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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Here's the latest. — In a major setback for President Trump's economic agenda, the court ruled that he could not invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to set tariffs on imports. — Here's the latest. — The Supreme Court dealt a major blow to President Trump's economic policy …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs in a major blow to the president — The decision does not affect all of Trump's tariffs but invalidates those implemented using an emergency law. — WASHINGTON — Delivering a major blow to President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court …
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Layla A. Jones / Talking Points Memo:
SCOTUS Knocks Down Trump's ‘Emergency’ Tariffs in 6-3 Decision — The Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump's signature economic and foreign policy Friday morning in a fractured 6-3 split decision. — Trump cannot use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA …
CNN:
Supreme Court rules that Trump's sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump violated federal law when he unilaterally imposed sweeping tariffs across the globe, a striking loss for the White House on an issue that has been central …
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Supreme Court strikes down Trump's sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda — EDITED BY LUENA RODRIGUEZ-FEO VILEIRA AND CURTIS YEE — The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Moment Trump Found Out the Supreme Court Killed His Tariffs — President gets the news as meeting with governors opens; 'so, it's a loss, then?' — WASHINGTON—President Trump had just started a closed-door White House meeting with governors when one of his trade advisers handed him a piece of paper.
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Ilya Somin / Reason:
Supreme Court Decides Our Tariff Case - and We Won! — Today, the Supreme Court decided our case challenging Donald Trump's massive IEEPA tariffs. In a 6-3 decision, Court rightly ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not give the President the power to …
Wall Street Journal:
The Embarrassing Truth About Tariffs — Why is Trump so upset about Federal Reserve economic research into his trade policies? — The White House this week opened a new front in its war on the Federal Reserve: a fight about Fed research on the consequences of President Trump's tariffs.
Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Global Tariffs — Ruling finds president exceeded his powers by imposing duties without clear authorization from Congress — WASHINGTON—President Trump's global tariffs are illegal, the Supreme Court ruled Friday, in a stinging repudiation of a signature White House initiative.
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court strikes down Trump's sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
A fake ICE tip line reveals neighbors reporting neighbors — A Nashville comedian's deportation hotline, set up as a joke, has gone viral among viewers who say it shows the “banality of evil personified.” — Ben Palmer, a stand-up comic in Nashville, has built a following online …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
As Trump Weighs Iran Strikes, He Declines to Make Clear Case for Why, or Why Now — Rarely in modern times has the United States prepared to conduct a major act of war with so little explanation or public debate. — When President George W. Bush began preparing the country for the invasion of Iraq …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
This Is How an Autocrat Goes to War
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Alexander Ward / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Weighs Initial Limited Strike to Force Iran Into Nuclear Deal
Trump Weighs Initial Limited Strike to Force Iran Into Nuclear Deal
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fourth-quarter U.S. GDP up just 1.4%, badly missing estimate; inflation firms at 3% … U.S. growth slowed more than expected near the end of 2025 as the government shutdown impacted spending and investment, while a key inflation metric showed high prices are still a factor for the economy, according to data released Friday.
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Isabel Van Brugen / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Rep's Ex-Wife Makes Bizarre Claim About His Accent — FRESHMAN FAKER — Byron Donalds “absolutely” had an accent that mysteriously vanished, his former spouse claimed. — A Trump-backed congressman vying to become Florida's next governor once faked a Jamaican accent to stand out in college, according to his ex-wife.
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Jon Michael Raasch / Daily Mail:
Scandalous marriage secrets of Florida governor frontrunner: Ex-wife's pregnancy bombshell
Scandalous marriage secrets of Florida governor frontrunner: Ex-wife's pregnancy bombshell
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Roger Sollenberger:
DOJ Deleted Record Revealing That Maxwell Holds Potential Blackmail Over Trump — The document, which was re-posted after I reported the removal, shows Maxwell's lawyers possess three FBI interviews with an underage Trump accuser that haven't been released to the public.
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Politico:
MAHA unleashes on White House after Trump backs pesticide … The controversy encapsulates the president's tightrope walk as he struggles to maintain grassroots support while he courts traditional Republican farm and business allies. — Just last month, the White House …
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Akhil Reed Amar / New York Times:
Soil, Not Blood, Determines U.S. Citizenship — America's Constitution proudly proclaims that all people born on American soil and under the American flag are Americans — equal birthright citizens — regardless of their parentage. Constitutionally, it does not matter if you are born Black or white, male or female, in wedlock or out.
