In the day's other headlines, President Trump says he's raising tariffs next week to 25% on cars and trucks from the European Union, accusing the EU of not complying with their trade deal.

The new levies come at a time when the global economy is already reeling from the Iran war.

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Mr. Trump didn't elaborate on how he'd

hiked the tariffs or why he chose to do so now.

We raised the tariffs because they were not, as usual, they were not adhering to the agreement

that we have. We have a trade deal with the European Union. They were not adhering to it.

Mr. Trump was referring to a deal reached with the EU last summer that set levies on most European

goods at 15 percent. The Supreme Court then ruled in February that much of his tariff agenda

was illegal. The Pentagon says it's made deals with seven major tech companies to use their AI tools

within the department's classified networks. They include SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft,

and Nvidia, some of which already had deals with the Defense Department.

Officials say the companies will allow the Pentagon to employ their technology for any, quote, lawful use.

That standard lies at the heart of a legal dispute involving Anthropic, which was not listed

in today's announcement. The AI startup has objected to its technology being used for fully

autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance. In Florida, a former Miami congressman with ties to Secretary of State Marco Rubio was convicted

today of secretly lobbying for Venezuela.

A jury found David Rivera guilty on all counts, including failure to register as a foreign

agent and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The case centered on a

$50 million lobbying campaign to convince the first Trump administration to ease sanctions

on then-President Nicolas Maduro's government. Rubio himself testified, though he's not

been accused of any wrongdoing. Rivera was taken into custody and faces around 10 years in prison.

In Texas, an investigation is underway into what caused a small plane to crash in the state's

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