Senate Fails To Rebuke Trump Over His Global Tariffs Due To Absences

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WASHINGTON ― The U.S. Senate was on track to adopt a resolution disapproving of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs on Wednesday, but the measure failed after two lawmakers ― one Democrat and one Republican ― missed the vote. Had Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who was returning from a climate conference in South Korea, and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), another critic of Trump’s tariffs, been present, the effort likely would have passed, dealing another rebuke to the White House’s erratic trade policies that have rattled financial markets, sapped consumer confidence, and put the economy on the precipice of a recession. But...