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The Atlantic published more messages from a group chat among top Cabinet members that inadvertently included the its editor-in-chief, President Donald Trump distanced himself from the furor when asked if he still believed the information shared was not classified. CNN created an audio version of the chat using AI software with the voices reading the text neutrally. Watch here.

The president announced a 25% tariff set to take effect on April 2 on all cars shipped to the United States, a significant escalation in a global trade war. Canada’s prime minister described it as a “direct attack” in violation of the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.
• Deportations to megaprison: El Salvador has agreed to incarcerate more alleged Venezuelan gang members deported from the US, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. But the deportations face legal challenges: A court has maintained a temporary block on Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport the alleged gang members.

It didn’t take long after President Donald Trump signed an executive action authorizing 25% tariffs on cars imported to the US for leaders from foreign countries to express their deep dismay.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Trump’s tariffs would ultimately hurt American consumers and workers.

Flavio Volpe, president of Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, warned that the tariffs would imperil hundreds of thousands of jobs.

The President of the United States is bent on ruining the American automotive sector and its allies for reasons that no one has yet been able to understand,” Volpe told CNN, adding that if Trump is “bent on pushing us over the edge, he is going to push a million American auto workers with us.”
”Japan invests in the United States, creating jobs and paying the highest wages. Japan’s investment in the US is number one. On top of that, we have to say clearly whether it is OK for all countries to be the same, and we have been saying that up until now.”

El Salvador has agreed to accept more alleged Venezuelan gang members deported from the US, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday.

After touring a Salvadoran megaprison where the Trump administration has sent scores of migrants alleged to be members of the gang Tren de Aragua, Noem met with President Nayib Bukele.

Earlier this month, the administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act, which has previously been used in wartime, to deport hundreds of mostly Venezuelan alleged gang members.