The White House issued a statement saying President Trump would veto a U.S. Senate bill introduced by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to limit his tariff authority. According to Axios, the White House sent the statement to congressional offices on Monday. “If passed, this bill would dangerously hamper the President’s authority and duty to determine our foreign policy and protect our national security,” the statement read, according to the outlet. “If S. 1272 were presented to the President, he would veto the bill,” it added. JUST IN: TRUMP would veto the Senate bill, which has Republican supporters, to restrict his tariffing authority – Axios — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 7, 2025 NEW Trump says he would veto the Senate bill—backed by some Republicans—that aims to limit his tariff powers. pic.twitter.com/EWkdM0PASA — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) April 7, 2025 Per Axios: Seven GOP senators have signed onto the bipartisan legislation, which is emerging as a proxy for Republicans to express their concern over Trump’s tariffs. “You don’t get a first introduction and get so many people on board, but I think it shows the anxiety that people have,” Cantwell said on CBS yesterday. House Democrats are planning to try to force a vote on ending the national emergency upon which Trump’s new tariffs are based. SCOOP: Trump would veto the legislation introduced by Sens. Maria Cantwell and Sen. Chuck Grassley that would limit the president's authority to unilaterally impose tariffs, according to a White House statement seen by Axioshttps://t.co/9qa9v9c1sw — Axios (@axios) April 7, 2025 Pres. Trump would veto a bipartisan bill seeking to rein in his authority to impose tariffs, according to a White House statement sent to Senate Republicans and obtained by ABC News. https://t.co/w0ZdfZhr7g — ABC News (@ABC) April 7, 2025 Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said he intends to introduce similar legislation in the House of Representatives. WATCH: Republican Congressman To Introduce Legislation Limiting President Trump’s Tariff Authority “It’s time that Congress restores its authorities here,” Bacon said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” “And the Constitution is clear, the House and the Senate, Congress, has the power of tariffs and taxes,” he continued. “And we gave some of that power to the executive branch, and I think in hindsight that was a mistake,” he added. WATCH: ? WTF? Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) just announced he will be introducing legislation to BLOCK President Trump’s ability to levy tariffs on other nations. The people of Nebraska deserve better. PRIMARY THIS ANTI-TRUMP RINO IN 2026! pic.twitter.com/yjzqgprcjK — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 6, 2025 From The Hill: The administration argued the legislation would “severely constrain the president’s ability to use authorities long recognized by Congress and upheld by the courts to respond to national emergencies and foreign threats.” “If S. 1272 were presented to the President, he would veto the bill,” the White House budget office warned. The legislation was introduced last week by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chair of the Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), the ranking member of the Commerce Committee. It would require the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of the imposition of a new tariff or the increase of a tariff and provide “an explanation of the reasoning for imposing or increasing the duty” and an assessment of the potential impact of imposing or increasing a duty on U.S. businesses and consumers. And it would require that tariffs expire after 60 days unless Congress passes a joint resolution of approval.

A Chinese research institute and technology company are collaborating on plans to implant brain chips into 13 people by the end of this year. China speeds up human trials for brain chip project The Chinese Institute for Brain Research in collaboration with NeuCyber NeuroTech, has started testing a wireless brain chip named Beinao No.1, with a queue of up to 13 individuals scheduled for 2025 however safety concerns on… pic.twitter.com/eZUUOMX8t8 — Ickonic (@ickonic) April 7, 2025 Per Reuters: The Beijing-based Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR) and NeuCyber NeuroTech has inserted Beinao No.1, a semi-invasive wireless brain chip, into three patients in the past month and has 10 more lined up for this year, said Luo Minmin, who is director of CIBR and NeuCyber’s chief scientist. State-owned NeuCyber has ambitions for an even larger trial. “Next year after getting regulatory approval we will do formal clinical trials that will include around 50 patients,” Luo told reporters on the sidelines of the tech-focussed Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing. He did not elaborate on funding or the length of the trials. The acceleration of human trials by CIBR and NeuCyber could make Beinao No.1 the brain chip with the highest number of patients in the world, underlining China’s determination to catch up with leading foreign BCI developers. U.S. BCI company Synchron, whose investors include billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, is currently the global leader in terms of human trials with 10 patients, six in the United States and four in Australia. Musk’s Neuralink currently has three people with its implant. Chinese Brain Implant Project Set to Overtake Musk's Neuralink https://t.co/GAtJ2qx8hT — Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) April 1, 2025 China fast-tracks its own brain chip rival to Elon Musk's Neuralink—cheaper, semi-invasive, and already in patients' heads. #BCI #Neurotechnology #Neuralink #TechNews #Innovation #ScienceNews #ElonMusk #Paralysis #NeuCyber https://t.co/VhywD7IIap — TAXI (@designtaxi) April 2, 2025 Gizmodo reports: Founded in 2016, Musk’s Neuralink had been quiet for years, but in 2024 came out of the shadows and shared the story of its first patient with a successful implant. Noland Arbaugh, a quadriplegic paralyzed from the shoulders down, reported that Neuralink’s chip enabled him to begin using his computer and playing games independently. Unlike semi-invasive chips that are placed on the brain’s surface, Neuralink inserts them inside the brain to maximize signal. It is more risky, but could offer better performance. Last year, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology expressed its interest in advancing BCI technology, saying it aims to “make breakthroughs in key technologies and core devices such as brain-computer fusion, brain-like chips, and brain-computing neural models.” The ministry noted the technology could be used in applications including hands-free driving, virtual reality, and medical rehabilitation. This being China, there are no doubt concerns regarding how the state may use data collected from a BCI. Maybe one’s social credit score will drop if they have thoughts not conducive to the stability of the authoritarian regime. Neuralink likely does not have to worry too much about Chinese competitors due to such concerns. In the United States, however, a company called Synchron is also working on the technology with backers including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Microsoft’s Bill Gates. The company has trialed its technology on ten patients thus far. Musk was famous for bringing electric cars into the mainstream and has been able to quickly build a formidable AI company in xAI despite launching the endeavor years after the competition. Being behind does not necessarily mean Neuralink will lose. The company’s invasive implementation is different from the rest, and Musk’s greater ambition with Neuralink is to create new forms of cybernetic “enhancements” for everyday people. Maybe individuals could someday have super-human memory, or the ability to learn new skills instantly. xAI’s artificial intelligence capabilities could theoretically support Neuralink. WATCH:

Vice President JD Vance publicly celebrated his mother’s decade of sobriety while at the White House on Friday.

Colossal Biosciences, the genetic engineering company working to bring back the woolly mammoth, has announced that they have successfully brought back the dire wolf after nearly 13,000 years of extinction. 

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