US media focused heavily on President Trump's domestic agenda, particularly legal challenges to his policies. A key development was the ruling that his “Liberation Day” tariffs were illegal, prompting questions about their enforcement after previous judicial findings of unlawfulness. On Labor Day, debate intensified around Trump's efforts to curb union power and his “America First” policies, contrasted with rallies against his “anti-worker” stance. Immigration policy also saw movement, with a judge halting child deportations earlier in the day, while cities like Chicago braced for further federal immigration crackdowns. Internationally, a devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan killed over 800 people. Concurrently, former CDC directors raised alarms over RFK Jr.'s influence, and President Trump announced the Presidential Medal of Freedom for Rudy Giuliani following his car accident.