WHAT TO KNOW
* After months of delays and extensions, Trump’s comprehensive and sweeping tariffs slate took effect today, the highest since 1935, during the Great Depression. * A meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been agreed to, a Kremlin official said. * Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel plans to take over Gaza, but he says not for the long term. * Sen. John Cornyn says the FBI will help to track down absent Texas Democrats delaying a vote on redistricting. * A decade of Supreme Court rulings has set the stage for the fight over redistricting in Texas and the unfolding responses in several other states that are now considering redrawing their congressional maps as well.
The president’s sweeping tariffs finally took effect today.