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Trump’s big plans on trade and more run up against laws of political gravity, separation of powers​

By JOSH BOAK
Updated 7:40 PM CDT, May 29, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Once again, President Donald Trump’s biggest policy plans were stopped in their tracks.

On Wednesday, an obscure but powerful court in New York rejected the legal foundation of Trump’s most sweeping tariffs, finding that Trump could not use a 1977 law to declare a national emergency on trade imbalances and fentanyl smuggling to justify a series of import taxes that have unsettled the world. Reordering the global economy by executive fiat was an unconstitutional end-run around Congress’ powers, the three-judge panel of Trump, Obama and Reagan appointees ruled in a scathing rebuke of Trump’s action.

The setbacks fit a broader pattern for a president who has advanced an extraordinarily expansive view of executive power. Federal courts have called out the lack of due process in some of Trump’s deportation efforts. His proposed income tax cuts, now working their way through Congress, are so costly that some of them can’t be made permanent, as Trump had wished. His efforts to humble Harvard University and cut the federal workforce have encountered legal obstacles. And he’s running up against reality as his pledges to quickly end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza have turned into slogs.

The laws of political gravity, the separation of powers and geopolitical realities are proving to be tougher to conquer than Trump will publicly admit. As various legal skirmishes play out, he may have to choose between bowing to the limits of his power or trying to ignore the judicial system. ...

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RFK Jr.'s MAHA report cited nonexistent studies

Certain studies within the Trump administration's "Make America Healthy Again" report do not exist as cited, ABC News has confirmed.
abcnews.go.com

CBS News poll: Economy views better than winter, but Americans feel concern more than secure about finances

Prices and finances are big factors in how Americans decide their summer plans.
www.cbsnews.com

Federal judge extends order blocking Trump administration ban on foreign students at Harvard

A federal judge on Thursday extended an order blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to bar Harvard University from enrolling foreign students. U.S.
apnews.com

Justice Department tells American Bar Association it will no longer comply with ratings for judicial nominees

The Department of Justice will no longer comply with the American Bar Association's ratings process for judicial nominees, citing the organization's alleged liberal bias.
www.foxnews.com

Trump tariffs can stay in place for now, appeals court rules

The president's signature import taxes win a legal reprieve, as the White House rails against "activist judges".
www.bbc.com

Supreme Court scales back a key environmental law in a ruling that could speed development projects

The Supreme Court has backed a multibillion-dollar oil railroad expansion in Utah in a ruling that scales back a key environmental law and could speed development projects around the country.
apnews.com

Trump's pardons this term include these convicted fraudsters and supporters

President Trump has handed out pardons to convicted fraudsters who he argued have been unfairly targeted, including a number of his supporters.
www.cbsnews.com

Senate Republicans plan hearing on Biden's alleged cognitive decline cover-up

Senate Republicans plan a June hearing to investigate an alleged cover-up of Joe Biden's cognitive decline involving his inner circle, the media and his family during his presidency.
www.foxnews.com

The US academic partnership with China, under strain for years, faces its biggest threat

Frayed by tariff wars and political battles, the academic tie between the U.S. and China is now facing its greatest threat yet as the Trump administration promises to revoke visas for an unknown number of Chinese students and tighten future visa screening.
apnews.com

Inside the scramble to keep FEMA alive ahead of hurricane season

The Trump administration has been moving to drastically cut or even eliminate the disaster response and relief agency, but without a backup ready, it’s moving to keep some key pieces in place.
www.nbcnews.com

Medicaid cost-cutting measures passed by House to be scrutinized by GOP senators as they take up Trump agenda

Senate Republicans say they intend to change the House-passed bill, and some pointed to changes to Medicaid as a possible red line.
www.cbsnews.com

In addition to Musk, multiple top DOGE officials leaving Trump administration: Sources

Multiple senior DOGE officials are in the process of leaving the Trump administration along with Elon Musk, sources tell ABC News.
abcnews.go.com

Elon Musk came to Washington wielding a chain saw. He leaves behind upheaval and unmet expectations

Elon Musk arrived in the nation’s capital with the chain saw-wielding swagger of a tech titan who had never met a problem he couldn’t solve with lots of money, long hours or a well-calibrated algorithm.
apnews.com

Israel agrees to Trump-backed ceasefire proposal to free Gaza hostages: White House

Israel reportedly agrees to a ceasefire proposal pushed by envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump in an effort to end the fighting and return the hostages from Gaza.
www.foxnews.com

10 times Trump has threatened, then backtracked on, tariffs as 'TACO trade' jab gains traction

Trump has ordered a number of sweeping tariffs driving up costs of imports, but he has threatened far more tariffs than he has carried out, leading some to embrace "TACO theory."
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CBP ends use of temporary migrant processing sites as apprehensions plummet

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed to Fox News Digital that it is no longer operating any "soft-sided" facilities, following the closure of a migrant processing center near San Diego in March.

The Biden administration used the facilities to process migrants who entered the country illegally at multiple sites in California, Texas, and Arizona, amid a surge of millions crossing the border.

