Wednesday, September 9th

President Donald Trump signed orders banning imports of some Canadian dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles, with the restrictions set to take effect Sept. 29. The White House said the bans answer Canadian retaliatory tariffs on roughly $20 billion in U.S. goods that took effect Tuesday. Canada’s duties range from 15% to 50% across hundreds of products after Washington imposed 50% tariffs on about $20 billion in Canadian goods. Trump also directed agencies to exclude Canadian products from a federal contracting program worth more than $50 billion annually.

Former Republican Sen. John E. Sununu and Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas won New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate primaries Tuesday, setting a November matchup for the seat held by retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Pappas defeated scientist Karishma Manzur and three other Democrats; Sununu defeated former Sen. Scott Brown and other Republican challengers, with reported results showing Sununu near 70% against Brown’s roughly 25%. Shaheen, 79, is a three-term incumbent, and both parties are targeting the open seat in the fight for Senate control.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied Missouri’s emergency request to use a new Republican-backed congressional map in the November midterm elections, leaving in place a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that blocked the plan. The disputed map would shift the state from a 6-2 Republican-favored House map to a 7-1 map by targeting a Democratic-held seat. Minutes after Kavanaugh’s order, U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark temporarily ordered Missouri to use the new map and blocked the old districts. Opponents appealed Clark’s order to the 8th Circuit and sought an emergency stay.