A bipartisan group of more than 130 retired judges filed a brief Friday urging a federal court to drop charges against Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan, saying her arrest undermines “centuries of precedent on judicial immunity.” Dugan, a Milwaukee County circuit court judge, was arrested April 25 by FBI agents on federal allegations she prevented the
Trump officials are back in court pushing to save the president's sweeping reciprocal tariffs. Here’s what’s at stake as the legal battle intensifies.
The Supreme Court is heading into its summer recess, which means the justices will be issuing a series of hotly-anticipated decisions throughout June. These decisions could yield significant precedents that ripple through the national political environment, impacting congressional and executive agendas alike. So far, the court has already released rulings on e-cigarettes, a deportation case,
President Trump announced that he would be doubling tariffs on steel to 50% as he visited a U.S. Steel mill in the Pittsburgh suburbs Friday, a week after teasing a “planned partnership” between the company and its Japanese competitor Nippon Steel. “We are going to be imposing a 25% increase. We’re going to bring it
The president made the announcement during a rally held at the U.S. Steel mill in Western Pennsylvania. WEST MIFFLIN, Pa.–President Donald Trump announced May 30 that tariffs are doubling to 50 percent for all steel imported into the United States. He revealed the policy change during a rally held at the U.S. Steel Corporation’s Irvin
‘Nobody’s going to get around that,’ the president says at a U.S. Steel mill in Western Pennsylvania. WEST MIFFLIN, Pa.–President Donald Trump announced May 30 that tariffs are doubling to 50 percent for steel and aluminum imported into the United States. “We are going to be imposing a 25 percent increase. We’re going to bring
The Trump administration could pursue alternative pathways for imposing tariffs after a federal court this week struck down its use of emergency powers to enact broad levies on U.S. trading partners, according to experts. At risk is much of Mr. Trump’s trade agenda, which relies on tariffs as a way to secure better terms of