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Newsweek
29-05-2025
- Business
- Newsweek
The Bulletin May 29, 2025
The rundown: A federal judge appointed by President Trump ruled on Wednesday to strike down many of his administration's sweeping tariffs that have roiled global markets. Here's what to know. Why it matters: In a unanimous 3-0 decision, the judges from the U.S. Court of International Trade—including Trump appointee Judge Timothy Reif—wrote: "Because of the Constitution's express allocation of the tariff power to do not read IEEPA to delegate an unbounded tariff authority to the President." The judges ruled that Trump's global tariffs went beyond his power under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA). White House spokesman Kush Desai said in a statement: "It is not for unelected judges to decide how to properly address a national emergency." Judge Reif was nominated by Trump in June 2018, during his first term as president. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate the following year. Read more in-depth coverage: White House Slams 'Unelected Judges' After Court Blocks Trump Tariffs TL/DR: Trump has several times called for the impeachment of federal judges who have blocked his orders. What happens now? The Trump administration has filed a notice of appeal, per Reuters. Deeper reading Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks His Tariffs, Rules Them Illegal
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ex-Trump Aide Warns White House May Not Be 'Prepared' For Key Policy Fallout
Former Trump communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin on Thursday warned that the White House has a 'policy problem' due to how the president's widespread tariffs could wreak havoc on a range of U.S. industries. 'I'm skeptical that the White House is prepared for how much hardship Americans could feel in a matter of weeks because of these tariffs. We certainly are not yet feeling the full effects of them,' Griffin told CNN's John Berman. Earlier in her CNN appearance, Griffin was asked to weigh in on Trump's 'communication strategy' with the tariffs following his remarks that children may have to deal with having 'two dolls instead of 30″ because of his trade policy. 'I can picture the White House press shop gasping when they heard that line,' Griffin said before suggesting that Trump should instead lean into the GOP-pushed short-term pain, long-term gain talk. In the same week that the president marked the 100th day of his second term, the Department of Commerce announced that the U.S. economy shrank by 0.3%, its first drop since 2022. Trump's import taxes on a range of nations have fueled global market turmoil in recent weeks, only for the president to pause some tariffs and tweak others — outside of his massive 145% tariff on goods coming from China. Griffin noted that Trump met with CEOs of several top U.S. retailers last week, companies that can 'absorb some of these costs because they're huge.' The tariffs, she argued, will more deeply impact small businesses as well as the automobile and agriculture industries. She then turned to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins telling CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday that the department is preparing to bail out farmers should they be hurt by Trump's trade policy. 'That's not a winning first 100-day message,' said Griffin, adding that it's 'remarkable' Rollins is advertising the potential for bailouts as a Republican. 'So I think that there is ― there is a policy problem on the tariffs that the president does seem to be responding to, pulling some of these back and making them a little bit more targeted,' she said. 'But the messaging is also a disaster.' H/T: Politically Media Trump Is The Target Of May Day Demonstrations Around The World Xbox Prices Skyrocket Amid Trump's Tariff War Trump-Appointed Judge Rules Administration Can't Remove Migrants
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
John Bolton Says Trump's Greenland Talk Is No Different Than These World Leaders' Language
John Bolton, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, called out the president Friday for singing a familiar tune with his talk of taking over Greenland. 'The language that he uses is completely substitutable for the language that [Russian President] Vladimir Putin uses about Ukraine, 'We need it for our national security,' or [Chinese President] Xi Jinping uses about Taiwan,' Bolton told MSNBC's Chris Jansing. 'This is a free gift to these authoritarian leaders and their aggressive desires.' Bolton, a fierce Trump critic since the president pushed him out of his first administration, reacted to Trump claiming that America needs the Arctic territory for 'international security' in remarks at the White House on Friday. 'We have to have Greenland. It's not a question of, 'Do you think we can do without it? We can't,'' said Trump, who claimed that Chinese and Russian ships were 'all over the place' in Greenland's waterways. 'We're not relying on Denmark or anybody else to take care of that situation, and we're not talking about peace for the United States, we're talking about world peace.' Trump's comments arrived on the same day that Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance visited Greenland. The vice president, who described it being 'cold as shit' during his stop, stressed that Denmark was failing residents of the territory as he claimed that they would do better with America taking them under its wings. Greenlanders overwhelmingly oppose becoming part of the U.S., an opinion poll found in January after Trump reignited talks of America controlling the island. 'When you push and indeed slap publicly democratically elected leaders — whether in Copenhagen or Nuuk, the capital of Greenland — it pushes them into a corner,' Bolton told Jansing. 'They're not going to be shoved around just because Donald Trump wants it.' Bolton added that Greenland does have critical strategic importance. 'But the way to get it is to act like a responsible ally, dealing with allies that we've built up trust and good faith with over decades, and not ripping the North Atlantic Alliance apart,' he continued. 'This is what the Trump administration has been doing, in effect, over the last two months.' Trump Commutes Sentence Of Ozy Media Co-Founder Carlos Watson Social Media Freaks Out Over What JD Vance Said About Trump In Greenland Trump-Appointed Judge Clears The Way For Trump To Fire Democratic Officials He Doesn't Like
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Geoff Bennett, Amna Nawaz Pick Up Managing Editor Duties at ‘PBS NewsHour'
