Trump live updates: Wisconsin result marks massive blow to president just hours before ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcement

Donald Trump is expected to announce his “Liberation Day” tariffs in the Rose Garden to selected guests today at 4 p.m. ET when stock markets close in America.

His press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that they will go into effect immediately, adding the only way to avoid the new levies is to move production to the U.S.

Susan Crawford appears to have taken a swipe at GOP megadonor Elon Musk after her Wisconsin Supreme Court win.

The liberal candidate defeated conservative Brad Schimel Tuesday night to win a critical seat on the state’s High Court.

“Tonight, Wisconsinites stood up and said loudly that justice does not have a price—our Courts are not for sale,” Crawford wrote on X early Wednesday morning.

Musk funneled an estimated $25 million into the race backing Schimel. The Wisconsin race marked the most expensive judicial battle in U.S. history.

It’s unclear what impact President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs will have on the U.S. economy, but if things go badly, members of the administration are reportedly ready to blame Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick.

Elon Musk has lamented the “corruption of the judiciary” after liberal Judge Susan Crawford defeated conservative candidate Brad Schimel for a pivotal seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Musk poured an estimated $25 million into the race in an attempt to defeat Crawford, according to the New York Times.

Two days before Election Day, Musk traveled to Wisconsin to deliver a town hall, handing out $1 million checks to two voters who previously signed a petition against “activist judges.”

“There’s a constitutional path. You have to amend the constitution to do it,” Johnson told reporters at the Capitol. “That’s a high bar.”

The White House is angrily deflecting questions over how a Salvadoran man who had sought asylum in the United States was sent back to his home country despite having been granted protected legal status.

On Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the deportation by claiming Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a leader of the notorious MS-13 gang who had engaged in human trafficking.

Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump has hinted that it could be the end of the road for Elon Musk and DOGE as the advisory department lies on the brink of being dismantled.

Madeline Sherratt explains.