President asks supreme court to reverse earlier decision that most of his sweeping trade tariffs were illegal
Trump asks supreme court to overturn trade tariffs ruling
Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours.
We start with news that Donald Trump has asked the US supreme court to overturn a lower court decision that most of his sweeping trade tariffs were illegal.
Children in Florida will no longer be required to receive vaccines against preventable diseases including measles, mumps, chickenpox, polio and hepatitis.
The governors of California, Oregon and Washington announced on Wednesday the creation of a West Coast Health Alliance aimed at safeguarding access to vaccines.
A letter published on Wednesday from more than 1,000 past and present workers of the Department of Health and Human Services department (HHS) has demanded the resignation of Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Donald Trump on Thursday will host more than two dozen technology and business leaders for a dinner, according to a White House official. The guests include Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
Several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse signaled their support on Wednesday for a bipartisan resolution to release all the files related to the convicted sex offender.
A so-called “missing minute” of CCTV footage, a key ingredient of conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein’s death in prison has been found, contradicting the assertion of Pam Bondi, the attorney general, that it was recorded over.
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled Donald Trump’s administration unlawfully terminated about $2.2bn in grants awarded to Harvard University and can no longer cut off research funding to the Ivy League school.
Jeff Landry, the Republican governor of Louisiana, said he backed the president’s threat to send federal troops to his state.
Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, warned that the US military would continue to target vessels belonging to alleged Venezuelan drug cartels.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/04/donald-trump-tariffs-immigration-technology-epstein-us-politics-live-news-updates
Author : Tom Ambrose
Publish date : 2025-09-04 09:49:00
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