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Today, on his final day in Britain, President Trump is headed to an event in Portsmouth, England, on the eve of the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Here are the latest updates.
Mr. Trump made waves on Tuesday when he said that he believed Britain would leave the European Union, even if it failed to make a deal with Brussels by the Oct. 31 deadline. He also spoke of a “phenomenal” trade deal with the U. S.
Yesterday: Protesters brought back the Trump baby balloon and tried to bring central London to a standstill.
Fact check: “I don’t see any protests.” Mr. Trump called the demonstrations “fake news,” contradicting photographic and video evidence. We also checked his claims on trade, Brexit and other topics.
Senators said on Tuesday that they were almost uniformly opposed to President Trump’s plans to tax Mexican imports, hours after the president said lawmakers would be “foolish” to try to stop him. “You didn’t hear a single yes,” warned Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas.
Mr. Trump has vowed to use broad emergency powers to impose a 5 percent tariff beginning on Monday and to increase the rate to 25 percent by October if Mexico doesn’t stem the flow of migrants to the U. S.
Side effects: Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said the central bank was watching Mr. Trump’s trade disputes and hinted that interest rates could be cut to ease the economic repercussions.
As a 19-year-old gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year, Deputy Scot Peterson was outside, retreating to safety. On Tuesday, law enforcement issued a sweeping list of charges that resulted in his arrest.
Florida officials said that Mr. Peterson, the only armed sheriff’s deputy at the school, and Sgt. Brian Miller, who was dismissed but not charged, had “neglected their duties.” The charges were an unusual instance of officers being held criminally liable for failing to protect the public.
Details: Mr. Petersondid “absolutely nothing to mitigate” the massacre, an investigation found: He failed to go into the school or investigate the source of gunfire, fleeing instead to a nearby building and advising other officers to stay away.
Related: Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia called on Tuesday for a special session to vote on gun control bills after a former city employee killed 12 people in Virginia Beach.
Buildings can be designed to withstand earthquakes, using engineering techniques pioneered in Japan. But the innovations have been used only sparingly in the U.
