President-elect Donald Trump is clashing with the U.S.'s North American neighbors over tariffs. Trump announced Monday that he intends to put new tariffs on imported goods from Mexico, Canada and China, including a blanket 25 percent tariff on all Canadian and Mexican goods. Trump framed the plan as a response to the country's fentanyl problem. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum publicly rebuked Trump's claim that Mexico is exporting drugs to the U.S. The two spoke on the phone Wednesday, but afterwards offered differing accounts as to what had been agreed to. And on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went to Florida to meet with Trump after having spoken on the phone earlier in the week. President Joe Biden criticized Trump's tariffs proposal, calling it "a counterproductive thing to do."
On the Trump legal front, the federal election inference case against the president-elect formally ended last week. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan granted special counsel Jack Smith's motion to dismiss the indictment against Trump on Monday. Smith also moved to dismiss his appeal seeking to revive the classified documents case. Smith's appeal against the co-defendants in the case still stands.
Vice President Kamala Harris addressed supporters in her first remarks since her concession speech. Harris said that the "fight's not over" and told supporters never to "let anybody or any circumstance take your power from you." Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, told grassroots supporters, "We need to be that anchor for the folks who are wondering what's next."
Abroad, Israel and Hezbollah have come to a ceasefire agreement, Biden announced Tuesday. And Syria's 13-year civil war has reignited after a surprise rebel offensive on Aleppo Friday night.
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