Trade Court Rules Trump’s 10% Global Tariff Is Illegal

A panel of federal judges found that President Trump could not legally impose the tariff on most imports.A court found that President Trump had wrongly invoked a decades-old trade law when he applied the duties in February.

T Tony Romm and Ana Swanson

Why Stocks and Bonds Are Responding Differently to the Iran War

Stock investors are betting that companies will make enormous profits, despite the war. But investors in bonds, including U.S. Treasuries, have other concerns.People attending a pro-government demonstration in Tehran last month. The S&P 500 has hit new highs since the start of the war in Iran.

J Jeff Sommer

Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness

The Trump administration has slashed funding for infectious disease research and has far fewer employees, including disease detectives, to respond to outbreaks.An ambulance crew awaiting an evacuated passenger with a suspected hantavirus infection in Amsterdam on Wednesday. The U.S. government has r

A Apoorva Mandavilli

Is the Blake Lively v. Justin Baldoni Legal Fight Over? Not So Fast.

Lawyers for Ms. Lively and Mr. Baldoni have said the two sides settled much of the contentious dispute. But one major disagreement remains.Despite the joint statement they put out, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have not settled a major issue that divides them: Is she due damages in a related legal

J Julia Jacobs

Tennessee Approves New Map Aimed at Flipping the Last Democratic Seat

After a Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Republicans carved up a majority-Black Memphis seat as the national redistricting wars continue.Representative Steve Cohen, left, Tennessee State Senator Raumesh Akbari, center, and Tennessee State Senator London Lamar, right,

E Emily Cochrane

Graham Platner and Susan Collins Duel in High-Stakes Maine Senate Race Ads

In strikingly different ads, Graham Platner argued that “Susan Collins’s charade is over” while Senator Collins highlighted the economic benefits she has brought to Maine.The race in Maine between Graham Platner, a Democrat, and Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, could decide control of the Senate

L Lisa Lerer

ICE Arrests Violated Order Requiring Warrants in D.C., Judge Rules

Despite a previous order, the administration has continued to follow guidance from January empowering immigrations agents to widely make arrests without probable cause, judge says.Federal law enforcement agents and Washington police officers conducting a traffic stop in August.

Z Zach Montague

Federal and State Officials Discuss Closing Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The immigrant detention center in the Everglades, which Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, opened last July, may be too expensive to keep operating.President Trump and Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary at the time, toured the immigration center known as Alligator Alcatraz with Gov. Ron DeSa

P Patricia Mazzei and Hamed Aleaziz

The Empty Nesters Opting for R.V. Life

With little tethering them to home, some empty nesters are taking to the road.Beverly Brown has been living out of her camper van since 2019. “It’s my dream van now,” she said.

T Tara Loader Wilkinson

Employees With Medical Conditions Challenge C.D.C. In-Office Requirement

The health agency has been particularly strict in abolishing at-home work, overriding accommodations that were granted years before the pandemic.Katie Schenk, an infectious disease epidemiologist, was hired as a remote C.D.C. employee in 2024 and lost her telework accommodation. After trying in vain

A Apoorva Mandavilli