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The Federal Circuit ruled on August 29 that President Trump’s global tariffs are largely illegal under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, finding he exceeded his authority. However, the court allowed the tariffs to remain in place while the case proceeds, creating major uncertainty for international trade.
A draft of the Trump Administration’s Make Our Children Healthy Again (MAHA) Strategy, the much-anticipated follow-on to the May 2025 MAHA Assessment, was leaked Friday afternoon, providing an initial view of how the Administration intends to tackle what it calls the “childhood chronic disease crisis.”
The Trump Administration has issued a new executive order, "Ensuring American Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Resilience by Filling the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve."
Congress has been racing against the clock to check off as many items on its legislative to-do list as possible ahead of the August recess. Most notably, President Trump has led congressional Republicans in advancing a major budget reconciliation package, the One Big Beautiful Bill, which proposes sweeping changes to tax policy, healthcare, energy production, immigration enforcement, and national defense.
President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will impose 25% tariffs on goods from Japan and South Korea, and a 50% levy on Brazil, effective August 1st. As well as threatening a 35% tariff on some Canadian goods.