Trump says tariffs may cause ‘some pain’ as Canada and Mexico retaliate
President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on goods coming into the United States from Canada, Mexico and China, raising the risk of a trade war with America’s closest trading partners.
Trump said he was imposing the tariffs because, he claimed, the countries were allowing fentanyl to come into the United States. “In Donald Trump’s golden age,” a senior administration official said, “we will only have legal immigration and we will have zero Americans dying from Chinese slash Mexican slash Canadian fentanyl.”
Prices on many goods are likely to rise, with Trump acknowledging there might be “some pain” for consumers on Truth Social. The United States will begin collecting most of the tariffs Tuesday, with some exceptions.
Canada and Mexico announced retaliatory tariffs, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau implementing a 25% tariff against $155 billion in U.S. goods. Trudeau warned Trump that “the better path is to partner with Canada, not to punish us.”
He said the Canadian response would be “far-reaching and include everyday items such as American beer, wine and bourbon, fruits and fruit juices, including orange juice, along with vegetables, perfume, clothing and shoes.”
All three on board helicopter in D.C. crash are identified
The identities of all three soldiers on the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet Wednesday near Washington, D.C., have been released.
The Army named Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Lloyd Eaves, Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach and Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara. It said it had not finished recovering remains and making positive identifications.
As the investigation continues, families of the victims on the American Eagle flight gathered at the crash site Sunday for a memorial.
A separate National Transportation Safety Board investigation is underway into the air ambulance crash in Philadelphia, where six people in the plane and a person in a car were killed. Mayor Cherelle Parker said Sunday that 22 people were injured, three of them critically.
Israeli American included in latest round of hostage releases
The fourth hostage-prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas took place early Saturday, with Hamas releasing three hostages and Israel releasing 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
One of the freed hostages was Keith Siegel, an Israeli American who was taken from kibbutz Kfar Aza during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Siegel was reunited with family members at an Israeli hospital.
Also reunited with his family was Ofer Kalderon, who was taken hostage with his children Sahar, 16, and Erez, 12, who were freed in November 2023.
Yarden Bibas, the third hostage released by Hamas, had been taken hostage along with his wife and two young children. Hamas has said they were killed in an Israeli airstrike, but the Bibas family has held on to hope that they are still alive.
Meet the Press
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not rule out housing women and children set for deportation at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in the wake of a Trump administration announcement that called for plans to house thousands of migrants at a U.S. military camp there.
“Due process will be followed, and having facilities at Guantánamo Bay will be an asset to us,” Noem said Sunday in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
Noem reiterated the administration’s goal of housing the “worst of the worst” migrants at Guantánamo Bay, referring to those who have committed crimes while living in the United States illegally.
Asked once whether women and children would be held at Guantánamo Bay, Noem said: “If you look at what we are doing today, it’s targeting the worst of the worst. We’ve been very clear on that. The priority of this president is to go after criminal aliens that are making our streets more dangerous.”
She added: “After that, we have final removal orders on many individuals in this country, they are the next priority, and we’ll continue to work through people that are breaking the law, that are [a] danger to these communities, and use the detention centers that we have set up in order to facilitate this in an orderly way.”
You can watch the full segment here.
Politics in brief
DOGE access: USAID’s director of security and his deputy were placed on administrative leave after trying to prevent employees from the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency from accessing secure agency systems, sources familiar told NBC News.
Trump’s ongoing fight: Less than two weeks into his term, Trump is going after his own government agencies and creating a deep sense of fear in the federal workforce.
More DEI fallout: Dozens of Education Department employees who attended a diversity training course during Trump’s first administration were placed on paid leave, a union official told NBC News.
New DNC chair: Democrats selected Ken Martin, the longtime leader of the Minnesota party, as the new chair of the Democratic National Committee.
FBI agents on edge: After top FBI officials were forced out Friday, fear of mass firings is spreading throughout the bureau.
Major trade rocks the NBA
Kevin Durant called it “crazy.” Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki could muster only an emoji on X.
In a blockbuster trade just after midnight Sunday, the Mavericks traded Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis as part of a three-team trade that shocked the NBA world.
Dončić, 25, one of the game’s brightest stars, led the Mavs to the NBA Finals last season.
Davis, meanwhile, won a title with the Lakers in 2020 and has been named to the All-NBA first team four times.
“I believe that defense wins championships,” Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison told ESPN. “I believe that getting an All-Defensive center and an All-NBA player with a defensive mindset gives us a better chance. We’re built to win now and in the future.”
The Grammy Awards kick off Sunday night
The Grammys will proceed as planned at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT Sunday.
It will be first awards ceremony to take place since the January wildfires in the Los Angeles region.
This year’s awards will “raise funds to support wildfire relief efforts and aid music professionals impacted by the wildfires in Los Angeles,” said the Recording Academy, the organization behind the awards show.
Trevor Noah will host for the fifth consecutive year. Beyoncé, who announced a “Cowboy Carter” tour, is the most nominated artist, and nominees Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan — both up for best new artist — are set to perform.
Follow NBC News’ live Grammy coverage here.
In case you missed it
- The family of Taylor Lowery, 33, who was killed in 2022 by Kansas police, released body camera videos of the encounter to dispute the police narrative of events.
- The Israeli military destroyed more than a dozen buildings in Jenin, a city in the occupied West Bank, as Israel turned to the territory since it withdrew some of its troops during the ongoing ceasefire in Gaza.
- A deadly insurgency is sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the United Nations warning that the conflict is at risk of spiraling into a war as the rebel group M23 pushes to expand its control.
- The price of eggs has continued to spike because of the highly infectious bird flu spreading through the country.
- Consumers are looking for ways to travel on tighter budgets — even if it means taking the bus.
- For 80 years, Ruth Cohen would not return to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where many of her relatives perished. But at age 94, she felt a calling to return.
