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ICE accidentally exposes masterminds behind 'mega' plan in leaked PDF blunder

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement appeared to accidentally expose the masterminds behind its massive detention center overhaul, according to a new report.

A PDF document provided to Gov. Kelly Ayotte's (R-NH) office about ICE's sprawling "Detention Reengineering Initiative" contained embedded metadata and comments that named names, Wired reported Friday. Jonathan Florentino, director of ICE's Newark Field Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations, was listed as the author.

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'Shaky': Economist says desperate Trump's new tariff ploy is already full of holes

President Donald Trump went out of his way, following the Supreme Court decision striking down his move to impose tariffs under emergency powers law, to say he will keep the tariffs in place, using a different set of federal statutes that he claims still put the policy on lawful footing — something Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh argued he could try to do in his dissent.

However, economic historian Phil Magness warned that Trump's new order to impose a 10 percent global tariff under the so-called Section 122 power already faces massive legal problems.

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Conservative Supreme Court just 'trapped' top Republicans: report

Republican leaders are facing a new political dilemma – thanks to the Supreme Court’s devastating blow to President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda.

The ruling means any future votes on tariffs "will no longer be symbolic" as Congress will now be forced to decide whether to restore the president’s signature policy through legislation, according to Axios.

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Chaos as Trump DOJ seeks to revoke citizenship of ex-mayor

Federal prosecutors are reportedly trying to strip U.S. citizenship from former North Miami Mayor Philippe Bien-Aime over allegations of a decades-long identity deception.

The Department of Justice filed denaturalization charges Wednesday in federal court, claiming Bien-Aime unlawfully entered the United States in 1997 using a fraudulent "photo-switched" passport under the alias Jean Philippe Janvier, NBC News reported. An immigration judge ordered his removal in 2000, but authorities alleged he never left, instead disappearing into a new identity as Philippe Bien-Aime.

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Supreme Court handed Trump a 'humiliating' gift: analyst

The U.S. Supreme Court may have just handed President Donald Trump a political gift – one that’s deeply humiliating, according to The Atlantic’s David Frum.

In a ruling that struck down Trump’s sweeping tariff regime, the MAGAfied high court delivered a decisive check on presidential power, making clear that the Constitution assigns taxing authority to Congress, not the White House. His tariffs, which began in April, were projected to raise as much as $2.3 trillion over 10 years, Frum wrote Friday.

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Revealed: Surprising reason John Roberts may like Trump's 'tongue-lashing'

President Donald Trump ruthlessly slammed the Supreme Court on Friday in reaction to the justices voiding his authority to enact tariffs under emergency powers law — but those attacks probably are of no concern to Chief Justice John Roberts, CNN's Jeff Zeleny speculated.

In fact, Zeleny wrote in a text update displayed on the network, he is likely pleased to see it, for a simple reason.

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Trump mocked after bizarre segue about fending off smooch: 'Now he understands consent?'

President Donald Trump went off on a bizarre tangent in his Friday speech, slamming the Supreme Court's decision to block his power to issue tariffs under emergency powers law — claiming that he visited a factory in Georgia, and the owner was so grateful for Trump's trade policies that the president had to fend off a smooch.

"'President, I'd love to kiss you' — this is a very powerful man. I don't want to be kissed by that man," said Trump. "But a very powerful, strong man ... he said, 'Sir, I want to kiss you so badly.' And I said, 'No thank you.'"

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Trump official admits Americans 'won't see' the billions in collected tariff revenues

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted that the American people would never see the return of $175 billion in tariffs collected by the Trump administration after the Supreme Court struck down the president's ability to impose them.

During an event at the Economic Club of Dallas on Friday, Ray Washburne noted that the administration had collected about $175 billion in tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) before the court ruled it unconstitutional.

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Scott Bessent beside himself over 'misplaced gloating': 'Court didn't rule against Trump!'

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reacted on Friday to the Supreme Court's decision barring the use of emergency economic powers to impose tariffs, during a speech at the Economic Club of Dallas and echoed President Donald Trump's defiance on the subject.

Much like Trump, Bessent vowed that the tariffs will continue — and the Trump administration will simply use other federal statutes than emergency powers to authorize them.

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Historian breathes sigh of relief over Trump's crippling blow: 'James Madison is smiling'

A historian Friday described the historic impact of the Supreme Court's decision in its ruling against President Donald Trump's tariffs — something the nation's founders would have appreciated.

Tim Naftali, CNN's presidential historian and former head of the Nixon Presidential Library, explained why the high court's ruling was an active practice of what the Constitution was intended to do.

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Internet stupefied by Trump's 'mental breakdown' as he threatens to 'destroy' the country

President Donald Trump was dealt a huge blow by the Supreme Court on Friday as they eliminated his ability to impose tariffs under economic emergency powers — but he almost at once declared he will continue to charge global tariffs, using a number of alternative statutes. During his rant, he claimed under the ruling, he can't charge tariffs to foreign countries but can "destroy the country" by cutting off all trade to it instead.

Trump's bizarre diatribe, as well as his vow to keep all the same policies the Supreme Court eliminated in place by other means, provoked a stunned reaction from commenters on social media.

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Farmers giddy as Trump dealt 'big loss' at Supreme Court

John Boyd, Jr., the head of the National Black Farmers Association, celebrated Friday on MS NOW following the Supreme Court's decision invalidating President Donald Trump's authority to use emergency powers to enact tariffs.

"So, John, this morning you were feeling pretty positive," said anchor Antonia Hylton. "But now that President Trump says he's going to keep pushing these tariffs through no matter what, how are you doing?"

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'Seething!' CNN anchors struck by Trump's fury towards Supreme Court justices

CNN hosts were taken aback by how angry President Donald Trump was Friday after the Supreme Court struck down his tariffs.

Anchors Boris Sanchez and Brianna Keilar were talking to senior White House correspondent Kristen Holmes about Trump's reaction to the Supreme Court's ruling — and how noticeably upset he appeared to be during it. Trump called the move "deeply disappointing" during a press conference and his first public reaction to the high court's decision. He also said that the SCOTUS justices who voted against his tariffs are "barely" invited to his State of the Union address next week, saying, "I couldn't care less if they come."

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