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Trump’s tariff power grab barrels toward Supreme Court

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A federal court fight over President Donald Trump’s authority to unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners is expected to be appealed to the Supreme Court for review, legal experts told Fox News Digital, in a case that has already proved to be a pivotal test of executive branch authority.
At issue in the case is Trump’s ability to use a 1977 emergency law to unilaterally slap steep import duties on a long list of countries doing business with the U.S.
In interviews with Fox News Digital, longtime trade lawyers and lawyers who argued on behalf of plaintiffs in court last week said they expect the ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a matter of «weeks,» or sometime in August or September – in line with the court’s agreement to hear the case on an «expedited» basis.
The fast-track timeline reflects the important question before the court: whether Trump exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) when he launched his sweeping «Liberation Day» tariffs.
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President Donald Trump, alongside Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent and then-Secretary of Commerce nominee Howard Lutnick, speaks to the press in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 3, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
Importantly, that timing would still allow the Supreme Court to add the case to their docket for the 2025-2026 term, which begins in early October. That could allow them to rule on the matter as early as the end of the year.
Both Trump administration officials and lawyers for the plaintiffs said they plan to appeal the case to the Supreme Court if the lower court does not rule in their favor. And given the questions at the heart of the case, it is widely expected that the high court will take up the case for review.
In the meantime, the impact of Trump’s tariffs remains to be seen.
Legal experts and trade analysts alike said last week’s hearing is unlikely to forestall the broader market uncertainty created by Trump’s tariffs, which remain in force after the appeals court agreed to stay a lower court decision from the U.S. Court of International Trade.
Judges on the three-judge CIT panel in May blocked Trump’s use of IEEPA to stand up his tariffs, ruling unanimously that he did not have «unbounded authority» to impose tariffs under that law.
Thursday’s argument gave little indication as to how the appeals court would rule, plaintiffs and longtime trade attorneys told Fox News Digital, citing the tough questions that the 11 judges on the panel posed for both parties.
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President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, April 2, 2025. (Reuters/Carlos Barria/File Photo)
Dan Pickard, an attorney specializing in international trade and national security issues at the firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, said the oral arguments Thursday did not seem indicative of how the 11-judge panel might rule.
«I don’t know if I walked out of that hearing thinking that either the government is going to prevail, or that this is dead on arrival,» Pickard told Fox News Digital. «I think it was more mixed.»
Lawyers for the plaintiffs echoed that assessment – a reflection of the 11 judges on the appeals bench, who had fewer chances to speak up or question the government or plaintiffs during the 45 minutes each had to present their case.
«I want to be very clear that I’m not in any way, shape or form, predicting what the Federal Circuit will do – I leave that for them,» one lawyer for the plaintiffs told reporters after court, adding that the judges, in his view, posed «really tough questions» for both parties.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, who helped represent the 12 states suing over the plan, told Fox News Digital they are «optimistic» that, based on the oral arguments, they would see at least a partial win in the case, though he also stressed the ruling and the time frame is fraught with uncertainty.
In the interim, the White House forged ahead with enacting Trump’s tariffs as planned.
Pickard, who has argued many cases before the Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, noted that the oral arguments are not necessarily the best barometer for gauging the court’s next steps – something lawyers for the plaintiffs also stressed after the hearing.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks alongside President Trump at the White House after the Supreme Court ruled judges cannot issue nationwide injunctions. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Even if the high court blocks the Trump administration from using IEEPA, they have a range of other trade tools at their disposal, trade lawyers told Fox News.
The Trump administration «has had more of a focus on trade issues than pretty much any other administration in my professional life,» Pickard said.
«And let’s assume, even for the sake of the argument, just hypothetically, that the Supreme Court says this use of IEEPA exceeded your statutory authority. The Trump administration is not going to say, like, ‘All right, well, we’re done. I guess we’re just going to abandon any trade policy.’
«There are going to be additional [trade] tools that had been in the toolbox for long that can be taken out and dusted off,» he said. «There are plenty of other legal authorities for the president.
«I don’t think we’re seeing an end to these issues anytime soon – this is going to continue to be battled out in the courts for a while.»
Both Pickard and Rayfield told Fox News Digital in separate interviews that they expect the appeals court to rule within weeks, not days.
The hearing came after Trump on April 2 announced a 10% baseline tariff on all countries, along with higher, reciprocal tariffs targeting select nations, including China. The measures, he said, were aimed at addressing trade imbalances, reducing deficits with key trading partners, and boosting domestic manufacturing and production.
Ahead of last week’s oral arguments, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said lawyers for the administration would continue to defend the president’s trade agenda in court.
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Justice Department attorneys «are going to court to defend [Trump’s] tariffs,» she said, describing them as «transforming the global economy, protecting our national security and addressing the consequences of our exploding trade deficit.»
«We will continue to defend the president,» she vowed.
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EXCLUSIVE: Biden failed to stop China’s toxic nicotine invasion — and your kids paid the price, expert warns

