8 d. ago Trump Team’s Plan B is to ram through tariffs using obscure law to negate ‘rogue judges’: report

An appeals court has paused a lower court decision blocking enforcement of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

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8 d. ago Trump blasts his own appointed judge in rant against court’s tariff ruling: ‘Backroom hustlers’

‘Hopefully, the Supreme Court will reverse this horrible, country-threatening decision, QUICKLY and DECISIVELY,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social late Thursday

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9 d. ago Asian shares mostly decline as uncertainty grows about what's next with Trump's tariffs

Asian shares are trading mostly lower, as uncertainty grew about what will happen next after a U.S. court blocked many of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs

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9 d. ago Trump trade war: Tariffs back on as appeals court rules in president’s favor amid outbursts over ‘unelected’ judges

Appeals court pauses the Court of International Trade ruling on Trump’s tariffs while legal challenge plays out

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9 d. ago ‘America cannot function’: Karoline Leavitt lashes out at judges blocking Trump orders at record rate

Analysis: Spokeswoman’s breathless lambast ignores the fact that Trump’s unprecedented usage of executive actions could itself be responsible for his sky-high rate of failure in court, writes John Bowden

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9 d. ago The Latest: Appeals court allows Trump to continue collecting tariffs under emergency powers law

A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to continue collecting tariffs under an emergency powers law, for now, as his administration appeals an order striking down the bulk of his signature set of economic policies

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9 d. ago Appeals court lets Trump's tariffs stay in place for now in big win for president

Global markets surged and U.S. stock futures skyrocketed upon news of the bombshell ruling that the vast majority of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal. 

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9 d. ago US appeals court gives temporary reprieve to Trump’s tariffs

Decision comes less than 24 hours after trade court ruled president’s global levies to be illegal

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9 d. ago Trump’s tariffs are back on for now as he fights trade court ruling, appeals panel rules

Administration’s tariff agenda is temporarily reinstated while legal challenges play out

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9 d. ago Trump trade war live: Tariffs back on as appeals court rules in president’s favor amid outbursts over ‘unelected’ judges

Appeals court pauses the Court of International Trade ruling on Trump’s tariffs while legal challenge plays out

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9 d. ago US appeals court temporarily pauses block on Trump’s tariffs

Decision comes less than 24 hours after trade court ruled president’s global levies to be illegal

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9 d. ago US court temporarily reinstates Trump tariffs while administration appeals ruling blocking them – US politics live

US appeal judges grant administrative stay of trade court’s order blocking tariffsCan Trump get around the court ruling that blocks his tariffs?A federal judge will consider on whether to further block the Trump administration from revoking Harvard university’s ability to enroll international students (see post at 10.38 for more details).At a hearing in Boston, US district judge Allison Burroughs will weigh whether to extend a temporary order she issued last Friday that blocked the US department of homeland security from carrying out the revocation it issued a day earlier. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump tariffs live: President to fight trade ruling as White House claims ‘unelected’ judges ‘brazenly abusing’ powers

Wall Street opened higher on news that court has struck down Trump’s tariffs, though further expected uncertainty tempered gains, as the Dow slipped into negative territory

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9 d. ago Trump fury over US court bid to block tariffs – as experts warn uncertainty could hit economy

A ruling by three US judges has been described as ‘good news’ for countries negotiating trade deals with Trump but brought warnings of uncertainty and confusion

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9 d. ago The Guardian view on Trump’s tariffs: the courts have drawn a line. So must Congress | Editorial

The worst of all outcomes would be for US legislators to agree to strengthen the president’s executive powersIf one thing is more challenging to the rule of law than a genuine emergency, it is the invention of a phoney one. Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has upended global trade and international relations, wiping billions off the stock market in the process, by imposing tariffs that he claims are a necessary response to an emergency. Yet that emergency does not really exist, except in the manner that Mr Trump himself has created it.The president claimed, on 2 April, that a lack of reciprocity in US overseas trade arrangements was “an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and economy of the United States”. He claimed that this justified him in declaring an emergency and governing by executive decree under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Congress, which normally has the responsibility to decide U...

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9 d. ago Trump officials to ask supreme court to halt bid by ‘activist judges’ to block tariffs

Administration intends to ask top court to immediately pause trade court’s ruling that tariffs regime was illegalQ&A: Why has a US court blocked Donald Trump’s tariffs – and can he get round it?US politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration intends to ask the US supreme court to immediately pause what it characterised as a bid by “activist judges” to block Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.A US trade court ruled the US president’s tariffs regime was illegal on Wednesdaya dramatic twist that could block Trump’s controversial global trade policy. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago The trade court’s Trump tariff decision is a ‘deeply American problem’ – with enormous global implications

Experts warned the court decision will not necessarily provide any relief to countries hoping for lower tariffs or even trading uncertainty with the US, Rachel Clun reports

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9 d. ago The trade court’s Trump tariff decision is a ‘deeply American problem’

Experts warned the court decision will not necessarily provide any relief to countries hoping for lower tariffs or even trading uncertainty with the US, Rachel Clun reports

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9 d. ago What happens next as Court of International Trade strikes down Trump tariffs?

Panel of three judges, made up of one Trump appointee, said the president lacked authority to impose sweeping ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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9 d. ago Trump adviser confident tariff ruling will be overturned and says three trade deals nearly done – live

Kevin Hassett says three trade deals are nearly complete and more expected; Stephen Miller says ‘the judicial coup is out of control’ after federal court blocks tariffsTrump allies rail against court ruling blocking wide swath of tariffsA federal judge will consider on whether to further block the Trump administration from revoking Harvard university’s ability to enroll international students (see post at 10.38 for more details).At a hearing in Boston, US district judge Allison Burroughs will weigh whether to extend a temporary order she issued last Friday that blocked the US department of homeland security from carrying out the revocation it issued a day earlier. Continue reading...

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