“Trump Warns of Economic Disaster if Court Strikes Down Tariffs; The president has crowed about the billions of dollars collected so far from tariffs; That money could be at risk if the White House loses the legal battle”: Tony Romm of The New York Times has this report.
“Trump Administration Can Withhold Billions in Aid, Appeals Court Rules; In a 2-to-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel ruled that foreign aid groups that sued to recover funds that President Trump froze cannot challenge the decision”: Zach Montague of The New York Times has this report.
And Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court says Trump officials can withhold billions in foreign aid; The ruling is a significant — if possibly temporary — victory in Trump’s push for greater authority over spending mandated by Congress.”
You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.
“Judge is skeptical of DOJ lawsuit against entire Maryland federal bench; The Trump administration sued every U.S. District Court judge in the state, alleging that they have improperly hindered efforts to rapidly deport migrants”: Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post has this report.
And Alan Feuer of The New York Times reports that “Judge Appears Skeptical of Lawsuit Against Federal Bench in Maryland; The spectacle of the White House suing an entire district court in the name of the United States of America underscored just how rancorous relations between the two branches had become.”