Advocates fear damage to labor protections if the Supreme Court upholds the president’s move to control federal agency staffing.
Category: Supreme Court (US)
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Cooling Labor Market and Elevated Inflation Stoke Fed Divisions on Rate Cuts
Fed officials explained their opposition to the central bank’s decision this week to cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point.
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Supreme Court Grapples With Whether to Lift Campaign Finance Limits
The dispute before the court involved a Republican effort to lift limits on how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.
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Supreme Court Struggles With How to Insulate the Federal Reserve From Politics
The president seemed poised for a big Supreme Court win letting him remove officials without cause. But the justices appeared to struggle with how to insulate the Federal Reserve from politics.
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Supreme Court Seems Poised to Give Trump More Power to Fire Independent Officials
A ruling in the president’s favor in the case, which deals with his attempt to remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission, would be a major expansion of presidential authority.
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Planes, Trade and Nuclear Energy: Supreme Court Weighs Fate of Independent Regulators
The court heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine the independence of agencies like the National Transportation Safety Board and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Why Europe and the United States Are Still Haggling on Trade
While the two sides reached a broad agreement months ago, American officials will visit Brussels this week to discuss the details. Europe has a wish list, but so does the United States.
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Atlanta Fed President to Step Down in February
The departure of Raphael W. Bostic, who has served in the role since 2017, would create a new vacancy at the central bank.
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Trump Officials Push States to ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full SNAP Benefits
An appeals court made a late-night ruling against Trump officials as they dug in on cutting payments to states.
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Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
In late-night guidance, the Agriculture Department also threatened financial penalties against states.
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Trump Team Now Claims Its Trillions in Tariff Revenue Are ‘Incidental’
In arguments before the Supreme Court, the White House backed away from its claims that President Trump’s tariffs were about raising revenue.
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What a Rough Day in Court Means for Trump’s Tariffs
Businesses and investors are bracing for uncertainty after Supreme Court justices questioned the legality of a core part of the president’s trade policy.