U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may be considering declaring a national economic emergency in order to justify implementing a package of universal tariffs on both allied and adversary countries, according to CNN.

The proclamation of these measures would grant the incoming U.S. president the freedom to create a new tariff program using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

This move would give the president the authority to manage imports during a national emergency.

According to the report, Trump has a penchant for this law as it provides broad jurisdiction on how tariffs are implemented without strict requirements to prove they are necessary for national security reasons.

Enrique Márquez, a minority opposition candidate in Venezuela’s July 28 elections, was “arbitrarily detained,” denounced a political coalition he is part of and his wife, who described the action as “kidnapping.”

Since Tuesday night, there has been a wave of reports of detentions, with at least a dozen arrests just over 48 hours before President Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration for a third six-year term, following a controversial reelection.

“We inform that yesterday, 07.01.25, Enrique Márquez was arbitrarily detained,” stated the Popular Democratic Front (FDP).

“He was kidnapped by paramilitary groups who, using force as their law, aim to silence and intimidate those of us who want a better country and have a different vision,” said his wife, Sonia Lugo de Márquez, on the leader’s X account.

An American citizen was shot and killed by a Mexican police officer while driving through Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, according to Mexican authorities, as reported by The New York Times.

Chihuahua’s Attorney General, Carlos Manuel Salas, stated that the shooting occurred while the officer was on his way to the attorney general’s office, accompanied by a colleague who was executing a judicial order.

On their way to their destination, a Mustang with New Mexico plates accelerated towards them, prompting the officer to open fire on the driver.

Carlos Salas confirmed that the officer is now in custody and stated that an investigation would be launched by the Internal Affairs Division of the State Attorney General’s Office.