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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Federal trade court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers law  —  A federal trade court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.  The ruling from a three-judge panel at the New York-based Court …
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Court says Trump doesn't have the authority to set tariffs  —  A federal court on Wednesday ruled President Trump does not have the authority under economic emergency legislation to impose sweeping global tariffs.  —  Why it matters: The U.S. Court of International Trade's ruling could bring …
Politico:
Federal court strikes down Trump's tariffs on countries around the world  —  The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled unanimously that the president overstepped his powers in imposing the tariffs on dozens of trading partners, most of which he's since paused.
Discussion: Townhall and Raw Story
Ilya Somin / Reason:
We Won Our Tariff Case!  —  The US Court of International Trade just issued a unanimous ruling in the case against Trump's “liberation day” tariffs filed by Liberty Justice Center and myself on behalf of five US businesses harmed by the tariffs.  The ruling also covers the case filed …
Discussion: Fox Business and Newsweek
Ali Bianco / Politico:
Trump's not happy about Wall Street's name for tariff flip-flops  —  He bristles at the acronym TACO, which stands for ‘Trump always chickens out.’  —  Wall Street has a new shorthand about President Donald Trump — and he's not happy about it.  —  Traders have reportedly come up with the acronym TACO …
Paul Krugman:   Is There a Dignified Legal Way, Preferably in Latin, to Say “Holy Shit”?
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump rejects claim he's ‘chickening out’ on tariffs just because he keeps changing rates
Reuters:
Markets cheer court ruling to block Trump tariffs
Discussion: CNN and Meidas+
ABC News:   Federal court says Trump doesn't have the power to impose tariffs unilaterally
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Didn't ‘Chicken Out’ on Tariffs
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and NewsMax.com
James Fanelli / Wall Street Journal:
Trade Court Strikes Down Trump's ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Forbes
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Will Nominate His Former Defense Lawyer to Appeals Court  —  Emil Bove, a former federal prosecutor, has been working as the president's enforcer at the Justice Department  —  President Trump on Wednesday said he would nominate Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official …
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Trump nominates one of his former personal attorneys for prestigious federal appeals court seat
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Plain Dealer
STAT:
STAT+: HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics  —  The Department of Health and Human Services has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract with the company to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains …
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Tina Reed / Axios:
HHS cancels Moderna's $590M bird flu vaccine award
Discussion: Associated Press, Reuters and NPR
Wall Street Journal:
Paramount Has Offered $15 Million to Settle CBS Lawsuit.  Trump Wants More.  —  President's team threatened another lawsuit amid settlement talks  —  A month into negotiations between Paramount Global and President Trump to settle his lawsuit against CBS News, the parties remain far apart on terms.
New York Times:
A Missouri Town Was Solidly Behind Trump.  Then Carol Was Detained.  —  For 20 years, Carol Hui has served waffles, raised her children and embraced the small town of Kennett, Mo. Her detention and pending deportation to Hong Kong has hit the community hard.
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Marco Rubio: US to ‘aggressively’ revoke visas of Chinese students  —  The announcement didn't specify how many would lose the ability to study in the country.  —  The U.S. will “aggressively revoke” visas for Chinese students, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday in an escalation …
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Marco Rubio / United States Department of State:
New Visa Policies Put America First, Not China
Detroit Free Press:
Trump will ‘take a look’ at pardoning convicted Whitmer kidnap plotters, he says  — The government alleged in 2020 that men upset with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's handling of the coronavirus pandemic had conspired to kidnap her.  — Prosecutors had mixed success in court but did land convictions in both federal and state courts.
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Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Trump says he will ‘take a look’ at possible pardons for men convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Discussion: MLive.com and NewsMax.com
Department of Homeland Security:
Secretary Noem Releases Statement After ICE Arrests Illegal Alien who Threatened to Assassinate President Donald J. Trump  —  WASHINGTON - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
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Axios:
Scoop: Stephen Miller, Noem tell ICE to supercharge immigrant arrests
Sky News:
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan charged with rape in the UK  —  Bedfordshire Police issued an international arrest warrant for the brothers over allegations, which they “unequivocally deny”, said to have occurred between 2012 and 2015.  —  Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate …
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Brian Melley / Associated Press:
Tate brothers face rape and trafficking charges in the UK
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Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
Trump escalates war with Harvard: 'They're getting in deeper and deeper'
Washington Post:
Trump's Air Force One deal with Qatar not final, despite U.S. claims  —  The delay reflects lingering concerns about legal liabilities stemming from a White House maneuver to transform what was originally a sale between two countries into a “gift.”  —  Despite claims by the Defense Department …
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Crime is Now Legal (At Least for Trump's Friends)  —  Corruption is spreading fast within the Justice Department … A lot of attention has come in recent days to the sheer size of the corruption racket surrounding the president and the White House.  The New York Times did a great piece …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump's pardons highlight Justice Department's pullback from public corruption cases
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
US judge blocks Trump from halting Biden-era migrant ‘parole’ programs  —  A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from halting legal entry “parole” programs that have allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants with U.S. sponsors to enter the country legally.
Discussion: CBS News and Washington Times
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Associated Press:   Judge rules that Trump administration wrongly ended humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands
New York Times:
A Disillusioned Musk, Distanced From Trump, Says He's Exiting Washington  —  The billionaire has made clear he is frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the federal bureaucracy.  —  Elon Musk during a cabinet meeting at the White House last month.Eric Lee/The New York Times
David Noriega / NBC News:
Immigration courts are dismissing cases of those sent to El Salvador, potentially cutting off their return  —  An immigration judge in San Diego dismissed the asylum claim of a gay makeup artist from Venezuela — one of at least 14 such dismissals to take place in recent weeks.
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Judge Says Government Should Release Russian Scientist  —  The judge ordered ICE to release Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, who also faces criminal charges.  —  A federal judge on Wednesday said she would grant bail to Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why Musk is so important  —  WHY MUSK IS SO IMPORTANT.  Elon Musk's giant Starship spacecraft went out of control, tumbled, and broke apart several minutes into a test flight Tuesday night.  It was the latest in a series of unsuccessful-but-still-instructive tests of Musk's hugely ambitious rocket program …
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
Back at SpaceX, Musk says in interview DOGE became D.C.'s ‘whipping boy’  —  Musk made his comments at an inflection point for SpaceX amid a string of failures of its Starship spacecraft in recent test flights.  —  STARBASE, Tex. — Elon Musk, returning to SpaceX on Tuesday for a test flight …
Jake Lahut / Wired:
Nancy Mace's Former Staff Claim She Had Them Create Burner Accounts to Promote Her  —  According to former staffers and a deposition, Nancy Mace has allegedly used her tech background to deploy bots across social media—and asked staffers to surreptitiously post on her behalf.
Discussion: The Independent, Mediaite and Raw Story
Amalya Dubrovsky / Yahoo Finance:
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures jump as court blocks Trump tariffs, Nvidia earnings impress  —  US stock futures rose after a US trade court blocked some of President Trump's tariffs, and Nvidia (NVDA)'s mixed earnings report impressed Wall Street despite the company's warnings on chip curbs.
Jasmine Wright / NOTUS:
Trump Has Commuted Larry Hoover's Sentence  —  The president, on a pardon spree, shortened the infamous former gang leader's sentence after years of advocates pressing for his release.  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, the infamous former gang leader …
John Trasviña / The Voice of San Francisco:
Grading for Equity coming to San Francisco high schools this fall  —  District materials highlight a decrease in A grades for ‘more privileged’ students.  —  Without seeking approval of the San Francisco Board of Education, Superintendent of Schools Maria Su plans to unveil a new Grading …
 
 
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