PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is facing heat after his absence on Capitol Hill Wednesday left the US Senate one vote away from passing a joint resolution aimed at rebuking President Trump’s controversial tariff agenda.

President Donald Trump narrowly avoided a rebuke from the U.S. Senate on his tariffs due to one Democratic senator's absence. The resolution, defeated with a 49-49 tie on April 30, reflects discontent with Trump's 10% across-the-board tariffs and now-paused "retaliatory" tariffs that rattled Wall Street and contributed to a shrinking GDP as four Republicans joined with all present Democrats in supporting it.

Senate Republicans have narrowly voted down a Democratic resolution that would have blocked global tariffs announced by Donald Trump earlier this month, giving the president a modest win Wednesday as

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it’s not subject to presidential firings because it’s not a government agency.

The ousted officials, Tom Rothman, Diane Kaplan and Laura Ross, said in a court filing that President Trump doesn't have the authority to fire them.

On Monday, the Trump administration sent emails to 3 board members of the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, seeking to terminate them; in response, the organization filed a lawsuit.