A government shutdown could be days away.

It's been five years since the U.S. declared a COVID emergency.

And scientists made a very cute discovery about narwhals.

That's some of what we'll get to on The Seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Renni Svarnovsky in for Hannah Jewell.

It's Thursday, March 13th. Let's get you caught up with

today's seven stories. Number one, Canada and the European Union hit back against President

Donald Trump's tariffs. Yesterday, the EU and Canada retaliated with levies of their own after

Trump imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Billions of dollars' worth of U.S. products could be affected, including bourbon and motorcycles.

The U.S. decision to raise tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25 percent took effect yesterday morning.

It was the latest move in Trump's campaign to reshape

America's trading relationship with the world. But the tariffs and their potential impact on

rising prices don't seem to be popular with voters. A new CNN poll released yesterday showed that

Trump's approval on the economy is worse than it's ever been. And some of Trump's

own voters say they are growing impatient for Trump to make good on his campaign promises to fix the

economy. The Senate pushed closer to a federal government shutdown. That's number two. Government funding is set to run out early

Saturday morning, and if it does, no one knows what to expect. A Republican bill to avert a shutdown

passed the House on Tuesday, but it'll need to overcome a narrow Senate majority to pass,

and Democrats are still deciding whether or not to reject it. Democrats are

split on the decision. They worry that a shutdown would give the White House broad power to decide

what agencies stay open if funding lapses, but they haven't ruled out striking a deal with

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