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The $134-billion question: Who will get a tariff refund?

The battle is just starting for the 300,000 businesses that want $134 billion in tariffs refunded.As it turns out, convincing six Supreme Court justices that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority in imposing sweeping tariffs relying on emergency economic powers was the easy part. The hard part: Getting a clear answer on what happens to the tens of billions of dollars that US companies forked over after Trump jacked up tariffs on every global partner last year.The Trump administration — both formally and informally — has promised to refund duties collected if the Supreme Court

Judge weighs Washington Post's demand for government to return devices seized from reporter's home

US makes plans to reopen embassy in Syria after 14 years

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Caregiver in Pennsylvania accused of stealing thousands from vulnerable men

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WTAE) -- Quinn Wells, a 41-year-old house coordinator hired by Pathways of Southwestern Pennsylvania, is accused of stealing nearly $15,000 from two care-dependent men in Washington County over a little more than a year, according to court papers."This type of action is despicable," said Greene Washington Regional Police Chief William DeForte. He said that Pathways quickly stopped the theft once they spotted it."They were really vigilant on catching this quickly. As soon as they found out that this was happening or in place, they notified

South Florida farmers face catastrophic losses from historic freeze

Melania Trump donates her white and black-trimmed inaugural ball gown to the Smithsonian

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All truckers and bus drivers will be required to take commercial driver's license tests in English

All truckers and pass drivers will have to take their commercial driver’s license tests in English as the Trump administration expands its aggressive campaign to improve safety in the industry and get unqualified drivers off the road. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the latest effort Friday to ensure that drivers understand English well enough to read road signs and communicate with law enforcement officers. Florida already started administering its tests in English. Currently, many states allow drivers to take their license tests in o

North Carolina governor urges Trump to back $13.5B for Helene recovery in western North Carolina

Supreme Court rules against Trump’s emergency tariffs – but leaves key questions unanswered

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Rep. Tony Gonzales denies allegations that he had an affair with an aide who later died by suicide

US Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas is denying that he had an affair with a staffer who died by suicide last year, allegations that have gained new traction in the final days before a March 3 primary election.Attorney Bobby Barrera, who represents Adrian Aviles, said his client’s spouse, Regina Ann Santos-Aviles, had confessed that she had been having an affair with Gonzales in June 2024.Gonzales denies having had the affair and says he’s being blackmailed.Santos-Aviles, a former staffer in Gonzales’ district office in Uvalde, Texas, died in September, according to CNN affiliate KENS. The c

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of his economic agenda

The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a stinging loss that sparked a furious attack on the court he helped shape. Trump said he was “absolutely ashamed” of some justices who ruled against him, calling them “disloyal to our Constitution" and “lapdogs." At one point he even raised the specter of foreign influence without citing any evidence. The decision could have ripple effects on economies around the globe after Trump's moves to remake post-World War II trading alliances by wielding tarif

Epstein estate reaches settlement of up to $35 million with survivors

Laila Edwards to Hilary Knight for Olympic final-tying goal is poetic for US on way to gold

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US economy slowed sharply in the fourth quarter, expanding at a rate of just 1.4%

The US economy grew at a much slower pace in the final months of 2025 as the historic government shutdown weighed on economic activity, ending a year that saw the weakest growth since the pandemic.Still, it was far from the worst-case scenario economists feared when President Donald Trump unveiled his sweeping tariffs last spring. The economy grew in 2025, despite tariffs, an aggressive clampdown on immigration and one of the weakest stretches of job creation since the Great Recession, largely thanks to wealthy consumers who continued to spend.Gross domestic product, which measures all the goo

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Grandmother of Georgia school shooter testifies in Colin Gray’s murder trial

Deborah Polhamus, the maternal grandmother of teenage school shooter Colt Gray, testified Friday that the teen’s father Colin Gray bought him an AR-15-style rifle as a Christmas gift nine months before the shooting.Polhamus initially said she did not remember if the firearm was kept in Colt Gray’s room but then reviewed her earlier statement to police in which she had said so.“So if it says, ‘Every time I went up there I saw it in Colt’s room,’ that would be what you believe to be accurate?” the prosecutor asked.“Yes,” Polhamus said.She also said she gave her grandson money t

Trump to order release of government records on alien life and UFOs

Trump says he will direct government agencies to release files related to extraterrestrial life and UFOs

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Trump has other tariff options after Supreme Court strikes down his worldwide import taxes

President Donald Trump still has options to keep taxing imports aggressively even after the Supreme Court struck down the tariffs he imposed last year on nearly every country on earth. The Justices didn't buy the president's sweeping claims of authority to impose tariffs as he sees fit. But Trump can re-use tariff powers he deployed in his first term and can reach for others, including one that dates back to the Great Depression. “Their decision is incorrect,” Trump said Friday, calling the Supreme Court justices who ruled against his tariffs “fools and lapdo

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The Latest: Trump says he’ll sign an executive order to enact a 10% global tariff

The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs in a 6-3 decision on Friday, handing him a stinging loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda. Furious about the defeat, Trump said he will impose a global 10% tariff as an alternative while pressing his trade policies by other means. The new tariffs would come under a law that restricts them to 150 days. He made that announcement after lashing out at the Supreme Court for striking down much of his sweeping tariff infrastructure as an illegal use of emergency po

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The Supreme Court struck down some of Trump's most sweeping tariffs. Which levies are impacted?

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Supreme Court rules that Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump violated federal law when he unilaterally imposed sweeping tariffs across the globe, a striking loss for the White House on an issue that has been central to the president’s foreign policy and economic agenda.The decision is arguably the most important loss the second Trump administration has sustained at the conservative Supreme Court, which last year repeatedly sided with the president in a series of emergency rulings on immigration, the firing of the leaders of independent agencies and deep cuts to government spending.Chief Jus

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is under police investigation, but what other consequences could the former prince face?

Slouched in the back of a car, wide-eyed and unnerved, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor makes his way home from the police station.It’s an image that was splashed across pretty much every UK newspaper on Friday morning, a day after the brother of King Charles III was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.Police did not say what led to Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest, but he spent a decade as a UK trade envoy. British authorities previously said they were reviewing claims that he shared sensitive information with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during his time as a rep