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EXCLUSIVE: Chinese-made nicotine and electronic cigarette products illegally flooded U.S. markets under former President Joe Biden, endangering both adults and children and posing an «urgent threat to U.S. sovereignty, public health, and law enforcement capacity,» according to nicotine awareness activist and former GOP senator Richard Burr.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Burr, who is chair of the Coalition for Smarter Regulation of Nicotine, said that even as the Biden administration cracked down on «reputable» companies like Juul, it took no action to control the flow of off-brand competitor products, most of which were manufactured and exported to the U.S. by Chinese companies through the open borders.
«There was not a policy in the Biden administration to enforce the law at the border. And that’s where the growth really came from,» he explained, adding, «They not only didn’t speak out against them, but they didn’t make any attempt, any attempt, at enforcement.»
According to Burr, Biden’s director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Brian King, bears special blame for overseeing an agency so crippled by inaction that, Burr said, «most of the products that are on the marketplace today not only are illegal, they have never even attempted to go through an application process at the FDA.»
However, a spokesperson for King vehemently denied Burr’s assertions, telling Fox News Digital that «the claim that there was no attempt at enforcement is not consistent with the facts.»
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Chinese-made nicotine and electronic cigarette products illegally flooded U.S. markets under former President Joe Biden, endangering both adults and children and posing an «urgent threat to U.S. sovereignty, public health, and law enforcement capacity,» according to nicotine awareness activist and former GOP senator Richard Burr. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images and iStock)
Burr said that currently approximately 85% of vapor and e-cigarette products sold in the U.S. are either illicit or unauthorized due to the Biden FDA’s failure to enforce the law.
Now, Burr is urging the Trump administration to be proactive in fixing the Chinese nicotine problem unleashed on Americans under Biden.
Burr sent a letter to Trump’s FDA commissioner, Martin Makary, as well as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, urging them to take urgent action to «restore order» to the marketplace by reforming the government’s review process of nicotine and e-cigarette products and then fully enforcing against the entities responsible for growing the illicit market.
In his letter, Burr describes the U.S. as being «in the midst of a crisis created by the free flow of illegal nicotine products into the U.S. marketplace, the majority of which are supplied by Chinese companies that are knowingly breaking U.S. laws.»
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A Border Patrol vehicle sits near border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico, from the United States, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
«During the Biden Administration, illicit Chinese vaping products, without any regulatory oversight or consumer protections, began flooding our market,» Burr wrote. «Produced overseas without meeting FDA safety standards or common tobacco product manufacturing practices, these illicit vapor products are deliberately avoiding compliance with the law, and many are intentionally marketed to underage users with youth-appealing features, for example, Gummy Bear flavors and gaming device screens.»
Burr further said that manufacturers of illicit vaping products often use fraudulent shipping declarations and misclassified tariff codes to evade U.S. customs and trade laws.
«President Trump has rightfully warned that counterfeit pharmaceutical products, often linked to the People’s Republic of China, threaten the security and safety of Americans,» he wrote. «The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the opportunity to address a similar crisis in the nicotine market by advancing a modern and common-sense approach to regulating nicotine products and effectively enforcing the Tobacco Control Act (TCA) to restore order to the marketplace.»
To this end, Burr urged the FDA to «advance a comprehensive, effective regulatory framework,» which he said consists of streamlining the FDA’s approval process for less harmful smoke-free nicotine products, providing clear regulations to the industry and enforcing the law against companies selling illicit products, providing adult smokers with accurate information on the benefits of switching from cigarettes to FDA-authorized, smoke-free products and using regulation and oversight to drive down underage use.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Speaking with Fox News Digital, Burr said that both Kennedy and President Donald Trump «have embraced a healthier America that our kids should be eating healthier, should be actively involved, and we should make sure that anything that’s detrimental to their ability to grow and to grow up healthy should be constricted significantly.»
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«This is at the heart of that,» he said.
In response, a spokesperson speaking on behalf of King told Fox News Digital that «the claim that there was no attempt at enforcement is not consistent with the facts.»
They listed 30 different enforcement actions the agency took under King’s tenure in 2023 and 2024, ranging from sending warning letters to potential violators to denying marketing requests to manufacturers not in compliance.
«Within the past few years, the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products took many first-time compliance and enforcement actions, including setting up a joint interagency task force and conducting multiple targeted enforcement operations against illegally imported e-cigarettes in coordination with US Customs and Border Protection. This was in addition to other first of their kind actions across the supply chain focused on unauthorized products from non-US manufacturers, including monthly retailer blitzes against Elf Bar and other unauthorized disposable e-cigarette brands used by youth,» they said.
«The FDA and other agencies should build on these efforts and take comprehensive enforcement action against illegal e-cigarettes, particularly those popular among youth,» said the spokesperson.
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El iceberg más grande del mundo se fragmenta frente a las Islas Georgias del Sur y preocupa a los científicos

