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Group of states sues Trump administration over new tariffs

A group of U.S. states filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s new global tariffs that went into effect last month.

August 3, 2026
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Tariff Refund Appeal Centers on $10 Billion Dispute

A judge urged the Trump administration to back off its appeal of his order to fully refund $166 billion in tariffs overturned by the Supreme Court.

June 10, 2026
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Tariff Refunds Face Delays Over Slow Importer Opt-In

CBP says importers must request refunds through a new online portal, and then they need to opt in to an existing system to receive an electronic payment.

April 15, 2026
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US Tells Tariff Refund Judge It Can’t Comply With Order

The move follows a March 4 order by a judge on the federal trade court in New York to stop calculating President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs on importers’ customs paperwork.

March 6, 2026
GovernmentBusiness

Small Businesses Tell Supreme Court Tariffs Are Illegal Tax

Small businesses challenging many of President Trump’s tariffs urged the Supreme Court to affirm lower-court rulings that the import levies are a massive illegal tax on American companies.

October 20, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Tariff Foes Urge Appeals Court to Curb ‘Blank Check’

A group of small businesses that won an order finding President Donald Trump’s global tariffs illegal urged a federal appeals court to uphold that decision and block the trade levies.

July 9, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Group That Won Trade Ruling Wants Tariffs Halted During Appeal

A group of small businesses that won a ruling that most of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs are illegal want them blocked during the administration’s appeal.

June 2, 2025
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States Sue Trump Over Tariffs Imposed Without Congress

The suit argues that Congress didn’t grant Trump the necessary authority to impose the tariffs and national trade policy “now hinges on the president’s whims."

April 23, 2025
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USPS Says Thousands of Mail-In Ballots May Have Gone Missing

The U.S. Postal Service on Nov. 5 told a judge that a review of processing data revealed roughly 4,250 mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania and North Carolina may have gone missing.

November 6, 2020
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USPS Ordered to Speed Swing-State Ballots in Time for Election Day

A federal judge ordered the U.S. Postal Service to make every effort to deliver mail-in ballots in three crucial swing states by Election Day due to uncertainty over whether votes that arrive after that will be counted.

November 2, 2020

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