Donald Trump is reportedly reconsidering a $1.8bn fund for allies after facing legal challenges and political backlash, including from within his own party. The fund, intended to compensate victims of politicized prosecutions, has been temporarily blocked by a judge and criticized as a "Maga slush fund."
A US federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration cannot remove transgender individuals who sued over the ban from active military service. The wider ban remains in place pending a potential Supreme Court appeal.
A divided federal appeals court ruled that the Pentagon's policy banning transgender troops from military service was illegal. The court's 2-1 decision largely upholds a previous ruling by a US District Judge. The ban remains in effect for now.
US President Donald Trump filed an appeal on Friday after the latest legal setback to his signature tariff policy, piling on more chaos and global uncertainty and setting up a new tussle over billions of US dollars in refunds. The appeal follows a decision on Thursday by the US Court of International Trade that invalidated his use of a Section 122 trade provision that saw him slap 10 per cent import taxes on nearly every country on earth. In its ruling, the court found that he failed to meet the...
