Tariffs test congressional GOP’s faith in Trump

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President Donald Trump is taking many risks with his sweeping tariff agenda, but one is his grip on congressional Republicans since returning to office.

Senate Republicans have voted to confirm not just Trump’s envelope-pushing nominees like FBI Director Kash Patel but also his outside-the-box ex-Democratic ones, such as Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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