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Appeals Court Reinstates Trump Tariffs
Appeals Court
Reinstates
Trump Tariffs
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May 29, 2025 4:35 PM CDT

Appeals Court Reinstates Trump Tariffs

Ruling came after a second federal court found tariffs issued under emergency powers unlawful

(Newser) - President Trump's tariffs were reinstated by a federal appeals court ruling on Thursday. The court's ruling came after a second federal court found that an emergency powers law does not give Trump authority to enact tariffs, and that most of the ones he's already ordered after invoking...

Judge Hands Harvard a Win on Graduation Day

She extends order allowing university to continue enrolling international students

(Newser) - As Harvard University held commencement ceremonies Thursday, a federal judge extended her restraining order against the Trump administration's attempt to block international students from enrolling at America's oldest university. Judge Allison D. Burroughs said the order she issued last week will remain in place until a preliminary injunction...

One Punch 6 Years Ago Resonates Politically

Wall Street Journal traces Trump administration's battle with universities to a 2019 altercation

(Newser) - Much has been written about the Trump administration's fight with Harvard and other universities, but the Wall Street Journal traces the broad outlines of the current fight to a single punch in 2019:
  • That year, Hayden Williams got punched in the face after he set up a table at
...

More Pardons, Commutations —Including for Gang Leader

Larry Hoover, co-founder of Chicago's Gangster Disciples, ordered a hit on rival

(Newser) - President Trump continued issuing pardons and commutations on Wednesday, including for a former Chicago gang leader given six life sentences for conspiracy, extortion, and other crimes. "I do not believe that there's a more notorious or prolific criminal than Larry Hoover," who was also convicted of ordering...

Trump Has One Big Gripe About Qatar Luxury Jet

'Frankly, it's much too big,' he told reporters on Wednesday of the controversial 'gift' from Mideast

(Newser) - President Trump makes no secret of admiring "big, beautiful" things , but the controversial $400 million luxury jet he says was a gift to the US from Qatar may be too large, even for him. Although Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the recently accepted Boeing 747, which the Defense...

Court Ruling Blows Up Trump's Tariff Leverage
Court Ruling Blows Up
Trump's Tariff Leverage
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May 29, 2025 6:11 AM CDT

Court Ruling Blows Up Trump's Tariff Leverage

Federal body invalidates most of them, and world markets are happy

(Newser) - President Trump upended world trade with his tariffs. Wednesday's decision from a federal court upends Trump's ability to continue upending things. For now, markets are thrilled that the court has taken away Trump's ability to wield most tariffs the way he has, but the administration plans to...

Elon Musk's Time With the Trump Administration Is Over

Billionaire is no longer a special government employee

(Newser) - Elon Musk's time as a special government employee has officially come to an end, a White House official tells NBC News . The billionaire, who had recently pledged to pay more attention to the actual companies he runs , started offboarding from his role in the Trump administration Wednesday—the day...

Reality TV Couple Released After Trump Pardon

Todd and Julie Chrisley are freed from prison

(Newser) - Reality television couple Todd and Julie Chrisley of Chrisley Knows Best fame walked out of prison Wednesday, the day after President Trump granted them both pardons . One of their attorneys said in an interview that he didn't know why Trump chose this particular week to issue his reprieve, but...

Trump Pardon Just Before Sentencing Frustrates Court

Judge ticks through reasons that wouldn't explain president's order

(Newser) - A labor union leader who pleaded guilty to failing to report gifts from an advertising firm was pardoned by President Trump on the eve of his sentencing Wednesday, court records show—frustrating the judge in the case. James Callahan, of Lindenhurst, New York, was general president of the International Union...

Trade Court Throws Out Tariffs, Ruling Trump Lacks Authority

Three-judge panel doesn't buy national emergency argument

(Newser) - President Trump does not have the authority to impose broad tariffs on imports, a federal court ruled Wednesday, rejecting the argument that the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act gives him that power. The US Court of International Trade had been asked to issue an injunction in the case involving...

