The Senate left Washington for its monthlong August recess without a deal to advance dozens of Trump nominees.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate’s yearly August recess, for now, as President Donald Trump declares that his nominees “should NOT BE FORCED TO WAIT” and as Democrats slow the process by forcing procedural votes on almost all of Trump’s picks.

There will be no more extensions on tariff deadlines, and they will go into force as scheduled on August 1, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday. Why it matters: Since January, the world has gotten accustomed to President Trump announcing tariffs and then reversing them,

Nations without US trade deals face 10–40% tariffs, including India, Canada, Taiwan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and even tiny Lesotho.

President Trump's order imposing new tariffs on scores of countries and the European Union starting in seven days has injected a new dose of uncertainty in an already uncertain process.