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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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Medicaid cuts could push more kids into unpaid family caregiving roles

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — High school senior Joshua Yang understands sacrifice. When he was midway through 10th grade, his mom survived a terrible car crash. But her body developed tremors, and she lost mobility. After countless appointments, doctors diagnosed her with Parkinson's disease, saying it was likely triggered by brain injuries sustained in the wreck.

At 15, Yang, an aspiring baseball player and member of his school's debate team, took on a new role: his mother's caregiver.

Researchers estimate that Yang, now 18, counted among at least 5.4...
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Suspect in South African student's murder killed in police shootout

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The main suspect in the murder of Olorato Mongale was found by police on Friday morning.
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US government health report cited non-existent sources, academics say

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Authors of several studies cited in the report told news outlets they did not write them and the studies did not exist.
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U.S.-China talks ‘a bit stalled' and need Trump and Xi to weigh in, Treasury Secretary Bessent says

  • News source: Evelyn Cheng, CNBC
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U.S.-China trade talks are "a bit stalled," requiring the two countries' leaders to speak directly, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News.
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Gaza subjected to forced starvation, top UN official tells BBC

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Tom Fletcher, the under-secretary general of humanitarian affairs, says "we're seeing food set on the borders and not being allowed in".
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Five musicians murdered in suspected Mexican cartel killing

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Plane carrying Liberian president involved in landing scare

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Part of the presidential jet's landing gear malfunctioned while approaching the runway, authorities say.
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FBI to probe effort to impersonate top Trump advisor, sources tell CBS

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Impersonators accessed the personal phone of Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, sources told the BBC's US partner CBS.
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Polish knife-edge presidential vote pits liberal mayor against conservative

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Opinion polls say Rafal Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki are running neck and neck ahead of Sunday's vote.
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Tariffs court fight threatens Trump's power to wield his favourite economic weapon

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Despite the legal mire, all signs point to this being a battle the Republican president won't give up easily.
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A chainsaw, two hats and Lil X: Musk's eventful time at Doge

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The world's richest man spent nearly 130 days working with the Trump administration to slash the federal government.
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'Éclaircissement': Watch 13-year-old win US National Spelling Bee

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Faizan Zaki correctly spelled the French-derived word "éclaircissement" to secure the title and take home the $52,500 prize.
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Trump lashes out at legal activist and onetime ally: "Probably hates America"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump attacked the powerful conservative legal activist Leonard Leo late Thursday, calling the former Federalist Society leader who once advised the president on Supreme Court picks a "bad person" who "probably hates America."

Mr. Trump lashed out at Leo a day after a panel of judges — including a Trump appointee — called most of his tariffs illegal. The ruling, which was paused by an appellate court, put Mr. Trump at odds with some conservative lawyers: Two of the three judges who decided the case were appointed by Republicans, and the...
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Sources: FBI probes effort to impersonate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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One or more unknown people accessed White House chief of staff Susie Wiles' personal cellphone and used her contacts file to reach out to other top officials and impersonate her, sources told CBS News Thursday.

Some of the recipients realized the messages were suspicious because the texts and calls came from an unknown number, sources said, and the impersonator or impersonators asked if the conversations could be continued in another platform, such as Telegram.

The suspicious messages hit in-boxes over an unknown period of time, sources said...
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Bernard Kerik, former NYPD commissioner, dies at 69

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Bernard Kerik, who served as the commissioner of the New York City Police Department during the 9/11 terror attacks, died Thursday at the age of 69.

Kerik, who joined the NYPD in 1986, served as the department's 40th commissioner from 2000 to 2001 under former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

"For nearly two decades, Kerik served and protected New Yorkers in the NYPD, including helping rebuild the city in the aftermath of 9/11. We offer our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones," the NYPD wrote on social media.

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