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Biden's first public remarks since cancer diagnosis honor Gold Star families

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Joe Biden honored fallen service members and Gold Star families Friday at a Memorial Day service in Delaware, marking his first public remarks since announcing he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

"We come together and remember the debt we owe to the American military," Biden said at the event, sponsored by the Delaware Commission of Veteran Affairs.

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Taylor Swift buys back her master recordings

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The singer announces that she owns the masters to her first six albums, for the first time ever.
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New Banksy mystery location revealed

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Elon Musk came to Washington wielding a chain saw. He leaves behind upheaval and unmet expectations

  • News source: Chris Megerian | The Associated Press
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Elon Musk arrived in the nation's capital with the chain saw-wielding swagger of a tech titan who had never met a problem he couldn’t solve with lots of money, long hours or a well-calibrated algorithm.

President Donald Trump was delighted to have the world’s richest person — and a top campaign donor — working in his administration, talking about how he was “a smart guy” who “really cares for our country.”

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Elon Musk’s official role at Trump’s DOGE ends, but his political impact lingers ahead of midterms

  • News source: FOX News
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As Elon Musk, the world's richest person, put it, his role in steering President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has come "to an end."

However, the president, in a social media post on Thursday night announcing that he and Musk would team up for a 1:30 p.m. ET White House news conference on Friday, teased that Musk would continue to help the Trump administration.

"This will be his last day, but not really, because he will, always, be with us, helping all the way. Elon is terrific!"

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Kentucky Senate Democrat switches parties to GOP in major blow to Dem Gov Andy Beshear

  • News source: FOX News
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Kentucky state Democratic Sen. Robin Webb, who represents Kentucky’s rural 18th Senate district, is switching her party affiliation to Republican after she says the Democrat Party "left me."

"First and foremost, I’m a mother, a rancher and a lawyer with deep personal and professional roots in Kentucky’s coal country," Webb explained. "As the Democratic Party continues its lurch to the left and its hyperfocus on policies that hurt workforce and economic development in my region, I no longer feel it represents my values."

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One month after historic marathon floor speech, Sen. Cory Booker announces book

  • News source: Hillel Italie | The Associated Press
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Sen. Cory Booker has expanded upon his historic Senate floor speech from last month into an upcoming book.

“Stand” will be published Nov. 11, St. Martin's Press announced Wednesday. In April, the New Jersey Democrat made headlines by delivering the country's longest continuous Senate floor speech — just over 25 hours. The 56-year-old Booker spoke in opposition to numerous Trump administration policies, whether the desire to make Canada part of the United States or cuts to Social Security offices.

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ICE agents in Boston arrest migrant murderer, child rapists as Fox News rides along

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Supreme Court hands Trump win on revoking parole for 500K foreign nationals

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The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a lower court order that blocked the Trump administration from deporting roughly 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The decision is a near-term victory for President Donald Trump as he moves to crack down on border security and immigration priorities in his second term.

The Supreme Court decision stays, for now, a lower court ruling that halted Trump's plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections for some migrants living in the U.S., which allows individuals to live and work...
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Inside the late-night drama that led to Trump's tax bill passing by 1 vote

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It was nearly 10 p.m. on a Sunday night when House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., surprised reporters in the hallway of the Cannon House Office Building.

The top House Republican was making a low-key — but high-stakes — visit to the House Budget Committee before the panel’s second meeting on President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill." The first meeting on May 16 had blown up without resolution when four fiscal hawks balked at the legislation and voted against advancing it to the full House.

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Supreme Court lets Trump end program protecting Haitians, Venezuelans, others

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Washington — The Supreme Court said Friday it will allow the Trump administration to terminate a program that allowed more than 500,000 Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Venezuelans to temporarily live and work in the United States while a legal battle over the effort to end the legal protections proceeds.

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Watch Live: Biden makes first public remarks since cancer diagnosis

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Former President Joe Biden is speaking on Friday in Delaware — his first public remarks since his office announced he was diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer.

His cancer was categorized as having a Gleason score of 9, which places him in Grade Group 5, the most severe category.

"Cancer touches us all," Biden said in a tweet earlier this month. "Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support."

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Trump and Elon Musk to appear in Oval Office as DOGE leader exits government

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Washington — President Trump is set to address reporters in the Oval Office alongside Elon Musk as the billionaire's tenure as a "special government employee" comes to an end.

Musk announced earlier this week on X, the social media site he owns, that he would be finishing his time at the White House and thanked Mr. Trump for "the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending," an initiative led by the White House's Department of Government Efficiency.

The world's richest man said DOGE's mission "will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life...
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White House to update flawed RFK Jr. "MAHA" report

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" report on the causes of chronic disease in children cited over 500 studies, but several of those studies didn't exist, the digital news outlet NOTUS found.

NOTUS on Thursday found seven of the studies cited appear never to have been published. An author of one of the studies said while she did conduct research on anxiety in children, she did not author the report that was listed in the MAHA report. Some studies were also misinterpreted in the report. The...
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