering adding 36 countries to the travel ban announced early this month, including several significant US partners.
The European Commission is expected to propose accepting a 10% tariff on all EU exports to the US.
The Senate Finance Committee is expected to release some, or all, of the legislative text of its portion of the ‘One Big Beautiful’ reconciliation bill today. Once the final text is released, the Senate Parliamentarian will begin the so-called ‘Byrd Bath’ to ensure the bill conforms with the rules of Budget Reconciliation.
Poll of the Day: Consumer confidence appears to be on the rebound.