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Today’s edition of quick hits.
* SCOTUS strikes again: “The Supreme Court on Tuesday halted a federal judge’s ruling requiring several federal agencies to reinstate around 16,000 workers the Trump administration had sought to fire. The decision to grant the administration’s request means the federal government doesn’t have to take steps to bring back some workers who were laid off while litigation moves forward before a federal judge in California.”
* Striking tariff news: “White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the additional 50% tariff on Chinese imports Trump threatened yesterday will go into effect at midnight tonight, raising U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods to a combined 104%.”
* CBP One: “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is terminating parole protections for people who entered the country through the CBP One app, revoking legal status for nearly a million migrants who came to the U.S. during the Biden administration. Roughly 985,000 people used the app to make appointments at a port of entry at the border, with those who entered often permitted to seek asylum and given temporary work authorization.”
* Remember all the times the right argued that these immigrants don’t pay taxes? “The Department of Homeland Security said in a court document that the IRS has agreed to share certain tax information filed by undocumented taxpayers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
* Indefensible: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is ending most, if not all, remaining U.S. aid for Afghanistan and Yemen, aid sources said on Monday, in what the U.N. World Food Program said could be ‘a death sentence’ for millions.”
* District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk is so predictable: “A U.S. District Court judge in Texas on Monday tossed a Biden-era policy to increase staffing in long-term care facilities that participate in Medicaid or Medicare programs.”
* A lawsuit worth watching: “The State of Maine sued the Agriculture Department on Monday, arguing that the agency violated the law when it froze funding to Maine last week and that the freeze threatened school meal programs.”
* Be careful out there: “The federal agency in charge of trucking safety on America’s highways dramatically slowed the pace of enforcement actions after the Trump administration took office in January, according to safety data, agency records and interviews with people familiar with the changes.”
* Remember Michael Gableman? “A former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice agreed Monday to give up his law license for three years after facing a string of ethics allegations stemming from his error-riddled review of the 2020 election for Republican state lawmakers.”
* A welcome reversal: “The National Park Service has reversed edits and restored content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the wake of news reports and public backlash over the changes.”
See you tomorrow.