President Donald Trump escalated his trade war Tuesday, announcing on Truth Social that he will double the tariffs on steel and aluminum coming from Canada from 25% to 50% in retaliation for new trade restrictions put in place by the province of Ontario this week.

President Trump is vowing to “lead the charge” to unseat Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.), who has said he will not support the GOP’s short-term government funding bill ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline. Trump began a Truth Social post late Monday night by thanking the House Freedom Caucus for backing the stopgap funding package and…

Doug Ford, the Ontario Premier, announced Tuesday that his province's planned 25% tariff on electricity exports to the U.S would be paused.