President Donald Trump made good on his threats to impose tariffs on some of the U.S.'s trading partners, announcing Saturday that he will levy 25% tariffs on some goods from Canada and Mexico and 10% on Chinese goods.
Experts have warned that tariffs of this magnitude will likely increase prices paid by U.S. and Trump appeared to acknowledge that “some pain” might be possible in the U.S.
Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee announced it will meet Tuesday, when it is expected to vote on the controversial nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services.
In a post on X thus morning, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Belarus “just unilaterally released an innocent American, ANASTASSIA Nuhfer, who was taken under JOE BIDEN!”
Rubio credited Trump and Chris Welby Smith, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for Eastern Europe, for the release.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Indo-Pacific Quad ministers at the State Department in Washington, Jan. 21, 2025.
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Nuhfer was detained in early December 2024 and visited by a consular officer about three weeks ago, a State Department spokesperson said.
-ABC News' Shannon Kingston
Jan 26, 2025, 6:17 PM GMT
Top DOJ official in Chicago to observe immigration enforcement operations
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, the top Trump appointee in the Justice Department, is currently in Chicago to “personally observe DHS immigration enforcement operations and support the efforts of FBI, DEA, ATF, USMS, and federal prosecutors who are assisting DHS in this critical mission,” a DOJ spokesperson told ABC News.
The department declined to provide any additional details about Bove’s precise location or the planned “enforcement operations” he will be overseeing.
Activists protest the agenda of President Trump during a rally near the water tower on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago, Ill., Jan. 25, 2025.
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His presence on the ground, however, further highlights how the Trump administration plans to involve the highest level officials at DOJ as part of its broader show of force on immigration enforcement.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement said in a statement Sunday that it, "along with federal partners, including the FBI, ATF, DEA, CBP and the U.S. Marshals Service, began conducting enhanced targeted operations today in Chicago to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities."
-ABC News' Alexander Mallin
Jan 26, 2025, 3:58 AM GMT
Coast Guard conducts removal flights to Texas, California
The Coast Guard said it's helping transport migrants who are in the country illegally and who are in locations where there aren't Defense Department assets.
In a Saturday news release, the Coast Guard said it is conducting flights between Texas and California to get migrants to DOD bases to be removed from the country.
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 41st Engineer Company disembark from a C-130 Hercules aircraft after arriving at Biggs Army Airfield, Fort Bliss, Texas, on Jan. 23, 2025.
Dept. of Defense photo by U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Nicholas J. De La Pena
"Border czar" Tom Homan said the Trump administration is planning to use military aircraft every day to help carry out large-scale deportations.
For the first time ever, the U.S. government is using military aircraft to transport migrants out of the U.S., Homan said.
-ABC News' Luke Barr
Jan 25, 2025, 11:53 PM GMT
Noem sworn in as DHS secretary
Kristi Noem was sworn in as secretary of Homeland Security Saturday afternoon.
Noem’s oath of office was scheduled around the same time as Trump's Las Vegas rally, and therefore her ceremony was delayed.