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The fresh round of tariffs escalated a global trade war.

South Carolina Republican Rep. Russell Fry reacts to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

He signed an order in the Rose Garden declaring a "national emergency."

The universal 10% tariff amounts to a wide-ranging trade barrier that will touch every product that enters the U.S.

President Trump announced a set of baseline tariffs on all countries in what he described as semi-reciprocal tariffs on nations he claimed were the worst offenders in trade relations with the U.S.

The 10% baseline tariff rate go into effect on April 5, according to senior White House officials. Around 60 nations can expect "kind reciprocal" tariffs beginnig April 9 at 12:01 a.m.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday is unveiling from the White House Rose Garden a long-promised, sweeping set of tariffs on imports as part of his "America First" agenda.

Rep. Morgan McGarvey (D-Ky.) reacts ahead of the Trump administration's tariff announcement with an assessment of how the bourbon industry in Kentucky will be impacted by broad ranging tariffs.

Port City Brewing Company Founder Bill Butcher talks about the uncertainty surrounding Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum and how it will impact his Virginia based brewery.

President Trump on Tuesday called on the Senate to keep the United States' tariffs on Canada in place -- hours before Democrats could potentially force a vote to block the tariffs on the ally country.

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was sent to El Salvador on March 15.

Senate Democrats held a press conference just hours before President Trump's big tariff reveal, with Sen. Chuck Schumer urging Republicans to join on a measure to block tariffs on Canadian goods.

The sheriff of Middlesex, Massachusetts, worked with researchers on the concept.

Senate Democrats are trying to force a vote to block Trump's tariffs on Canada.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon interrupted a press conference by House Democrats to give an impromptu statement after they met in a closed-door meeting.

She declined to answer many questions from members of Congress and reporters.

ABC News' Tom Soufi Burridge reports on the reaction from the international community ahead of the Trump administration's tariff announcement.

The filing opens door for the president to sell over $2 billion in stock.

The FDA's refused to authorize sale of kid-friendly e-cigarettes.

Pettersen said she thinks Congress can adapt to "new workplace challenges."

The judge dismissed the Adam’s case with prejudice, meaning it cannot be revived.

The Justice Department asked for the case to be dismissed without prejudice.

President Donald Trump indicated to top advisers that Elon Musk could be taking a step back from his current role, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colo., held her 9-week-old son Sam while speaking in support of a resolution that would allow new parents to vote by proxy.

A federal judge in New York on Wednesday dismissed corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.

Democrats may have found a winning playbook to replicate.

Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove is proposing the Defending American Diplomacy Act.

It comes amid the Trump administration's attempt to dismantle the department.

The justices are weighing whether Medicaid recipients can sue to access clinics.

Musk spent big in the state to support the GOP-backed candidate.

"I didn't know how long I could go. I'm so grateful I lasted for 25 hours."

Both races were won by smaller margins than GOP has won by in the past.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada about President Donald Trump’s impending tariffs as Democrats take a stand against the administration on the Senate floor.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, about tariffs, possible investigations into security officials’ use of Signal, and President Donald Trump’s musings about a third term.

Republican state Sen. Randy Fine will win the special election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, the Associated Press projects.

The New Jersey Democrat began his speech Monday.

The cuts are expected to have far-reaching impacts on public health

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke a record Tuesday evening, speaking for more than 24 hours protesting the national "crisis" he said President Donald Trump and Elon Musk had created.

He continued to promote unfounded conspiracy theories after a document release.

As voters head to the polls in Wisconsin, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wi.) discusses the high-stakes Supreme Court race in his state.

A pair of special elections in Florida and Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election on Tuesday serve as a first test of how voters are feeling about President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Filmmaker Oliver Stone on Tuesday called for Congress to reopen the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The move to block the rule was the latest in an internal House GOP clash.

Trump is urging Republican senators to keep Canadian tariffs in place.

Staffing at HHS will fall from 82,000 to 62,000 -- one-fourth of the workforce.

The House voted to reject a rule that would have blocked Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's bipartisan discharge petition to allow proxy voting for new lawmaker parents.

This was the fifth time she has presented the State Department's International Women of Courage Awards.

Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine, President Donald Trump's nominee to be top general, denied wearing a MAGA hat, as Trump has apparently claimed.

This was the fifth time she has presented the State Department's award.

A Maryland man with protected legal status was sent to the notorious prison in El Salvador following an "administrative error," according to an ICE declaration Monday.