The Senate Finance Committee is expected to vote at 10 a.m. on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to be health and human services secretary. In the afternoon, the Senate Intelligence Committee is scheduled to vote on Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to be director of national intelligence.

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

China hit back after being subjected to tariffs by President Trump, who said he would speak with China’s leader, Xi Jinping. Mexico and Canada struck short-term deals to avert U.S. tariffs.