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Let’s hear it for the girls: These Olympians didn’t just win gold, they saved America’s sanity for a week

Thanks to elite female athletes, we had a real reason to stop bitching about politics and simply cheer.

Judge gives reprieve to Trump after slavery exhibits already restored to Philadelphia park

A federal appeals court judge delivered a brief reprieve to the Trump administration Friday in its battle to take down slavery exhibits at the President's House park site in Philadelphia.

Trump lashes out at Barrett, Gorsuch for ruling against tariffs

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...

Trump to impose new 10 percent tariff on all countries after Supreme Court decision

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...

US military blows up another drug boat in Eastern Pacific, killing 3 ‘narco-terrorists’ 

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...

Pritzker tells Trump to ‘cut the check’ after tariffs ruling

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...

Takeaways from Trump’s tariff loss

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Supreme Court strikes blow to Trump’s tariffs President Trump suffered a major loss as the Supreme Court on Friday struck down his use of an emergency statute to execute the strategy core to his economic agenda. ...

Silicon Valley breathes sigh of relief after tariff ruling

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Silicon Valley breathes sigh of relief after tariff ruling The tech world is breathing a sigh of relief Friday after the Supreme Court rejected President Trump's use of an emergency statute to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly every country. © iStock / Getty Images Plus Trump's sprawling tariff...

EPA relaxes mercury standards for coal plants

Presented by Panasonic {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story EPA relaxes mercury standards for coal plants The Trump administration on Friday loosened restrictions on toxic power plant pollution, including releases of neurotoxins mercury and lead. © Evan Vucci, Associated Press On Friday, it revoked portions of Biden-era standards that tightened restrictions...

Murkowski: Ruling is ‘firm reminder’ of limits to presidential power

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) applauded a Supreme Court ruling Friday that struck down much of President Trump’s tariff agenda, casting the decision as a “firm reminder” of the limits to presidential power. “The Supreme Court’s ruling on tariffs is a clear rebuke and firm reminder that presidential power is not unlimited,” Murkowski wrote on the...

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