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Political Cornflakes: Conservative senator pushes back on Trump’s trade moves: ‘We’ve crossed the rubicon’

Conservative senator pushes back on Trump’s trade moves: ‘We’ve crossed the rubicon.’ Utah primary day pits Romney vs. Kennedy and Curtis vs. Herrod. Poll: Utahns strongly oppose conventions as only route to the ballot.

Happy Tuesday. Sens. Bob Corker, Jeff Flake and Utah’s Orrin Hatch — some of President Donald Trump’s fiercest GOP critics on trade — are retiring from the Senate at the end of this year. But Pat Toomey, the conservative Pennsylvania senator, has emerged as Trump’s sharpest antagonist on trade policy — pushing legislation with Corker to take back Congress’ power over trade deals and straining to defend NAFTA from the erratic president.