Trump: Whitmer Convictions Look Like a 'Railroad Job'

President says he'll look at pardoning men prosecuted in kidnap plot

(Newser) - President Trump said Wednesday that he watched the prosecutions of men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and that "it looked to me like somewhat of a railroad job." So he's going to consider pardoning them. "You know, they were drinking, and I...

Trump Lashes Out at 'Nastiest Question'

He was asked about the term TACO, standing for 'Trump always chickens out'

(Newser) - President Trump isn't happy about a term coined by Financial Times reporter Robert Armstrong for markets' reaction to his tariffs: TACO, standing for "Trump always chickens out." Trump was clearly irritated when a reporter asked him about the term on Wednesday. "I've never heard that....

Trump Pardons Tax Cheat After Mom Donates $1M: Report

White House claims he was targeted by Biden administration due to 'conservative politics'

(Newser) - Paul Walczak was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $4.4 million in restitution last month after he admitted using millions of dollars meant to pay his employees' taxes to fund an extravagant lifestyle. The sentencing judge specifically noted there "is not a get-out-of-jail-free...

'Disappointed' Musk Breaks With Trump on Spending Bill

DOGE master says the 'Big Beautiful Bill Act' will inflate federal deficit, undermines DOGE work

(Newser) - Elon Musk says he's stepping back a bit from helping the Trump administration slash federal spending via his Department of Government Efficiency, and he's also now stepping back a bit in supporting the Trump agenda—at least when it comes to the "big beautiful" spending package recently...

Judge Blocks Trump's Order With 'Tone of Open Fury'

Federal judge strikes down president's executive order sanctioning WilmerHale

(Newser) - President Trump's attempts to punish law firms for political reasons failed for the third time this month when a federal judge on Tuesday struck down his executive order sanctioning WilmerHale. And Judge Richard Leon did it with flair, notes CNBC , which writes that Leon "suffused his 73-page order...

Trump: Canada Still 'Considering' Statehood

By joining the US, Canada will get Golden Dome for free, he says

(Newser) - Canada's participation in President Trump's $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense project will cost the country $61 billion—or nothing, Trump announced Tuesday. As King Charles III told Canada's Parliament that a "confident Canada" can "give themselves far more than any foreign power can ever...

Trump Set to Pardon Reality TV Stars
Trump Grants
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Reality TV Stars
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May 28, 2025 1:30 AM CDT

Trump Grants Full Pardons to Reality TV Stars

Julie and Todd Chrisley were found guilty of bank fraud, tax evasion in 2022

(Newser) - President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Julie and Todd Chrisley of reality TV fame, as he'd promised to do, People reports. "My parents get to start their lives over!" their daughter Savannah posted on Instagram Live. "My phone is going bananas right now, but President Trump gave...

Trump Issues Another Warning to Putin

'He's playing with fire!'

(Newser) - President Trump had harsh words for Russia's president again on Tuesday. "What Vladimir Putin doesn't realize is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD," Trump wrote in a Truth Social...

NPR Sues White House Over 'Textbook Retaliation'

Broadcaster says Trump administration isn't being subtle about cutting off funding, 'comes as a wolf'

(Newser) - National Public Radio promised to fight a presidential executive order cutting off its federal funding, and now that's exactly what it's doing. The public broadcaster—which, along with PBS, was targeted by President Trump's executive order earlier this month accusing them of being "biased media"—...

Ex-Sheriff Gets a Presidential Pardon for Bribery Sentence

Trump issues pardon for Scott Jenkins, about to begin 10 years behind bars in Virginia on Tuesday

(Newser) - President Trump says he's pardoning Scott Jenkins, the former sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia, who was due to start a 10-year prison sentence on Tuesday for accepting more than $75,000 in bribes. Jenkins, 53, was convicted last year of conspiracy, honest services fraud, and multiple bribery charges...

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