JUST IN: Senate Republicans Betray Trump, Side With Democrats On Key Measure

The Senate once again bucked President Donald Trump’s tariff plan — this time, rejecting his push to slap duties on nearly every foreign nation.

In its third rebuke of Trump’s trade offensive, the upper chamber backed a resolution to kill his use of emergency powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which he invoked earlier this year to impose a blanket 10% tariff worldwide.

Trump said the move was justified by a “national emergency arising from conditions reflected in large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits.” But senators — including a handful of Republicans — weren’t buying it.

The measure, introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), had failed once before in a razor-thin 49–49 tie, when Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) missed the vote. This time, McConnell joined GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine), and Rand Paul (Ky.) to help Democrats pass it.

It marks the third time this year that lawmakers have moved to undercut Trump’s tariffs. Earlier resolutions targeted his steep 50% duties on Brazil and 35% on Canada — both of which drew bipartisan concern but are still unlikely to get traction in the House, where members have stood by Trump’s hard-line trade approach.

Even as senators balked, Trump struck a friendlier note with Beijing. Following what he called a “truly great” meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the president announced he’d shave 10% off his fentanyl-related tariffs on China — dropping them from 57% to 47%.

The cut came after China agreed to crack down on chemical exports fueling America’s fentanyl crisis and loosen restrictions on rare earth minerals vital to U.S. manufacturers.

“There is enormous respect between our two countries, and that will only be enhanced with what just took place,” Trump said on Truth Social. “We agreed on many things, with others, even of high importance, being very close to resolved.”