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In the day's other headlines, a group of more than 20 states is suing the Trump administration
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over its planned 15 percent global tariff, saying the president is overstepping his power.
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The lawsuit is led by the Democratic attorney's general from Oregon, New York, California,
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They argue that the president cannot, quote, sidestep the Supreme Court after the
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justices struck down the president's original slate of tariffs.
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It comes a day after a federal judge ruled that companies who paid tariffs before the
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Supreme Court's decision should be refunded.
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The Trump administration is likely to appeal that ruling.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Latin American countries today to step up their
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fight against drug cartels or the U.S. would, in his words, go on the offense alone.
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Hegseth was speaking to military officials for more than a dozen governments at what
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the Pentagon called the first America's Counter-Cartel Conference.
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He also said a failure to act could threaten their shared Christian heritage.
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His comments were echoed by Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who compared
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the fight against cartels to past battles against Islamic extremist groups.
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The cartels that operate in this hemisphere are the ISIS and the al-Qaeda of the Western
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hemisphere, and should be treated just as brutally and just as ruthlessly as we treat those
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Today's meeting comes after months of U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats
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in the region that have killed at least 150 people.
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President Trump is due to host a group of Latin American leaders for a security summit
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at his Florida golf club this weekend.
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Meanwhile in Cuba, officials say Washington's oil blockade of the island is at least partly
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to blame for a widespread blackout that left millions in the dark.
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Americans played on darkened streets by Havana's famous seawall, as locals were forced
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to play dominoes by the glow of a rechargeable light bulb.
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Crews have been working day and night to restore power, and state media reported today just
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over half of Havana is back online, but for those enduring yet another outage, the frustration
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and anger are growing.
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Bad. I'm bad. I don't have words to describe what I'm going through. Heat, mosquitoes, and
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no electricity. The food could go bad. I know all the problems there are, but it's been
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more than 24 hours now.
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Cuba has long struggled with an aging electric grid, and the Trump administration's blockade
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of the island has only made matters worse for locals. Officials warned it could take
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up to four days to fully restore power.
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Turning now to the war in Ukraine, 200 Ukrainians returned home today, as did 200 Russians,
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and the latest prisoner swap between the two countries.
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In Ukraine, there were tearful reunions. Some of the freed prisoners were captured as
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early as 2022 during the siege of Mariopol. That's according to President Vladimir Zelensky,
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who also thanked the U.S. for, quote, making the exchange possible. Negotiations to end
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the war remain at a standstill, but Kiev and Moscow have regularly agreed to swaps
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like this. Officials say another one could come tomorrow.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says more than 50 medical schools have agreed
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to teach more about nutrition after pressuring universities to embrace his recommendations
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for months. He made the announcement today, alongside education Secretary Linda McMahon.
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Kennedy said the schools will now require 40 hours of what he called comprehensive nutrition
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education. More than 30,000 physicians each year will now graduate equipped with nutrition
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education to help prevent, treat, and reverse chronic disease. This is how we implement
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Kennedy and McMahon insisted the initiative was not a mandate, but some universities have
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expressed concern about federal interference. And it comes, as Kennedy has been pivoting
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away from talking about his controversial push to overhaul vaccine policy and focusing
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more on food and nutrition.
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On Wall Street today, stocks sank after the price of oil spiked to levels not seen since
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2024. By the close, the Dow Jones industrial average dropped nearly 800 points. The Nasdaq
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fell around 60 points. The S&P 500 also ended this session lower.
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This is the P.V.S. news outlet from the David M. Rubenstein studio at W.E.T.A. in Washington
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at quarters of P.V.S. news.