Tras casi cuatro décadas desde su desprendimiento en la Antártida, el A-23A, el iceberg más grande del planeta, entra en su fase final frente a Georgia del Sur, en el Atlántico Sur. Este coloso de hielo vive un proceso de fragmentación acelerada sin precedentes, documentado por misiones satelitales internacionales.
Su desintegración plantea riesgos para la navegación y activa alertas científicas sobre el frágil equilibrio ecológico de uno de los santuarios marinos más valiosos del hemisferio sur. El destino del A-23A se convierte así en un símbolo de alarma sobre la criosfera y el impacto tangible del cambio climático en los polos.
El A-23A experimenta una desintegración sin precedentes en aguas próximas a Georgia del Sur. Observaciones de la NASA, el U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) y la European Space Agency (ESA) reportan que, entre marzo y mayo de 2025, perdió más de 360 kilómetros cuadrados de superficie, una extensión equivalente a la isla de Mallorca.

La reducción responde al desprendimiento sucesivo de fragmentos, como los bloques A-23D y A-23E, de 160 y 72 kilómetros cuadrados cada uno. Alrededor del núcleo del iceberg flotan millares de fragmentos de más de un kilómetro de longitud, lo que implica un riesgo real para embarcaciones y fauna marina en la región.
La combinación de tecnologías de punta ha sido fundamental para monitorear el destino del A-23A. Jan Lieser, del Bureau de Meteorología de Australia, destacó la eficacia de los satélites de radar para captar imágenes en condiciones extremas, incluso durante la noche polar o bajo capas densas de nubes.
Britney Fajardo, del USNIC, confirmó la aparición de nuevos bloques utilizando imágenes del satélite Sentinel-1 de la ESA. Apoyan el seguimiento organismos como el British Antarctic Survey y el Instituto Alfred Wegener (AWI), que advierten sobre riesgos crecientes para la biodiversidad y la navegación.

El recorrido del A-23A comenzó en 1986, cuando se desprendió de la plataforma Filchner en la Antártida. Durante casi treinta años, permaneció encallado en el mar de Weddell, anclado al lecho marino.
En 2023 logró liberarse, iniciando un lento desplazamiento hacia el norte que lo llevó a cruzar el Pasaje de Drake, conocido como el “cementerio de icebergs”. Hacia finales de 2024, el A-23A llegó a Georgia del Sur y quedó varado al chocar con un banco submarino, lo que precipitó su desintegración acelerada.
La descomposición del A-23A genera preocupación entre especialistas y científicos. Georgia del Sur alberga algunas de las mayores colonias de pingüinos rey, elefantes marinos, focas y albatros del planeta. El desplazamiento y deshielo del iceberg alteran los patrones de alimentación de estas especies, obligándolas a recorrer distancias mayores en busca de alimento.

Al mismo tiempo, la liberación masiva de agua dulce y nutrientes modifica la salinidad y temperatura del océano, facilitando la proliferación de fitoplancton, base de la cadena alimentaria antártica. El British Antarctic Survey advierte que “alteraciones bruscas en estas condiciones físicas pueden comprometer ciclos biológicos esenciales y poner en riesgo la estabilidad del ecosistema local”. El Instituto Alfred Wegener señala que los cinturones de escombros helados tras la fragmentación pueden aportar nutrientes, aunque sus efectos a largo plazo resultan inciertos.
La situación del A-23A no es un caso aislado. En 2020, el iceberg A-68 se acercó a Georgia del Sur y encendió alarmas sobre un posible colapso ecológico; su desintegración prematura redujo el impacto. El A-23A, en cambio, ha demostrado una resistencia inusual, lo que podría acarrear efectos más duraderos y difíciles de prever.
Centros como el National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) resaltan que la frecuencia y el desplazamiento de grandes icebergs aumentan con el ascenso de las temperaturas globales. La NASA advierte que estos gigantes, al llegar a latitudes septentrionales, enfrentan aguas más cálidas y oleaje intenso, condiciones que aceleran su deterioro.
La fractura del A-23A, visible desde el espacio, representa una señal de alerta sobre la fragilidad de los sistemas polares. Su desaparición no solo transforma el paisaje, sino que reconfigura corrientes y altera ecosistemas, recordando la íntima relación entre el hielo antártico, la vida marina y el clima mundial. El destino de este gigante helado resume las tensiones de una época marcada por el cambio climático y evidencia que las transformaciones en el extremo sur repercuten mucho más allá del círculo polar.
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La Corte de Brasil ordenó el «arresto domiciliario» para el ex presidente Jair Bolsonaro

