What to Know
- A federal appeals court ruled today that Trump had no legal right to impose sweeping tariffs but left in place for now his effort to build a protectionist wall around the American economy.
- Trump has revoked U.S. Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris.
- Lawyers for Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook argued in court for an emergency temporary restraining order to block Donald Trump from firing her while a lawsuit over the president’s action plays out. Trump said earlier this week that he was firing Cook after his administration alleged that she engaged in mortgage fraud.
- The Trump administration tapped Jim O’Neill, a deputy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the president fired CDC Director Susan Monarez. Her firing prompted at least four other top CDC officials to leave.
- Federal authorities plan to surge agents to Chicago starting next week to scale up operations to arrest unauthorized immigrants, two federal law enforcement officials told NBC News on Thursday.
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