5 things to know for April 1: Election day, Cory Booker, China, Yemen group chat, Trump deportations

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White House aide Peter Navarro said he expects President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported goods to bring in $6 trillion in revenue over the next decade. But most economists say the tariffs will be paid for by American businesses and consumers in the form of higher prices. That would amount to the largest tax hike in US history. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. In the first major elections since President Trump returned to office, all eyes are on races in Wisconsin and Florida. Voters in Wisconsin will head to the polls today to decide the ideological balance of the state’s Supreme Court. Democrats are backing liberal judge Susan Crawford, while Trump, billionaire Elon Musk and Republicans are supporting conservative judge Brad Schimel. While technically nonpartisan, The battle for the court seat has become the most expensive judicial contest in US history. In Florida, elections are being held to replace former GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz. If Republicans win in the Sunshine State, it would increase the GOP’s slim majority in the House. Sen. Cory Booker took to the Senate floor at 7 p.m. last night to protest actions taken by President Trump and his administration. “In just 71 days, the president of the United States has inflicted so much harm on Americans’ safety; financial stability; the core foundations of our democracy,” the New Jersey Democrat said. “These are not normal times in America.” During his many hours on the floor, Booker read letters from Americans who were worried about the country and wanted lawmakers to act. Booker also discussed possible cuts to Medicaid and Social Security, the elimination of funding for research and science, the far-right’s campaign to demonize and deport immigrants, the removal of US history lessons about women and people of color, and attacks on free speech at universities. At publication time this morning, Booker was still speaking. China launched military exercises around Taiwan today as “a stern warning and forceful deterrence against ‘Taiwan Independence’ separatist forces,” the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command said in a statement. The drills, which involve its army, navy, air force and rocket force, come just days after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s visit to Asia, where he vowed to counter “China’s aggression” in the Indo-Pacific region. Officials in Taiwan condemned the exercises, calling them “reckless,” “irresponsible” and “totally unacceptable.” The White House has closed its investigation into top national security officials who discussed a US military attack on Houthis in Yemen in a group chat on Signal — a conversation that inadvertently included a journalist. On Monday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to say what steps had been taken, but it appears none of the officials — including national security adviser Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — will be removed from their positions. Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, who was the journalist on the chat, described the situation as a massive breach of national security. “If this happened six months ago, and it was Tony Blinken, the former secretary of state, and [former national security adviser] Jake Sullivan, and [former Vice President] Kamala Harris talking about an imminent strike on some location in the Middle East, I don’t think that Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump would be dismissing it out of hand.”