Jess Bravin

Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said. “I’ve got no problem with gruel.”

There are no prior court decisions addressing whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or Ieepa, the 1977 law Trump invoked, gives the president unilateral power to impose tariffs. The statute authorizes the president to “regulate” or “prohibit” imports during emergencies, but doesn’

President Trump’s case for tariffs looked in trouble after the first hour of argument, after justices across the ideological spectrum expressed skepticism, if not incredulity, of his claim that a 1977 economic emergency law grants the president unilateral power to impose tariffs at will. Chief Just

WASHINGTONPresident Trumps global tariffs ran headlong into a skeptical Supreme Court on Wednesday, with justices across the spectrum expressing

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WASHINGTONChief Justice John Roberts faces a defining challenge as he enters his third decade leading the Supreme Court: how far to let Donald Trumps

Chief Justice John Roberts faces a defining challenge as he enters his third decade leading the Supreme Court: how far to let Donald Trump's presidency rewrite the bounds of executive power.

WASHINGTONA federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trumps mobilization of the National Guard to bolster crime-fighting in Washington violates

The city argued that the president violated home-rule laws by sending the military onto the capital’s streets.

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