El Supremo Tribunal de Brasil ordenó arresto domiciliario para el ex presidente Jair Bolsonaro por presunto plan golpista.
«La justicia no permitirá que un acusado la considere una tonta, creyendo que permanecerá impune por tener poder político y económico», dijo el magistrado Alexandre de Moraes en un documento consultado por la AFP.
La orden judicial ocurre un día después de que figuras cercanas a Bolsonaro publicaran imágenes suyas en redes sociales, en violación de las medidas ordenadas por la corte suprema, durante una jornada de manifestaciones en apoyo al expresidente.
«Actuando ilegalmente, el acusado Jair Bolsonaro se dirigió a los manifestantes reunidos en Copacabana, Río de Janeiro, produciendo intencional y conscientemente material prefabricado para que sus partidarios siguieran presionando al Tribunal Supremo y obstruyendo la justicia», sostiene el juez.
«Su llamada telefónica con su hijo, Flávio, fue publicada en Instagram», agregó el magistrado en su orden de detención.
En su fallo, Alexandre de Moraes declara que el poder judicial no permitirá que Bolsonaro «trate al país como un tonto», un día después de que aliados cercanos del expresidente ultraderechista publicaran imágenes suyas en redes sociales, desafiando la prohibición impuesta por Moraes.
El juez determinó la incautación de los celulares de Bolsonaro, que a su juicio fueron utilizados para violar las medidas cautelares y ordenó nuevas restricciones para el expresidente, que no podrá recibir visitas, salvo las de sus abogados o de personas previamente autoridades por la Corte, ni usar celulares.
Los fiscales acusan a Bolsonaro de encabezar una organización criminal que conspiró para anular las elecciones, con planes para asesinar al presidente Lula y a un juez del Supremo Tribunal Federal.
El mes pasado, el máximo tribunal ordenó a Bolsonaro usar una tobillera de rastreo e impuso límites a sus actividades mientras se llevan a cabo los procedimientos.
El domingo, miles de simpatizantes de Bolsonaro salieron a las calles de San Pablo para protestar contra el gobierno del presidente Lula Da Silva y el juez del Tribunal Supremo Alexandre de Moraes. Ondeando banderas estadounidenses y sosteniendo pancartas con la leyenda «SOS Trump», los manifestantes apoyaron a Donald Trump después de que admitiera haber impuesto aranceles del 50 % a Brasil por procesar a su aliado, Jair Bolsonaro, acusado de planear un golpe de Estado para mantenerse en el poder.
Hace dos semanas, la Corte determinó que Bolsonaro debía llevar una tobillera electrónica en el tobillo por orden del Supremo Tribunal Federal, donde está siendo juzgado por supuestamente orquestar un complot golpista para permanecer en el cargo a pesar de su derrota en las elecciones de 2022.
El caso recibió renovada atención después que el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump vinculara directamente un arancel del 50% sobre los bienes importados de Brasil con la situación judicial de Bolsonaro, a la que Trump calificó de «cacería de brujas».
La orden del Supremo Tribunal para que Bolsonaro use un monitor en el tobillo, entre otras restricciones, se dio luego que la Policía Federal y los fiscales resaltaran las altas posibilidades de que Bolsonaro intente darse a la fuga. Las autoridades, citando múltiples publicaciones en redes sociales, también acusaron a Bolsonaro de trabajar con su hijo Eduardo para incitar a Estados Unidos a interferir en el juicio e imponer sanciones contra funcionarios brasileños.
Bolsonaro y su familia son responsables de promover una «interferencia extranjera» a la soberanía de Brasil, que llevó a la imposición de aranceles del 50 por ciento a productos brasileños por el mandatario estadounidense, Donald Trump, afirmó este lunes la ministra de Relaciones Institucionales de Brasil, Gleisi Hoffmann.
La ministra de la Presidencia de Brasil expresó lo anterior en el marco de la clausura del 17º Encuentro Nacional del Partido de los Trabajadores (PT), realizada en la ciudad de Brasilia.
La fiscalía acusa a Bolsonaro de liderar una organización criminal armada, intentar llevar a cabo un golpe de Estado e intentar la abolición violenta del estado de derecho democrático, daño agravado y deterioro de sitios patrimoniales listados.
Una investigación de la policía federal colocó a Bolsonaro en la cima de una organización criminal que había estado activa al menos desde 2021. La policía señala que tras la derrota de Bolsonaro ante Lula, la organización conspiró para revertir el resultado electoral.
Parte de ese complot incluía un plan para asesinar a Lula y a un juez del Supremo Tribunal Federal, según alega la fiscalía. También afirma que el motín del 8 de enero, cuando los seguidores de Bolsonaro saquearon los principales edificios gubernamentales una semana después que Lula asumiera el cargo, fue un intento de forzar la intervención militar y derrocar al nuevo presidente.
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