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Saturday August 30th, 2025 morning edition

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A federal appeals court has ruled that most of President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs are unlawful, potentially dealing a significant blow to the president's effort to reshape the country's trade policy unilaterally.

In a 7-4 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected Trump's authority to carry out most of his tariffs, agreeing with the lower court that Trump's actions were "invalid as contrary to law."

However, the court delayed the impact of its decision through mid-October to allow the Trump administration to appeal to the Supreme Court, as the tariffs remain in effect.

After Oct. 14, the court will return the case to the lower court to decide how the Supreme Court's recent decision limiting nationwide injunctions affects the decision.

In its decision Friday, the appeals court determined that only Congress, not the president alone, has the authority to impose tariffs, setting up a high-profile legal question for the Supreme Court regarding the scope of the president's power.

"We discern no clear congressional authorization by IEEPA for tariffs of the magnitude of the Reciprocal Tariffs and Trafficking Tariffs," the majority wrote.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments on the tariffs in July, during which time the panel of judges appeared skeptical that Trump could justify the tariffs based on a national emergency. »

Alabama town's first Black mayor reelected 4 years after he says White residents locked him out of office

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Black residents had sued, challenging what they called the town's "hand-me-down governance" and refusal to let Braxton serve after he ran unopposed for mayor in 2020.

The result was an overwhelmingly White government in a town where Black residents outnumber White residents 2-1.

Braxton asked both Black and White residents to serve, but no White residents agreed to join his council, according to the lawsuit. »

U.S. shoppers' orders canceled as world shuts down some American-bound shipments

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“Given the complexities, legal requirements, and poor experience, many postal providers will be suspending” delivery options to the U.S., Etsy said.

Canada Post said Thursday it had contracted with a third-party duty processor to keep parcels flowing into the United States.

“For small businesses that relied on cheaper shipping, the decisions involved with these new changes are really difficult to make,” he said. »

Most Trump tariffs ruled illegal by appeals court, dealing major blow to trade policy

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A federal appeals court ruled Friday that most of President Donald Trump's global tariffs are illegal, striking a massive blow to the core of his aggressive trade policy.

"If these Tariffs ever went away, it would be a total disaster for the Country," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

"Both the Trafficking Tariffs and the Reciprocal Tariffs are unbounded in scope, amount, and duration," the majority ruled. »

Ukraine blows up two key Russian bridges using Moscow’s own mines and $600 drones

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Ukraine has said it destroyed two bridges inside Russia by using a couple of cheap drones to hit stashes of mines and ammunition hidden there by Russian forces.

Ukraine did this in the early days of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, destroying bridges on roads leading towards Kyiv.

In June, Ukrainian forces destroyed or damaged dozens of Russian aircraft using small drones that were smuggled to the vicinity of Russian military airfields in trucks. »