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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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Trump administration orders "additional vetting" for anyone wanting to come to Harvard

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The State Department has told U.S. embassies and consulates to expand vetting for all visa applicants who wish to come to Harvard University, including visitors as well as students, according to an email obtained by CBS News.

In an internal email dated May 29 and sent by Secretary of State Marco Rubio's office to all U.S. diplomatic and consular posts, consular officers were told that this "additional vetting" applies to anyone wanting a visa to come to Harvard for "any purpose." That includes current or prospective students, faculty, employees...
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Last hospital in North Gaza governorate evacuated after Israeli order

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Al-Awda, the last functioning hospital in the North Gaza governorate, is out of service after the Israeli military ordered its evacuation.
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French scientist behind abortion pill dies aged 98

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Etienne-Emile Baulieu created the pill to give women a safe alternative to surgical abortion.
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Macron warns the West could lose credibility over Ukraine and Gaza wars

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The French president spoke at the Shangri-la Dialogue, a high-level Asia defence summit in Singapore.
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Gaza subjected to forced starvation, top UN official tells BBC

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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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How the West is helping Russia to fund its war on Ukraine

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Data shows that Russian fossil fuel revenues are three times higher than aid allocated to Ukraine.
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Biden says he could 'beat the hell out of' authors of new book arguing his cognitive decline

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Former President Joe Biden joked Friday he could take on those who questioned his mental faculties following his first public remarks since announcing he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Biden’s statement comes after several books have been released detailing his mental deterioration while in office, including the book, "Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," that was released May 20.

"You can see that I'm mentally incompetent, I can't walk," Biden quipped with reporters Friday after...
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Elon Musk sports black eye at farewell presser in Oval Office: 'Horsing around with little X'

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Elon Musk showed up to the Oval Office on Friday to bid farewell to his official role in the Trump administration, but it wasn’t just the mark he made with DOGE that raised eyebrows.

It was the black one under his right eye.

Social media lit up during the livestreamed event as eagle-eyed viewers noticed what appeared to be a fresh bruise under Musk’s eye, prompting speculation about everything from a gym mishap to a political dust-up.

The assembled press couldn’t resist asking the obvious: "What happened to your eye?"

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Two longtime House Democrats face primary challenges from younger opponents

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Two Democrats who've spent decades in Congress this week became the latest in their party to face primary challenges from much younger opponents.

Longtime Democratic Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer has yet to announce whether he will seek re-election next year for a 24th two-year term in Congress.

If he does, he will face a primary challenger who is making Hoyer's age — the congressman turns 86 next month and would be 89 at the end of his next term — a centerpiece of his campaign.

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Unfinished Business: The budget cuts Musk couldn’t complete and what’s next for DOGE

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Though Elon Musk leaves behind a legacy of massive cuts to government programs which left many members of the Washington, D.C., establishment enraged, he was not able to accomplish all the lofty goals he set at the beginning of his time as head of the Department of Government Efficiency.

According to a May 26 update on DOGE’s website, the initiative has saved an estimated $175 billion through asset sales, contract cancellations, fraud payment crackdowns and other spending cuts. That translates to about $1,087 in savings per taxpayer.

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Capitol Police Chief Manger concerned about rising threats against lawmakers

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As U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger retires from his post at the Capitol Friday, he says the threats facing members of Congress have accelerated — they've more than quadrupled over the past several years and remain alarmingly high.

Manger, who took charge of the department in the difficult months after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol siege, quantified the surge in threats targeting lawmakers and how the department has had to evolve to expand its protection of senators and House members.

Leaning forward in his seat to emphasize his point, Manger...
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CPAC comes to Europe, highlighting alliance of Trump and global right

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MAGA influencers and far-right leaders gathered in Poland and Hungary this week as the Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC, held two international events — a show of strength in the increasing trans-Atlantic alliance between the Trump White House and Europe's populist conservative movement.

On Thursday in Budapest, Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán was the keynote speaker for the country's CPAC event and hailed President Trump's first 100 days following his return to the Oval Office. "The Trump tsunami swept through the...
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'American hero' or 'failure': Elon Musk's DOGE departure divides Capitol Hill

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Emotions are running high on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill as Elon Musk makes his way for the exit.

Musk is stepping back from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which President Donald Trump appointed the tech billionaire to run for the first 130 days of his new administration.

He's been a polarizing figure in Washington, and that has extended to his announcement earlier this week that he's returning to the private sector. Republicans cheered Musk's work, while Democrats celebrated the end of it.

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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.

"Due to the unprecedented drop in apprehensions of illegal aliens as a result of the President’s recent executive actions, CBP is not operating any...
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Biden's first public remarks since cancer diagnosis honor Gold Star families

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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.

"The military is a solid spine, the spine of our nation," Biden said. "Our troops, our veterans, our military families, and our Gold Star families in particular. Only around 1% of...
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