Senate delivers Trump ‘Liberation Day’ rebuke over emergency tariffs on Canada

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The Senate voted Wednesday evening to revoke the emergency declaration President Donald Trump is using to impose duties on Canada, a bipartisan rebuke that came on the heels of his announcement of sweeping new global tariffs.

The vote marked the greatest legislative blemish of Trump’s second term and came just hours after he announced “Liberation Day” levies of 34% on China, 20% on the European Union, and up to 49% on dozens of other countries set to kick in over the coming days.

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