New York Times:
Labor Secretary's Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports — At least two female staff members said Dr. Shawn DeRemer had touched them inappropriately at the agency in Washington. — The husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been barred …
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Arresting Andrew — The King of England's brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was taken into custody today by British police. Officially, he's been detained under suspicion of misconduct in public office. He was questioned but has not, as of yet, been charged, and was released after about 12 hours in custody.
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Paul Krugman:
The Ultra-Rich Are Different from You and Me — Only the little people pay taxes, redux — On Wednesday the Wall Street Journal published an article with the headline “Billionaires' low taxes are becoming a problem for the economy.” Hey, what do you expect from a woke, left-wing rag?
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Kali Holloway / The Nation:
MAGA's Reaction to the Epstein Files Reveals Total Moral Collapse — The right's moral charade was always going to be undone by the Trump of it all. — Pocket — I'm not sure we're terrified enough about the American right scrapping even its own scant moral boundaries.
Financial Times:
Paramount's $108bn bid for Warner Bros clears US antitrust hurdle — Support from Trump administration adds new twist in blockbuster battle with Netflix — Oliver Barnes and Anna Nicolaou in New York and Stefania Palma in Washington DC — Paramount Skydance's $108bn bid to gatecrash Netflix's deal …
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Top German soccer team cancels trip to Minneapolis, citing Trump immigration crackdown … And while White House border czar Tom Homan announced the White House was ending its surge in Minnesota last week, Werder Bremen's cancellation is far from the only economic fallout of the surge.
Ceylan Yeğinsu / New York Times:
Why the United States Is Seeing an Ongoing Tourism Slump — Last year, the U.S. was the only major destination to see a decline in international travelers. With increased scrutiny at the border, ICE violence and unpredictable policies, the new year isn't looking better.
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Mike Somes / Liberal Currents:
The Last Idiot Who Earnestly Believes in the American Experiment — Still left out of the joke, even now. — The American right has a question. They want to know why the people of the Twin Cities didn't just let the Department of Homeland Security wander through and take whoever they felt like.
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
The Epstein saga engulfs Les Wexner — and the Ohio he helped build — The retail mogul's ties to Jeffrey Epstein have upended his legacy and put the state's political leaders under scrutiny. — Listen to this article with a free account — NEW ALBANY, Ohio — Around …
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Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Texas congressional candidate with extremist views backed by hard-right donors — After tech billionaire Peter Thiel and others donated to Jace Yarbrough's campaign, Donald Trump endorsed him — A rookie congressional candidate in a nine-way Texas primary has received the imprimatur …
Politico:
Republicans are ignoring Trump and holding out hope for a second megabill … Those Republicans are largely brushing off Trump's comments, refusing to take them as a death knell for their efforts. — “One day he's okay with it, and the next day he's not,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) …
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Sanya Burgess / The i Paper:
Tommy Robinson was barred from the US. Trump's border force has now let him in — Tommy Robinson has travelled to America - despite a reported travel ban and tough border controls on travellers with criminal convictions. — In a series of videos and posts on X, Robinson …
Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
How MAGA learned to love Christian persecution — This special Saturday edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one👇 — 🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠 — It's a familiar cri de coeur howled by conservative talking heads and Republican politicians: Christians in America are under siege.
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Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
Epstein estate agrees to $35 million settlement in victim class action — Jeffrey Epstein's estate has agreed to pay as much as $35 million to resolve a class action lawsuit that accused two of the disgraced financier's advisers of aiding and abetting his sex trafficking of young women and teenage girls …
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Politico:
Turbulence in Tally — Presented by Good morning and happy Friday. — The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature landed the plane on one big item for the 2026 session on Thursday: A bill that would rename Palm Beach International Airport after President DONALD TRUMP.
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Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
ICE Detention Centers Face Huge Backlash—Before They've Even Been Built — Turns out ICE has bad PR. — ∙ Paid — SEVEN MONTHS AGO, the Florida detention center nicknamed, with equal parts triumphalism and cruelty, “Alligator Alcatraz” was all the rage.

