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Federal appeals court rejects Trump’s emergency tariffs

US Court of AppealsA federal appeals court on Friday rejected President Trump’s assertion that emergency powers justify his worldwide tariffs, a blow to his efforts to refashion global trade. 

In a 7-4 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the tariffs were not authorized by the statute Trump cited to justify them.  

The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) authorizes the president to issue certain economic sanctions to counter an “unusual and extraordinary threat” in an emergency, but it does not permit the president’s sweeping moves, the court ruled.

“Because we agree that IEEPA’s grant of presidential authority to ‘regulate’ imports does not authorize the tariffs imposed by the Executive Orders, we affirm,” the court wrote.  

The ruling does not take effect immediately, as the court withheld the mandate for its decision until Oct. 14, so the administration can appeal to the Supreme Court.

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Trump Has Resorted To Making Numbers Up — And Experts Say It Should Worry All Of Us

Trump's made up numbersDonald Trump has a simple solution when numbers are telling him something he does not want to hear: Make up new numbers.

The president’s strategy, if you want to call it one, was on vivid display this week on three fronts: His decision to appoint a conservative crony to an essential federal agency charged with compiling the monthly unemployment numbers, his decision to declare an emergency in Washington, D.C., while dismissing data showing crime in the city is in decline and at decades-long lows, and his demand for a new and likely unconstitutional census which would exclude undocumented immigrants.

In general, when Trump is in power, he likes to paint a rosy picture of an America where everything is going as right as it can be. When he’s out of office, Trump makes wildly false claims about the national unemployment rate and the crime rate to attack Democrats. During his 2016 presidential campaign, for example, Trump claimed the unemployment rate was as high as 42%, even though it was about 5% at the time.

But after a government report suggested the labor market is cooling off in his second term, Trump appears to be gearing up to muzzle or manipulate the Bureau of Labor Statistics, firing its respected leader and announcing plans to replace her with a partisan nominee who suggested getting rid of monthly jobs reports entirely. And that’s after the unemployment rate had only gone up a tenth of a percentage point.

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Amazon Web Services gives the Trump admin $1 billion coupon

Amazon web servicesAmazon Web Services is giving the Trump administration a $1 billion coupon to use their services for the federal government’s digital transformation and artificial intelligence capacity. On Thursday, the General Services Administration announced a sweeping “OneGov” agreement with Amazon Web Services that would yield up to $1 billion in cost savings for federal agencies shifting to cloud services.

The deal, set to run through 2028, is being framed by administration officials as a cornerstone of both the administration’s AI strategy and its broader effort to modernize government IT systems.

The agreement is expected to accelerate cloud adoption across dozens of civilian agencies, support workforce training in AI tools, and establish the technical infrastructure needed to power large language models and machine learning applications. It’s the second major OneGov cloud services deal since President Donald Trump’s executive order on procurement consolidation earlier this year.

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Senators pitch $1.5 trillion investment fund for Social Security: What to know

Social SecurityA bipartisan duo in the Senate has been garnering attention for a pitch aimed at shoring up the solvency of Social Security.

The idea, pushed by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), calls for investing $1.5 trillion over the next five years into an investment fund that would then be given 70 years to grow. 

“It is something to save Social Security, and to save the benefits flowing to the people, frankly, will either already depend on them or will depend upon them going forward,” Cassidy told The Hill last month.
While the senators have yet to release text for the plan, Cassidy said the government would create an investment fund separate from the existing Social Security trust funds, into which the government would place $300 billion annually over the next five years.
Here’s what lawmakers — and some experts — have said so far.

While the senators have yet to release text for the plan, Cassidy said the government would create an investment fund separate from the existing Social Security trust funds, into which the government would place $300 billion annually over the next five years.

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Trump fires head of labor statistics bureau after weak jobs report

Bureau of Labor StatisticsPresident Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a report showed weak job growth and a small increase in the unemployment rate.

"I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY," Trump said on Truth Social of Erika McEntarfer. "She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified."

"In my opinion, today’s Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad," Trump said without evidence.

The unusual move came a day after Trump imposed sweeping new tariffs on imports from across the world, escalating an aggressive trade policy aimed at spurring domestic manufacturing in the United States.

U.S. stocks were lower on August 1, ahead of what turned out to be a disappointing July jobs report that saw unemployment rise from 4.1% to 4.2%.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down following Trump budget cuts

CPB to shut downThe Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced on Aug. 1 that it was starting an “orderly wind-down of its operations” weeks after Congress passed a measure that clawed back more than $1 billion in funds to the organization. 

The announcement came a day after U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, said the Senate Appropriations Committee hadn't included funding for the corporation in its fiscal 2026 spending bill.

“It is a shameful reality, and now communities across the country will suffer the consequences as over 1,500 stations lose critical funding," Murray said, according to The Hill.

The corporation has said more than 70% of its federal funding, which it disperses to NPR and PBS, goes to local public media stations. PBS advocates previously told USA TODAY the budget cuts would disproportionately affect rural areas.

President Donald Trump called for the outlets’ federal funding to be pulled in May, saying “neither entity presents a fair, accurate or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.” 

Corporation for Public Broadcasting employees were told on Aug. 1 that most staff positions would be slashed as the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30. Some staff would remain through January 2026 to “ensure a responsible and orderly closeout of operations,” according to the corporation’s news release.

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President Trump signs order imposing sweeping new tariffs on countries across the world

Tariff listPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order on July 31 imposing sweeping new tariffs on imports from trading partners across the world, escalating an aggressive trade policy aimed at spurring domestic manufacturing in the United States.

In addition, Trump took separate action to raise tariffs on goods from Canada from 25% to 35%.

The new reciprocal tariff rates, which will go into effect in seven days, come before an Aug. 1 deadline Trump gave aMore...bout 180 countries to either reach trade deals with the Trump administration or face higher reciprocal tariffs assigned by the U.S.

Trump has kept a new baseline 10% tariff for countries where the United States exports more goods than it receives.

About 40 countries will have a 15% U.S. tariff rate under Trump's order. A senior White House official said these include countries that export slightly more goods to the U.S. than it imports. From there, the tariff rates range up to 40% on imports from Loas and Myanmar and 41% on goods for Syria. These are countries where the U.S. has the largest trade deficits.

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