Thursday, 4 September 2025

Trump appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court ruling that found his tariffs illegal, challenging the court's determination that the Trade Expansion Act of 1977 did not authorize the levies.

New York's attorney general filed an appeal to reinstate a $355 million civil fraud penalty against Trump that had been erased by a lower court in his civil case.

Trump asked the Supreme Court to allow the removal of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, after a federal appeals court had ruled her firing was illegal and ordered her reinstatement.

A federal judge blocked Trump's efforts to cut $4.9 billion in foreign aid, expressing skepticism of the administration's argument that it had the power to withhold funds appropriated by Congress.

Trump claimed the power to summarily kill suspected drug smugglers, treating them as wartime combatants, an escalation of using military force for domestic law enforcement purposes.

Rhode Island and Connecticut sued the Trump administration for illegally halting the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm project, claiming it threatened jobs, clean energy investments worth billions, and violated state rights.

Washington DC sued over Trump's deployment of National Guard troops, with the city's attorney general characterizing the presence of hundreds of troops as an 'involuntary military occupation.'

Trump announced plans to sign an executive order renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War, reverting to the name the agency held until shortly after World War II.

Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics over job numbers, prompting economists to warn the credibility of the bureau is at risk from the politicization of the agency.

Trump administration announced plans to end longstanding security programs protecting European allies from Russia, with the move expected to impact hundreds of millions of dollars for countries bordering Russia.