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CBP Launches CAPE Portal: Here's How to File Your Tariff Refund
U.S. Customs and Border Protection opens the CAPE system for importers to submit tariff refund claims electronically.
Refund ProcessCourt of International Trade Rules All Importers Entitled to Refunds
A key ruling expands refund eligibility to all importers of record, not just the original plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case.
Business ImpactCourt Rules 6-3: Emergency Powers Do Not Include Tariff Authority
The majority opinion firmly establishes that Congress, not the President, holds the constitutional power to levy tariffs.
The RulingThe Ruling
View All →Trump maintains vandalism claims, calls on Pirro to ‘re-visit’ Reflecting Pool
President Trump is asking the Justice Department (DOJ) to reconsider its move to drop criminal charges against those accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, continuing to assert vandalism was to blame for its appearance. Trump specifically urged U.S. Attorney for the District of...
Trump restarts effort to fire Fed’s Lisa Cook
President Trump is reportedly renewing his effort to boot Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her position, despite the Supreme Court thwarting his earlier attempt in June. A letter from White House presidential aide Dan Scavino, dated Wednesday, said the president was “considering” removing...
Alito to WSJ: ‘Obviously I’m here for another term’
Justice Samuel Alito shut down any notion he’s planning to imminently retire from the Supreme Court in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Friday. It marks the justice’s first known comments on his future plans since NPR erroneously reported that the conservative jurist had...
Refund Process
View All →Acting ICE chief knocks AP for ‘misleading’ report on body cam policy
Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director David Venturella accused the Associated Press on Saturday of misreporting his agency’s body camera policy in an article on how ICE decides what footage may be released to the public. Venturella alleged the report, published Friday,...
Miller saga muddles midterm landscape for Ohio GOP
The controversy around Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) is complicating the midterm landscape for Ohio Republicans as Democrats build momentum in the Buckeye State, a former battleground that’s become a red state in the Trump era. Miller, who is running for a third term in a competitive House district, is...
The Memo: Weak jobs report clouds economy as Trump barrels toward midterms
New clouds darkened the economic landscape on Friday, as the latest employment report showed the nation shedding 23,000 jobs in July. The number came as an unpleasant surprise to most economists. The consensus prediction from experts canvassed by Dow Jones had been that more than 80,000 jobs would...
Legislation
View All →Live results: Progressives seek another upset in Hawaii’s congressional races
Hawaiian voters go to the polls today to select the Democratic and Republican candidates in the Aloha State’s congressional races this November. Both Democratic incumbents are seeking reelection, but one faces a progressive challenger who’s hoping left-wing candidates’ success across the country...
Dems blast Blanche as enabler of ‘Trump’s corruption’ after AG confirmation
All Democrats in the U.S. Senate voted against the nomination of Attorney General Todd Blanche, but their opposition was overridden by a majority of GOP lawmakers in the upper chamber in the early hours of Saturday morning. Many of these Democrats cited Blanche’s record over the past year as deputy...
USPS reports $2.5B loss in third quarter as financial woes persist
The United States Postal Service’s (USPS) net losses for the third quarter of 2026 reached $2.5 billion, the agency reported Friday, as its leadership continues to look for solutions to prevent an impending liquidity crisis. These numbers are down from last year’s third quarter, with USPS then...
Business Impact
View All →The China shock comes to Africa
Subsidized Chinese imports are threatening African manufacturing growth, prompting calls for the United States to support the African Continental Free Trade Area and expand private capital investment through the International Development Finance Corporation.
Time out! A reality check on business aviation’s sustainability record
Even with its minimal carbon footprint, the sector has slashed emissions by 40 percent in just four decades.
Trump says he would ‘probably’ get along with Jeffries as Speaker
President Trump predicted in an interview aired early Friday he would “probably” get along with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) if Democrats take back the majority in the lower chamber in the midterm elections. “I’d probably get along with him very well,” Trump told Punchbowl News...
Consumer Impact
View All →Trump is failing the vibe-check for voters
Republicans aren’t just fighting stubborn inflation and a slowing economy, they are contending with voters who feel worse about their lives across almost every category pollsters can measure.
FBI agent charged in theft of almost $1M in cryptocurrency from Russia
A supervisory FBI agent faces two federal charges for collecting more than $900,000 between “adversarial” cryptocurrency accounts tied to criminal targets overseas to his personal wallet. The FBI fired Patrick Steven Yaroch last week, and he was arrested for interstate transportation of stolen...
Moreno says family in ‘7th level of hell’ as daughter ‘in constant fear’ of Miller
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) on Tuesday lamented the situation his family is in after his daughter accused Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) of abuse. “I hope you guys understand — maybe I hope you never have to understand — what my daughter’s been through, what my daughter’s going through, what my wife is...