The day federal court struck down Trump tariffs

CNN host Kaitlan Collins expressed shock over the claim revealed by a former CDC director in a highly critical interview.

The families of the two Catholic school students fatally shot while celebrating Mass at a Minneapolis church are continuing to wrestle with their grief.

Jim O’Neill, a deputy to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Trump has sought to remove Cook over mortgage fraud allegations that her lawyers call "unsubstantiated."

"Republicans are banking on their gains with Hispanic voters" given the way they designed the new districts in Texas, one analyst noted.

While much of the focus marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina is on New Orleans, where federal levees failed and flooded the city, the historic storm also decimated the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Two New Orleans neighborhoods tell competing stories of recovering from Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago.

Newly unearthed platforms from the DSA’s New York City chapter paint a shocking picture of the potential radical shift in policies in the Big Apple if Mamdani is elected as mayor in November.

“How extremely profitable all of this precarity has become.” Author Brian Goldstone on working and homelessness in today’s America.

During a discussion on MSNBC centered on gun controls that might be pushed post-Minneapolis shooting, The Trace reporter Mike Spies suggested bans that would include handguns.

In Oxnard, a summer of immigration raids has fueled community hostility and distrust, and put city officials on the defensive.

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President Donald Trump has canceled Secret Service protection for former vice president and 2024 Democrat rival Kamala Harris, CNN and other media outlets reported Friday. [Full Story]

The Trump administration has picked HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill to lead the CDC, a source familiar with the matter said, after the former director was fired and senior leaders resigned.

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A package of U.S. cruise missiles is among the first shipments of purchases by NATO allies to be sent to the embattled country.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris lost her Secret Service protection Thursday after President Donald Trump withdrew the privilege.

Operations at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are in jeopardy after the ousting of the CDC director and the resignation of several high-profile agency leaders.

While Hurricane Katrina's toll didn't become clear for days, the storm ultimately led to nearly 1,400 deaths, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Democrats, and some Republicans, have been vocally opposed to the seldom-used budgetary tactic, and its legality is dubious at best.

The rapper's nanny was attacked with bear spray in the early morning hours by two men who stole valuable personal items.

Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minnesota, said Kennedy should be fired after he suggested antidepressants played a role in the Aug. 27 Minneapolis shooting.

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The mother of the deranged gunman who killed two children at Annunciation Catholic School has obtained a defense attorney, and is not speaking to police.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) joined other Democrats in mocking the idea of prayer in the wake of the mass shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis this week, noting that the children were praying at the time.

Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, had confided his darkest suspicions to OpenAI’s popular bot, which he nicknamed “Bobby,” before the shocking murder-suicide

Elon Musk has requested a federal judge to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) civil lawsuit against him in relation to his 2022 acquisition of Twitter stock -- arguing that the regulator’s case over a delayed disclosure is legally unfounded.

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DEM MIDTERM GAMECHANGER?

In America’s political kingdom, the male species is increasingly trying to assert dominance through adolescent feats of strength.

Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott has signed a new congressional map into law, celebrating Texas Republicans’ five new Senate seats.

Dahlia Lithwick

President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to scrap approximately $4.9 billion in previously approved foreign aid using a little-known maneuver called “pocket rescission,” a move that has drawn praise from his “America First” supporters.

Dahlia Lithwick

Hurricane Katrina displaced New Orleanians across the country. Two decades later, their stories reveal how home never left them.

President Trump is slashing $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid funding through a rarely-used budgetary maneuver known as pocket rescissions, an administration official said.

Trump's $4.9 Billion 'Pocket Rescission' Violates Federal Law and Usurps Congressional Authority

Trump's $4.9 Billion 'Pocket Rescission' Usurps Congressional Authority

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is suggesting without evidence that President Donald Trump will send ICE agents out to polling sites.

The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to deploy more than 200 Homeland Security agents to Chicago for a large-scale immigration sweep, with the U.S. Naval Station Great Lakes serving as a central immigration hub.

The two-term Republican had faced criticism from the right for wavering over Trump’s pick of Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon.

Here's a recap of what happened in the leadership shakeup at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week and what's next.

Missouri’s Republican governor is calling a special legislative session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts. The announcement Friday by Gov.

Democrats reacting to the deadly Minneapolis school shooting by belittling prayer may want to ask the Almighty for help with their messaging.

A three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that the statute Trump relied on to impose his most expansive tariffs did not actually grant him that authority.

Vice President JD Vance is allegedly “moving fast” behind the scenes to seize power.

The judges delayed the implementation of their order until October, allowing President Trump to keep the duties in place for now and appeal the ruling.

By Gabe Whisnant

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Trump wasn’t legally allowed to declare national emergencies and impose import taxes on almost every country on earth, largely upholding a May decision by a specialized federal trade court in New York. But the court's 7-4 decision tossed out a part of that ruling striking down the tariffs immediately, allowing his administration time to appeal to the Supreme Court. [Full Story]

Trump's Tariffs and Immigration Policies Are Why Your Amazon Packages Are So Expensive and Will Take Forever

A federal appeals court ruled many of President Trump’s tariffs are illegal, dealing a potentially crippling blow to his trade agenda.

The presence of the National Guard on the streets of D.C. has terrified some, relieved others, and left even the troops themselves confused.

The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Office reported that Iranian authorities have executed at least 841 individuals since the beginning of this year.

Missouri’s Republican governor is calling a special legislative session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts. The announcement Friday by Gov.

The announcement from Gov. Mike Kehoe comes the same day that fellow Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed his state's new congressional maps into law.

Missouri’s Republican governor is calling a special legislative session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts. The announcement Friday by Gov.

President Trump said he planned to appeal to the Supreme Court to seek to overturn an appeals court ruling that most of his tariffs are illegal.

Attorney General Pam Bondi fired another Department of Justice paralegal, Elizabeth Baxter, on Friday — after the environmental division employee flipped off a National Guard member on her way to work.

Florida GOP Representative Anna Paulina Luna introduced a resolution to advance the End Congressional Stock Trading Act, a bill that would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from trading or owning individual stocks, bonds, commodities, and other complex investment vehicles.

Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than a year. However, Spirit has assured passengers that flights, ticket sales, reservations, and loyalty points will continue as usual.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump had no legal right to impose sweeping tariffs on almost every country on earth but left in place for now his effort to build a protectionist wall around the American economy.

The White House swiped at California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday after he posted a video to social media alleging that the administration may use a highly visible immigration enforcement presence at midterm polls to "chill" voter participation. "It's no secret that Newscum puts illegal aliens before law-abiding American citizens," said White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson. "Now he's just saying the quiet part out loud." [Full Story]

President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products.

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