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There is a tariff pause. The deal is still unfinished.

President Trump said the United States and Canada have a deal, while Canadian officials described emerging terms and cautioned that negotiations were not complete. The immediate result is concrete: threatened 50% tariffs were postponed. The final obligations, rates and legal text are not yet settled.

  1. What changed now: The United States postponed the threatened 50% tariffs on about $20 billion of Canadian imports until 12:01 a.m. Saturday. That pause prevents an immediate escalation and gives negotiators a short window to finish documents.
  2. What is emerging: Reporting says Canada would preserve its dairy system and seek greater certainty for affected jobs and industries. A reduction of U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs from 50% to 25% is under discussion, while Canada is considering steps on U.S. alcohol sales.
  3. What is not final: No complete agreement text has been released, negotiations are continuing and the tariff changes may not apply uniformly across products. A political announcement and a negotiating framework are not yet the same as a signed, implemented trade agreement.
  4. What to watch: The Saturday deadline, the final sector-by-sector tariff schedule, Canada's concessions and any effect on the wider USMCA review will determine whether this becomes a durable settlement or another temporary pause.
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Lala missed landfall. The damage did not.

Hurricane Lala's center passed south of the Big Island without landfall and weakened to a tropical storm. Across X, the near-miss headline sits beside severe flooding footage, moving outage totals and early damage counts. The two are not contradictory.

  1. Offshore, not harmless: Lala's eyewall and rain bands still brought hurricane-force gusts and nearly three feet of rain in places.
  2. Outage snapshot: More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power at the peak; fewer than 60,000 remained out by Sunday morning. Viral totals can describe different moments.
  3. Damage count: Floods swept homes from their foundations and damaged roads and bridges. Exact totals remain assessments, not a settled statewide inventory.
  4. Recovery hazards: Airports and harbors are open, while highway repairs continue. A statewide brown-water advisory warns that runoff may carry sewage, bacteria and chemicals.
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