The two anchors of 'PBS NewsHour' have been giving a lot of thought to the news they deliver, but also to the audience that's receiving it. 'I don't think enough people know that our viewership is evenly split among conservatives, independence, progressives,' says Geoff Bennett, one of the co-anchors of the long-running program that was once known as 'The McNeil-Lehrer News Hour.' In an era when audiences have become polarized, the show has also focused on 'exploring every issue from every possible angle,' says Amna Nawaz, who leads the program with Bennett. 'It's the kind of thing I think our audience craves.' More from Variety 'Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light' Is a Seamless - but Darker - Continuation of the PBS Series Pati Jinich to Host New PBS Series about Pan-American Foods and Cultures (EXCLUSIVE) PBS, NPR Say They Comply With U.S. Regulations After Trump-Appointed FCC Chairman Warns They May Be 'Violating Federal Law' by Airing Ads Nawaz and Bennett will be considering such issues more frequently now that they have each taken on a managing editor role at the program. The title was previously held by Judy Woodruff, whom the duo succeeded in early 2023. Nawaz and Bennett take on the responsibilities after recent contract renewals for each that will keep them at the helm of the PBS news mainstay for a multi-year cycle, according to two people familiar with the matter. 'These new titles of co-managing editor reflect the way Amna and Geoff work with each other and the staff. Their editorial input is reflected in all aspects of our program,' says Sara Just, senior executive producer of 'PBS NewsHour,' in a statement. 'I am so grateful to partner with them both as we consider the daily challenges for journalism and our newsroom.' They take on their new duties as public-media outlets — and mainstream press as well — comes under intense scrutiny during the Trump administration. Brendan Carr, who now heads the Federal Communications Commission, has made plain his interest in trying to cut off government funding of PBS and NPR, and has launched an investigation into whether the on-air nods they make to corporate sponsorship are appropriate. 'NewsHour' has long been seen as distinct from its evening-news counterparts on ABC, NBC and CBS. The show tends to spend more time on individual stories and offers more analysis and investigation. At times, there is also some of the heat that viewers see from cable. Nawaz, for example, has in recent weeks pressed members of Congress and foreign dignitaries on the effects of tariffs or budget decisions. The pair believe an ongoing expansion by 'NewsHour' into digital venues is helping the show reach new and younger audiences. 'There's a new focus on being everywhere, not just the TV show,' says Nawaz. When it comes to the program's digital venues, including YouTube, 'it's not your typical broadcast demographic that's coming to us,' she adds. 'It's people who are increasingly watching in the many ways that we all consume news. I cut the cord a long time ago and only stream all my content, and I think that's what a lot of people are increasingly doing.' The nightly audience for the broadcast component of 'NewsHour' is about 1.9 million viewers. But video views across new-media venues are rising. Average monthly video views from YouTube, Facebook, X, Instagram and TikTok came to 85.2 million in the fourth quarter, up 130% compared with the year-earlier period. Metrics for the program's reach on social has also increased during that time Two 'NewsHour' segments are getting new emphasis as the program seeks to cultivate a digitally-savvy audience. The 'PBS News Hour' series 'On Democracy' which examines challenges to the nation's laws and institutions through conversations with people from across the spectrum of ideas, is expanding. And the show's regular exchanges between Jonathan Capehart and David Brooks — one progressive and one conservative — are proving popular online. The focus on digital isn't going to pull the co-anchors away from the due diligence they give to daily coverage. They want to focus on 'really deepening our analysis, our reporting, our investigative work and ensuring that we provide not just today's headlines, but also the context that helps viewers really understand the forces shaping our world,' says Bennett. Best of Variety The Best Celebrity Memoirs to Read This Year: From Chelsea Handler to Anthony Hopkins New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Oscars 2026: First Blind Predictions Including Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone, 'Wicked: For Good' and More
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump-Appointed FTC Chair Launches Big Tech Inquiry for ‘Bullying' and Censorship
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday said it was launching an inquiry into Big Tech 'censorship,' without naming specific companies it is looking into. New FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson, who was selected by President Donald Trump to replace Lina Khan in January, announced the decision. 'Tech firms should not be bullying their users,' Ferguson said in a statement. 'This inquiry will help the FTC better understand how these firms may have violated the law by silencing and intimidating Americans for speaking their minds.' The inquiry comes after a number of major tech executives — including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Apple chief Tim Cook — were prominently featured at Trump's inauguration last month. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet, Google's parent company, was also in Washington, D.C. for the inauguration; his appearance came just months before Google faces a remedies trial in April after it was found by a federal judge to have broken antitrust laws. Tech censorship has been a hot topic in recent years. Twitter, under previous ownership, blocked the New York Post from sharing reports on Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's son, in the lead up to the 2020 presidential election; that decision was one of the key drivers in Elon Musk acquiring the platform, now dubbed X, in 2022. Another prominent case was in early 2021, when Trump was indefinitely banned from Facebook and Instagram, following the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot. At the time, Zuckerberg said the 'risks' of keeping the president on his platforms was 'simply too great.' Meta later reinstated Trump's accounts in 2023. Other platforms banned Trump following the insurrection as well, including Twitter — a decision that was reversed when Musk bought the company. More recently, Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan last month that the Biden Administration pressured Meta to block what it deemed misinformation about COVID. 'I'm generally pretty pro-rolling out vaccines. I think on balance, the vaccines are more positive than negative,' Zuckerberg told Rogan. 'But I think that while they're trying to push that program, they also tried to censor anyone who is basically arguing against it. And they pushed us super hard to take down things that honestly were true, right?' he continued. 'I mean, they basically pushed us and said anything that says that vaccines might have side effects, you basically need to take down. And I was just like, well, we're not going to do that. We're clearly not going to do that.' On Thursday, the FTC said citizens will have until May 21 to submit comments on tech censorship. 'The FTC is interested in understanding how consumers — including by potentially unfair or deceptive acts or practices, or potentially unfair methods of competition — have been harmed by the policies of tech firms,' the commission said. The post Trump-Appointed FTC Chair Launches Big Tech Inquiry for 'Bullying' and Censorship appeared first on TheWrap.
