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Trump refers to Canada as state in strange social media post; Democrats to decry harms of mass deportations

Good morning, US politics blog readers. Donald Trump was having a certain kind of night last night – the sort of night where one mistakes Canada for a state, and prime minister Justin Trudeau for its governor. “It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada. I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so that we may continue our in depth talks on Tariffs and Trade, the results of which will be truly spectacular for all!” Trump said on Truth Social. Just 41 days remain until he can write this sort of thing from the White House.

Meanwhile, Democrats are using their final days in control of the Senate to shine a spotlight on the harms Trump’s vows of mass deportations would do to American communities. At 10am, the judiciary committee will convene a hearing on how the president-elect’s signature campaign promises will “separate American families, harm our armed forces and devastate our economy”. The Democrats have summoned a retired major general and an undocumented Philadelphia prosecutor who is temporarily shielded from deportation to testify. The GOP has called the mother of a Maryland woman who was raped and murdered, allegedly by an undocumented man.

Here’s what else is going on today:

• More than 75 Nobel laureates have reportedly signed a letter asking senators not to confirm conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy Jr as secretary of the health and human services department, after Trump nominated him last month.

• Joe Biden will defend his economic record in a speech from the Brookings Institution in Washington DC at 12.15pm.

• Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, takes questions from reporters at 2pm.