Overview
- In a campaign-style address at the America Business Forum in Miami, Trump highlighted record stock highs, wage gains and nearly 2 million more American-born workers, and he repeated a previously debunked $18 trillion investment claim.
- The event at Miami’s Kaseya Center, backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, drew business leaders and athletes as he sought to reframe his record after off-year GOP losses tied to affordability concerns.
- The government shutdown hit day 36 with widespread disruptions to federal services, and Trump privately pressed Senate Republicans to consider eliminating the filibuster to end the stalemate.
- Justices questioned the administration’s argument for sweeping tariff authority during a closely watched Supreme Court hearing, with skepticism that such levies can bypass Congress’s taxing power.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reported a strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific that killed two people, raising the campaign’s toll to at least 66 deaths across 16 strikes as lawmakers seek legal justification.