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Biden is expected to make his first public speech since leaving the White House Former President Joe Biden will deliver a keynote address this evening at the 2025 Conference of Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled (ACRD) in Chicago, Illinois. The remarks will be Biden’s first public remarks since leaving office in January. He is scheduled to speak at 5:45 p.
m. ET. Read more about Biden’s public reemergence here.
Trump reacts to conviction of Salvadoran immigrant who murdered Maryland mother President Donald Trump responded on social media to the conviction of the man accused of murdering Rachel Morin , a mother of five from Maryland. Trump called Victor Martinez-Hernandez an “illegal criminal” and criticized former President Joe Biden’s immigration policies, claiming they enabled his entry into the United States. “Her life was taken at the hands of a monster who should have NEVER been here in the first place,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
During his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly mentioned the case and also met with Patty Morin, the mother of Rachel Morin. Trump urged more focus from the media on Morin’s case instead of that of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia , the Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador last month. Alongside El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office yesterday, Trump made clear that Abrego Garcia would not be returned to the US.
Toilet paper, eye makeup and cigars among items Europe will hit with retaliatory tariffs The European Union has published the list of American goods it will hit with retaliatory tariffs if trade negotiations with the United States aren’t successful. The list of more than 400 products, published Monday, includes American toilet paper, eye makeup, cigars and tobacco, plus men’s and women’s clothing. Most of the imports will be subject to additional customs duties of 25%.
The EU measures were due to come into force today in retaliation for a sharp increase in US tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum. However, the bloc of 27 countries suspended its countermeasures for 90 days until July 14 after the US delayed its so-called reciprocal tariffs . According to EU calculations based on official US data for 2023, the top five goods exports from America to the bloc are oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and medicines, aerospace products and parts, medical equipment and supplies, and motor vehicles.
The US has so far hit the EU with 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum and 25% levies on cars. As for President Donald Trump’s 20% “reciprocal” tariffs on all other goods from the bloc, those have been reduced to 10% for 90 days. A look at the markets: After Trump said he was considering a short-term tariff exemption for automakers, Europe’s benchmark STOXX 600 index was 0.
6% higher at the start of trading today. Germany’s DAX rose 0.8% and London’s FTSE 100 index was up 0.
6%. However, France’s CAC index was 0.1% down.
It's shaping up to be another busy day in politics. Start your day here Good morning and welcome to our coverage of key political developments across the US today. A lot is going on, from immigration disputes to university funding pauses.
Tariffs: Today we’ll be watching to see whether President Donald Trump will firm up the auto tariff exemptions he hinted at yesterday. Most European markets edged up this morning after the announcement. Immigration: We’ll also be following developments in the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father who was mistakenly deported from the US to a mega prison in El Salvador .
The Trump administration says he’s a member of the MS-13 gang, a claim his lawyers and wife deny. Yesterday, Trump met with the leader of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, in the Oval Office, where the Salvadoran president made clear he had no intention of bringing Abrego Garcia back to the United States. Universities: Another thread to keep an eye on is what’s happening across US colleges.
Yesterday, the Trump administration said it was freezing billions of dollars of funding for Harvard University after the school rejected its policy demands. We’ll see how lawmakers, universities and students alike respond to that. Separately, by CNN’s count, more than 500 students, faculty and researchers across the US have had their visas revoked this year.
Mohsen Mahdawi , a Palestinian student at Columbia University who’s been in the United States for a decade, went into a Vermont immigration office yesterday hoping to begin the final step to becoming a US citizen. But instead, immigration officials detained Mahdawi, a prominent organizer of pro-Palestinian protests on campus a year ago. His detention appears to be part of a wider effort by the Trump administration to crack down on pro-Palestinian protesters from last spring.
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