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Most Americans say the Supreme Court got it right in blocking much of President Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs, according to a new survey. The YouGov poll, released Friday, found that 60 percent of U.S. adults "strongly" or "somewhat" approve of the high court's decision. Another 23 percent say they "strongly" or "somewhat" disapprove of the...
President Trump’s attack plans for Iran have roiled a deal for the United Kingdom to cede control of the tiny and isolated island of Diego Garcia, where a strategic American air base sits in the middle of the vast Indian Ocean. Trump took to his Truth Social media account Wednesday to warn British Prime Minister...
Less than six weeks before the 2020 election, President Trump stepped into the White House Rose Garden to fete his newest Supreme Court nominee. “She is a woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect, sterling credentials, and unyielding loyalty to the Constitution,” he enthused. “Judge Amy Coney Barrett.” Barrett would duly be confirmed, the third newly...
The Supreme Court’s ruling that struck down the sweeping global tariffs at the heart of President Trump’s economic policies has produced enormous cracks in the GOP’s outward show of party unity. After spending the past year rallying behind Trump on virtually every facet of his second-term agenda, Republican lawmakers spanning the ideological spectrum are publicly...
Bars and restaurants across Ontario will be allowed to start serving alcohol early on Sunday in anticipation of the gold medal men’s hockey game between the U.S. and Canada, according to the province’s government. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) announced Friday that the hours for liquor sales would be extended so that...
The United Kingdom has blocked a request by the U.S. to use the country’s bases for a potential strike on Iran, according to multiple British media reports. The decision by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, first reported by The Times, was reportedly made due to concerns that such action could violate international law. President Trump...
President Trump late Friday again slammed Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch — both of whom he appointed during his first term — for siding with the majority in striking down most of his sweeping tariff agenda. In a 6-3 decision earlier Friday, Barrett and Gorsuch joined the high court's three liberal...
President Trump said he signed an executive order on Friday imposing a 10 percent tariff on imports from countries around the world, hours after the Supreme Court ruled a set of sweeping emergency tariffs were unconstitutional. “It is my Great Honor to have just signed, from the Oval Office, a Global 10% Tariff on all...
The U.S. military blew up another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, killing three “narco-terrorists.” The boat was operated by a designated terrorist organization and the intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along “known narco-trafficking” routes and was engaged in “narco-trafficking” operations,” the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) said on Friday. It is...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) on Thursday called on President Trump to “cut the check” and issue refunds to American taxpayers after the Supreme Court struck down a cornerstone of his economic agenda, tariffs. “The Supreme Court just confirmed what we already know. Trump’s tariffs are illegal. He did it without the support of...
