66 h. ago Costco joins growing list of companies suing Trump for ‘full refund’ if Supreme Court strikes down tariffs

Other companies which have sued for refunds include motorbike maker Kawasaki and cosmetics titan Revlon

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3 d. ago Costco joins growing list of companies suing Trump for refunds if Supreme Court strikes down tariffs

Other companies which have sued for refunds include motorbike maker Kawasaki and cosmetics titan Revlon

Economics

1 week ago Trump warns the Supreme Court off ‘serving hostile foreign interests’ on tariffs in latest Truth Social rant

Trump has repeatedly claimed that tariffs — which are ultimately import taxes paid by Americans — are paid by foreign countries

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3 w. ago BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders

Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bossesA BBC board member with links to the Conservative party “led the charge” in pressuring the corporation’s leadership over claims of systemic bias in coverage of Donald Trump, Gaza and transgender rights, the Guardian has been told.Sources said Robbie Gibb, Theresa May’s former communications chief who was appointed to the BBC’s board during Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister, amplified the criticisms in key board meetings that preceded the shock resignation of the director general, Tim Davie, and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Transgender rights to Trump’s tariffs – here’s what’s on the Supreme Court docket

The Supreme Court is made up of nine justices

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4 w. ago Trump defends tariffs as matter of ‘national security’, saying a supreme court ruling against them would be ‘somewhat catastrophic’

President claims without evidence that tariffs are ‘difference between going bankrupt and thriving’It’s now day 37 of the ongoing government shutdown, the longest on record, with both parties continuing to blame the other for the lapse in funding.For his part, Donald Trump has turned his attention to the filibuster – the procedural mechanism that requires 60 votes in the Senate to end debate on a piece of legislation and bring it to the floor for a vote. He’s hammered home his wishes on Truth Social, and in front of lawmakers at a White House breakfast on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Lutnick, Bessent – and John Mulaney? The surprising mix of dignitaries monitoring Trump’s ‘life or death’ tariffs case

In one of the largest cases for Trump in his second term, justices will decide if his signature economic policy is legally sound

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4 w. ago Supreme Court appears sceptical of legal basis for Trump tariffs

Case could determine the future of the US president’s global trade agenda

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4 w. ago ‘Tariffs are taxes’: US supreme court hears challenge to Trump levies as justices appear doubtful of White House reasoning – live

Both conservative and liberal US supreme court justices have voiced skepticism over the Trump administration’s justification for tariffsUS supreme court appears skeptical over legality of Trump tariffsHere’s a look at some of the pictures from New York, as Zohran Mamdani was elected the next mayor of the city.In a short while, we’ll hear from Donald Trump when he hosts a breakfast with Republican senators at the White House. As we noted earlier, the president had choice words about Mamdani’s victory in New York, and other Democratic wins across the country – including the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago US supreme court’s liberal justices express skepticism over Trump’s justification of tariffs – live updates

The supreme court has started to hear oral arguments for and against the legality of most of Donald Trump’s tariffsUS supreme court grills Trump administration over legality of tariffsHere’s a look at some of the pictures from New York, as Zohran Mamdani was elected the next mayor of the city.In a short while, we’ll hear from Donald Trump when he hosts a breakfast with Republican senators at the White House. As we noted earlier, the president had choice words about Mamdani’s victory in New York, and other Democratic wins across the country – including the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Nearly half of all goods imported into the US face some tariffs, raising costs for companies and consumers

Small businesses have turned to the Supreme Court to roll back some of Trump’s tariffs, which they say have significantly raised overhead costs

Economics

4 w. ago US supreme court hears oral arguments on legality of Trump imposing tariffs

President’s tariffs are being scrutinized in crucial legal test of plan to impose duties on nearly every US trading partnerUS politics – live updatesDonald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on the world are being scrutinized by the US supreme court today, a crucial legal test of the president’s controversial economic strategy – and his power.Justices started to hear oral arguments this morning on the legality of using emergency powers to impose tariffs on almost every US trading partner. Continue reading...

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