President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on his global tariff plan sparked mixed reaction on Capitol Hill, with Long Island’s congressional Democrats blasting the president for recent market turmoil while Republicans praised Trump for seeking new trade deals. Laura Figueroa Hernandez and Candice Ferrette report in NEWSDAY that U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the Senate minority leader, said at a news conference after Trump’s announcement yesterday that the president was "feeling the heat" from those opposed to his tariff agenda."This is chaos. This is government by chaos," Schumer said. "He keeps changing things from day to day. His advisers are fighting among themselves, calling each other names. And you cannot run a country with such chaos."Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), appearing alongside Schumer, said Trump’s approach was a "manufactured crisis" that was causing companies to reconsider their expansion plans."Businesses will now not invest in new products or expand their workforce, because they have no idea of what is coming next," Gillibrand said.However, U.S. Congressman Nick LaLota (R-Amityville) who represents the east end, called Trump's pause a "smart, strategic move," saying it put "tougher pressure on China" for "using slave-like labor and stealing our intellectual property.""In a time of economic uncertainty, the pause, and focus on China’s bad trade practices, has brought clarity and renewed confidence in the fight to make America’s economy work for Americans," LaLota said.****Disruptions in the state's testing system persisted in schools on Long Island and statewide for the second consecutive day yesterday, a situation that education officials in Albany called "unacceptable." John Hildebrand and Robert Brodsky report in NEWSDAY that the issues were being felt in elementary and middle schools that had scheduled computerized English Language Arts testing this month for tens of thousands of students. Glitches first broke out Tuesday morning, in some cases leading to postponements for students either in the midst of testing or waiting to be assessed.NYS Department of Education spokesman JP O'Hare issued a statement Wednesday apologizing to schools, students and families and acknowledging that some systems had suffered "the loss of two testing days." O'Hare placed the blame on the state's testing vendor, NWEA, a private nonprofit testing agency based in Portland, Oregon."We have been in contact with NWEA leadership to demand answers for why this situation has occurred and solutions to ensure that students will not be impacted any further during the spring 2025 testing window," O'Hare said. The window for this year's tests has now been extended by one week, to May 23, a state education department spokesman said.In Suffolk County, problems were reported in Bayport-Blue Point, Brentwood, Shoreham-Wading River and South Huntington school districts.****Applications are open for ReWild Long Island’s South Fork summer program to Fight Hunger and Climate Change in East Hampton. Students in 8th-12th grade are eligible to sign up as interns or volunteers now and get experience in environmental stewardship at a dozen non-profit organizations in and around East Hampton including: Share the Harvest Farm, the Village Green, Methodist Lane Bioswales, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton Compost and the Matthew Lester Memorial Garden at the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum.All students earn community service credits, get training, and if they contribute over 60 hours in the summer, a $300 intern scholarship from ReWild Long Island. Hours and days are flexible with 2-hour shifts at each location, giving students the opportunity to fit in summer jobs, summer school or family vacations. The program will run from June 26 to August 31. Students can opt to continue on weekends after Labor Day,