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Unions and progressive organizations are planning nearly 1,000 "Workers Over Billionaires" demonstrations across the United States this Labor Day to protest President Donald Trump's assault on workers' rights.

The day of national action has been organized by the May Day Strong coalition, which includes labor organizations like the AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, and National Union of Healthcare Workers, as well as advocacy groups like Americans for Tax Fairness, Indivisible, Our Revolution, and Public Citizen.

The Trump administration said Friday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio "is denying and revoking visas from members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority" ahead of next month's United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The US State Department said Friday that "the Trump administration has been clear: It is in our national security interests to hold the PLO and PA accountable for not complying with their commitments, and for undermining the prospects for peace."

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) took several veiled jabs at President Donald Trump, as their public feud continues to dominate headlines.

The Daily Beast reported Friday that Pritzker — who was visiting Wagoner Elementary School in Sauk Village (roughly 30 miles south of Chicago) — was simultaneously complimentary to young students while trolling the president. In a post to his official X account, the two-term Illinois governor didn't mention Trump directly but wrote: "Our leaders in Washington could learn a thing or two from some of the best elementary school students here in Illinois."

President Donald Trump's tariff battle suffered a major defeat Friday when a federal appeals court ruled that his most extensive tariffs were illegal, saying he overstepped his authority. And Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman expressed "shock."

The court found that the law Trump used to hand down steep tariffs did not grant him the power to enforce them. The ruling's implementation was suspended until Oct. 14, however, to allow the administration to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Vice President JD Vance just said the "quiet part out loud" when it comes to President Donald Trump's attack on the Federal Reserve.

Trump has repeatedly attacked the Fed, including unprecedented moves such as firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud and urging Chair Jerome Powell to resign for refusing to cut interest rates.

Democracy defenders on Friday blasted elected Texas Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott, after he signed a new congressional map gerrymandered for the GOP at the request of President Donald Trump—and Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, for launching a copycat effort.

"Gov. Abbott would rather do Trump's dirty work than help the people of Texas," said Brett Edkins, managing director of policy and political affairs at the progressive advocacy group Stand Up America, in a statement.

President Donald Trump released a furious rant on his Truth Social platform after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that his tariff policies are illegal.

The ruling held that the president does not have authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to enact the type of global tariffs he has claimed authority for.

An incident occurred on the Washington, D.C. Metro on Friday, when a passenger on a train tried to take the weapon of a National Guard soldier deployed as part of President Donald Trump's seizure of the city, CNN's Brian Todd reported.

Trump's D.C. deployment, ostensibly to combat crime even as the crime rate has dropped dramatically in the capital in recent years, has provoked rising tensions with residents.

President Donald Trump's tariffs suffered a "big blow" in court on Friday, and critics could not hide their satisfaction.

A federal appeals court ruled Trump had no legal right to impose sweeping global tariffs using emergency authority, finding those tariffs unconstitutional. However, the court left the tariffs in place temporarily while the matter is appealed further, likely to the Supreme Court.

President Donald Trump's economic agenda was dealt a crushing blow, with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit striking down his authority to enact tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

The ruling potentially guts a core policy of the Trump administration, which has imposed sweeping tariffs on goods from virtually the entire world, using them both to try to spur U.S. domestic production and to create leverage to bargain for better trade deals with foreign countries.

Alan Dershowitz, a legal scholar and ally to President Donald Trump, sued CNN over comments made during the 2020 impeachment of Trump during his first term. According to Dershowitz, CNN defamed him to the tune of $300 million. The case has been ongoing since 2021.

On Friday, however, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Dershowitz.

Terry Moran, a broadcast journalist who was fired from ABC News in June after posting a message on X referring to top White House adviser Stephen Miller as a "world-class hater," blasted his old employer this week for "failing the American people."

Moran posted to social media, "The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism. Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy. But that's not what's interesting about Miller. It's not the brains. It's the bile. Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He's a world-class hater."