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       President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, yesterday.Credit...Luis Antonio Rojas for The New York Times

       Mexico struck a tariff deal as Canada braced for impact President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico made a deal yesterday with the Trump administration to delay tariffs for a month, just hours before the punishing levies were set to go into effect. Canada remained in a perilous spot as the country faced hefty 25 percent tariffs on its exports to the U.S.

       Trump also moved ahead with plans for a 10 percent tariff against China and warned that the European Union would be next. Stocks dropped sharply on Wall Street after markets in Asia and Europe tumbled, but bounced back after the deal with Mexico was announced.

       A reprieve: Mexico and the U.S. reached a series of agreements on border security, including a promise by Mexico to send 10,000 more troops to the border.

       Trump-Trudeau talks: Shortly before a phone call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Trump repeated a litany of complaints against Canada. “We aren’t treated well by Canada,” he said. Trump said that the U.S. did not need Canada to make cars, and didn’t need Canadian lumber or agricultural products. He again said he would like to see Canada become the 51st state. Follow our live coverage.

       More on Trump The U.S. auto industry dodged a bullet with Trump and Mexico’s deal, but buyers may see major price increases if Trump doesn’t give Canada a similar reprieve.

       The tariff measures included a significant change to trade rules that could increase costs for many products bought online, including on Amazon, Shein and Temu.

       Democratic lawmakers joined a protest outside the offices of the U.S. agency for foreign aid, which has been targeted for closure by Elon Musk.

       Guantánamo Bay is preparing to receive as many as 30,000 deportees.

       Trump accused the South African government of confiscating land and threatened to cut off aid. President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected the claim.

       The Senate Intelligence Committee is scheduled to vote today on Tulsi Gabbard’s bid to be the next director of national intelligence.

       Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned the treasury secretary about why Elon Musk’s team was given access to the federal payments system.

       The C.D.C. purged from its website thousands of pages with terms such as “transgender,” “L.G.B.T.” and “pregnant person,” to comply with an executive order barring any material that promoted “gender ideology.”

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       A mural in Tehran depicting Iran’s first hypersonic ballistic missile.Credit...Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

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