Trump 2nd term updates: Trump says USAID is run by 'radical lunatics'
The comments came amid turmoil as DOGE took over USAID offices last week.
President Donald Trump made good on his threats to impose tariffs on some of the U.S.'s trading partners, announcing Saturday that he will levy 25% tariffs on some goods from Canada and Mexico and 10% on Chinese goods.
Experts have warned that tariffs of this magnitude will likely increase prices paid by U.S. and Trump appeared to acknowledge that “some pain” might be possible in the U.S.
Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee announced it will meet Tuesday, when it is expected to vote on the controversial nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services.
Key Headlines
- Trump says USAID is run by 'radical lunatics' amid agency's uncertainty
- Trump says he will cut 'all future funding' to South Africa
- 500 Marines arrive at Guantanamo to set up migrant facilities: DOD
- FBI employees asked to explain their role in Jan. 6 cases: Sources
- Trump acknowledges ‘some pain’ possible from tariffs
Gov. Newsom will meet Trump during wildfire tour
Gov. Gavin Newsom will greet President Donald Trump at the tarmac when Air Force One lands in California, a spokesperson for the governor's office said.
"The governor is committed to advocating for the needs of Californians in partnership with the federal administration," the spokesman said.
-ABC News' Zohreen Shah
Collins maintains her opposition to Hegseth, says she's not lobbying colleagues
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, one of the two Republicans who voted on Thursday against Pete Hegseth’s nomination to serve as Secretary of Defense, said Friday that she was “very comfortable” with her vote but wasn’t trying to lobby her colleagues against supporting him.
“I've not tried to advocate against him. I think everybody knows the issues from the hearing, the personal interviews, and that each senator has to make his or her own decision,” Collins told reporters upon leaving a GOP caucus lunch at the Capitol.
Collins also said Trump did not reach out to her following her vote against his nominee and that she doesn’t expect to hear from him.
-ABC News' Isabella Murray
Newsom pushes back against Trump's aid conditions
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office pushed back against President Donald Trump's comments about California's provision of water and his calls to condition additional aid for disaster response over voter ID laws.
The office said in an X post that "conditioning aid for American citizens is wrong."
"FACT: 15 states do not generally require voter ID at polls, including Nevada and Pennsylvania (two states won by President Trump)," the office said.
Newsom's office also reiterated the state has not made any changes to the amount of water it pumps since the first Trump presidency.
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart
Trump says he will sign Laken Riley Act 'sometime very shortly'
President Donald Trump said he will sign the Laken Riley Act in a ceremony "sometime very shortly."
"You all know what that act represents, and it was a bipartisan bill, many Democrats signed on to it," Trump told reporters on Friday.
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart