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The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted Nicolás Maduro and at least 14 current and former Venezuelan officials on a suite of criminal counts including narco‑terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says it collected “more than $200 billion” in tariffs this calendar year as of Dec. 15, 2025 . Independent trackers and budget analysts show a range of estimat...
— and in limited cases transfer — foreign sovereign assets through a mix of statutory authorities, executive orders implemented by ’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (), civil-forfeiture statutes enf...
of high‑profile second‑term executive actions have reached ’s merits docket or been teed up for full merits review: the January 2025 executive order seeking to restrict , the administration’s imposed ...
The available reporting shows the Trump administration’s regulatory moves produced three measurable effects: aggressive efforts to roll back or pause nursing home staffing mandates and related federal...
The materials show that the Supreme Court has long grappled with whether and when Congress may delegate tariff‑setting or trade‑restricting powers to the President, and that the Court’s prior preceden...
are a unilateral policy announced in April 2025 that levies additional, asymmetric duties on imports intended to mirror perceived barriers faced by American exporters, announced as a broad 10% baselin...
In 2025 and into early 2026, ’s torrent of executive orders—numbering in the hundreds—prompted an unprecedented wave of litigation challenging policies on , tariffs, , security clearances, grant cance...
Before his 2025 presidency, Donald Trump was a high-volume, aggressive private litigant who frequently sued media outlets, political opponents and used courts to delay or contest investigations; after...
The statement is accurate: the U.S. Senate voted 52–48 to approve S.J. Res. 81, a measure intended to terminate President Trump’s 50% tariffs on most Brazilian imports by rescinding the national emerg...
The United States can and has authorized sanctions on foreign judges and international court staff by using a delegation of presidential emergency powers—primarily the International Emergency Economic...
U.S. officials say the December 2025 seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker was executed under U.S. sanctions and forfeiture statutes — specifically invoking IEEPA/OFAC authorities and a federal warrant —...
has seen several high-profile national emergencies in recent years — from the declaration in 2020 to repeated southern‑border proclamations and long‑running, statutory emergencies that predate modern ...
Tariff collections have risen sharply since 2024 and are being recorded as federal revenue in accounts, meaning the money is available to be spent or to reduce borrowing; however, significant legal ch...
A wave of major corporations — including Costco, Revlon, , , , and others — have filed suits in the challenging ’s global and seeking to preserve or secure refunds of duties paid . The core legal clai...
The executive branch primarily relies on a mix of (chiefly IEEPA implemented via presidential executive orders and OFAC regulations), that permit in rem actions against foreign-located property, and t...
The 2025 tariff overhaul materially raised federal customs receipts in the near term and materially altered the budget baseline by shaving projected deficits, but the size and persistence of that effe...
The United States has historically used a mix of executive freezes, statutory vesting, judicial forfeiture, sanctions, and international cooperation to immobilize and—at times—convert foreign assets a...
In year one (calendar 2025) the Trump administration pursued a compact of aggressive trade protection, large tax and regulatory cuts, and an industrial-leaning “America First” agenda — most prominentl...
Presidential orders aimed at drug cartels have primarily cited national-emergency and sanctions statutes — notably the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the National Emergencies ...