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Top News Stories for Sunday, August 31st 2025
Saturday, Aug 30th, 2025 -
A federal appeals court said the president overstepped his authority when he imposed sweeping import duties Donald Trump suffered the biggest defeat yet to his tariff policies on Friday, as a federal appeals court ruled he had overstepped his presidential powers when he enacted punitive financial measures against almost every country in the world. In a 7-4 ruling, the Washington DC court said that while US law ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Aug 30th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. California officials have reportedly put a plan in place to provide Harris with dignitary protection Kamala Harris will be protected by the California Highway Patrol after President Donald Trump ordered the Secret Service to pull protection detail for the former vice president, according to a report. ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Saturday, Aug 30th, 2025 -
Mayor Brandon Johnson signed a sweeping but largely symbolic executive order Saturday afternoon to protect residents' rights in preparation for federal agents possibly arriving in Chicago for a major immigration enforcement effort. The order also seeks to bar any federal agents working in Chicago from wearing masks, and to require them to wear badges and other identifying information. The Democratic mayor's signing ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Aug 30th, 2025 -
Vermont senator says Kennedy is endangering the health of the American people as head of the US health department Bernie Sanders has joined in on growing public calls for Donald Trump 's health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr , to resign, after recent chaos across US health agencies. In an op-ed published in the New York Times on Saturday, the Vermont senator accused Kennedy of "endangering the health of the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Aug 30th, 2025 -
CAIRO — An Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the Houthi rebel-controlled government in Yemen's capital Sanaa, the Houthis said Saturday. He was the most senior Houthi official killed in the Israeli-U.S. campaign against the Iranian-backed rebels. Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in a Thursday strike in Sanaa along with a number of ministers, the rebels said in a statement. Other ministers and officials ...
Source: npr.org
Saturday, Aug 30th, 2025 -
A federal judge on Friday halted Trump administration policies aimed at expanding fast-track deportations , ruling that they violate the constitutional due process rights of migrants who could be apprehended anywhere nationally. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C., sided with an immigrant rights group to put on hold two policies President Donald Trump's administration adopted in January that exposed ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Aug 30th, 2025 -
Some councils say they are still pursuing legal action to stop asylum seekers from being housed in hotels in their areas, despite a Court of Appeal ruling. The court on Friday overturned a temporary injunction which would have prevented asylum seekers from being housed at The Bell Hotel in Epping, which was seen as a possible precedent for legal challenges elsewhere. Two councils told the BBC they will keep ...
Source: bbc.com
Saturday, Aug 30th, 2025 -
Missouri's Republican Governor Mike Kehoe has called state lawmakers for a special session to redraw Missouri's congressional maps, after a push from President Donald Trump. In a video statement posted to social media, Kehoe explained his justification for calling the session, and introduced the new "Missouri First" map that will be implemented. Today, I am calling on the General Assembly to take action on ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Saturday, Aug 30th, 2025 -
Texas lawmakers are on track to pass one of the toughest laws aimed at reducing the use of abortion medication, one way people still have abortions in a state that has banned them. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Texas banned abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade three years ago. Now Texas lawmakers are working on legislation to further restrict abortion medication sent in from other states. The bill ...
Source: npr.org
Friday, Aug 29th, 2025 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday grilled lawyers for the Justice Department and Lisa Cook over President Donald Trump's historic attempt to fire her from the Federal Reserve. The landmark case is almost certain to be kicked to the Supreme Court for review. Despite the high-stakes nature of the legal dispute, Friday's hearing ended after more than two hours ...
Source: foxnews.com
Friday, Aug 29th, 2025 -
Speed: 0.5x Speed: 1x Speed: 1.5x Speed: 2x 🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. A federal appeals court blocked the Trump administration's effort on Friday to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans living in the United States. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's freeze on the terminations, preserving legal status for ...
Source: newsweek.com
Friday, Aug 29th, 2025 -
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has moved to cancel $679m in federal funding for offshore wind projects, in its latest salvo against renewable energy . The move on Friday is set to affect 12 offshore projects, including a $427m project in California, as Trump pushes to deregulate and re-prioritise fossil fuels . In a statement, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the funding was a ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Aug 29th, 2025 -
– A visit by a pair of U.S. senators to has drawn criticism from China, which claims the island as its own and objects to any contact between officials of the two sides. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, and Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer arrived in Taipei on Friday for a series of high-level meetings with senior Taiwan leaders to discuss U.S.-Taiwan relations, ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Aug 29th, 2025 -
'Pocket recession' tool used for first time since 1977 to bypass Congress's power over budget Donald Trump has told the House speaker, Mike Johnson , that he won't be spending $4.9bn in congressionally approved foreign aid, in effect cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch. Trump, who sent a letter to Johnson on Thursday, is using what is known as a "pocket rescission" – when a ...
Source: theguardian.com