Michael Smolens: San Diego, California and Trump wrestle over power politics, civics

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• Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, spurring trade war, prospect of inflation
• Boy, 5, dies in hyperbaric chamber explosion at Michigan medical facility
• Crew members, passengers killed in Philadelphia medical jet crash identified
• Trump says Americans could feel ‘some pain’ from his new tariffs that are triggering a trade war
• Democrats elect Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as national chair
• Greece on high alert as multiple earthquakes shake island of Santorini
• Trump’s proposed federal worker changes have caused “chaos on steroids,” Sen. Mark Warner says
• Skydiver plummets to death in Arizona, marks second parachutist death in 8 days
• Rep. Brian Mast says he supports potential plan moving USAID into the State Department
• Sen. Bernie Sanders says he was “not particularly happy” with RFK Jr.’s performance at hearings
• Trump administration’s potential FBI firings make “America less safe,” ex-FBI official says