• Middle East meeting: President Donald Trump is expected to hold a meeting on Gaza today to discuss a “very comprehensive plan” to end Israel’s war, according to special envoy Steve Witkoff.
• Tariffs on India doubled: Trump hit India with a 50% tariff on imports, weeks after instituting a 25% baseline tariff. He previously said this latest round seeks to punish India for importing Russian oil during Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
• DC takeover: The Department of Transportation is planning to “reclaim” management over Washington’s Union Station. It comes as Trump has escalated the deployment of troops in the nation’s capital.
The Department of Transportation is planning to reclaim management over Washington, DC’s, Union Station to “restore it as a transportation hub that benefits our nation’s capital,” White House spokesman Kush Desai told CNN.
“Just blocks away from Capitol Hill and the National Mall, the grand façade of Union Station is a marvel of American architecture and power — a marvel that is now better known for vagrancy and decay, whose interior is falling apart and dilapidated,” Desai said.
