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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...
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...
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 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...
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 —...
— 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...
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 ...
The Supreme Court heard expedited arguments on President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs on Nov. 5, 2025, after lower courts concluded he exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Econo...
The phrase “taxation without representation” is being invoked in current disputes over presidential tariffs that critics say let the executive raise revenue and affect consumers without new congressio...
The Supreme Court’s questioning of President Trump’s tariffs centers on whether the administration exceeded statutory authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, raising the prosp...
President Donald Trump has repeatedly proposed a plan to distribute , but the proposal is described in news accounts as a promise or proposal rather than an enacted program; key implementation details...
The largest problems with the Trump tariffs are clear: they raise consumer prices and business costs, damage GDP and employment, and provoke legal and geopolitical pushback — while failing to address ...
The central factual finding is that the Supreme Court upheld presidential emergency authority in Dames & Moore v. Regan to transfer frozen Iranian assets and to suspend related claims under the Intern...
A mix of are challenging former President Trump’s tariff actions in court, arguing that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize blanket tariff authority and that the...