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Donald Trump’s administration says it will stop collecting tariffs that the Supreme Court has ruled are illegal because they were imposed using emergency powers, as investors seek to gut the US president’s latest replacement tariffs.

The dollar fell 0.4% against other currencies this morning after U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it would disable all tariff codes on International Emergency Economic Powers Act-related orders starting at midnight Tuesday.

Chief US trade negotiator Jamieson Greer said on Sunday that the Trump administration is ready to continue its tariff policy. “The policy hasn’t changed. The legal tools that implement it may change, but the policy hasn’t changed,” he said, arguing that it gives U.S. businesses “a lot of advantage” in world trade.

• What’s happening in the stock markets After the news? Gold rose to $5,135 per ounce, its highest since late January, as investors flocked to the safe-haven asset, while Bitcoin fell 4.8% to $64,300, before recovering slightly to $65,734. Futures tracking the U.S. S&P 500 were down 0.5% on Monday morning.

• This is an evolving story. Follow the live blog here.

Secret Service kills gunman who broke into Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home

The Secret Service shot and killed an armed intruder who breached the perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s Florida residence and private club in Palm Beach, early Sunday.

Although the president usually spends weekends at an oceanside resort, he was at the White House in Washington during this event. Like First Lady Melania Trump.

Ric Bradshaw, the sheriff of Palm Beach County, said at a news conference that two Secret Service agents and one of their deputies were alerted that a person was on the inner perimeter.

• Who was the intruder? Bradshaw could not immediately identify the intruder. But the slain man was identified by investigators as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin, The Associated Press reported, citing a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the investigation.

Violence erupts after Mexican security forces kill drug cartel boss El Mencho

Mexico’s defense ministry has confirmed that a Mexican cartel boss nicknamed “El Mencho”, one of the world’s most wanted drug traffickers, was killed by security forces. The operation set off a wave of violence in more than half a dozen states, with cars burned and gunmen blocking highways.

His real name is drug lord Nemesio Rubén Oseguera CervantesThe suspect was killed along with at least six accomplices in the western state of Jalisco on Sunday, the ministry said.

In other news…

• The Guardian’s analysis of government records found that the vast majority (77%) of people facing first deportations in 2025 do not have any criminal convictionsIt reveals the stark gap between the Trump administration’s rhetoric and reality.

• New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani orders a citywide travel ban except for urgent travelThe northeastern United States was bracing for an intense winter storm that was expected to reach blizzard intensity and cause major disruptions.

• Donald Trump tells Netflix to remove Democratic foreign policy expert Susan Rice from its board or “face the consequences”The streaming platform, on the other hand, is locked in an extraordinary corporate battle to gain control of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Status of the day: USA stunned Canada in overtime to win first Olympic men’s ice hockey gold medal since 1980

The United States captured its third Olympic men’s hockey title (and first since the 1980 Miracle on Ice team) with a thrilling 2-1 overtime victory over Canada in Sunday’s gold medal game at the Milan Cortina Games.

Building strength: ‘Trump, I’m not afraid of you’ – meet some of the people suing the president

Donald Trump’s second term was marked by the return of civil liberties. But many Americans are using the courts to fight back. More than a hundred lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration. As our reporters investigate efforts to protect civil liberties in the United States, Briana Ellis-Gibbs spoke with some of those who oppose it.

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This year’s Baftas were a chaotic mix of wild praise and unintentional insults, as an unknown won the best actor award and one of the nominees insulted a man in the stands. Meanwhile, the freewheeling comedy Marty Supreme, starring Timothée Chalamet, made Bafta history as the third film to go home empty-handed despite 11 nominations.

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It’s an epic piece of music that literally falls apart and perfectly captures the end-of-day chaos after the tragedy. Composer William Basinski and musician Anohni recall his fiery birth in New York’s avant-garde scene.

Climate control: ‘Reimagining matter’ – Nobel laureate invents machine to harvest water from dry air

A Nobel laureate’s eco-friendly invention that provides clean water if central water supplies are cut off by a hurricane or drought could be a lifesaver for fragile islands, its founder says. The invention developed by chemist Prof Omar Yaghi can extract moisture from the air and collect water even in arid and desert conditions.

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A baby monkey in Japan has captured hearts around the world after videos of him being bullied by other monkeys and rejected by his mother went viral last week. Punch, a Japanese macaque, was born at the Ichikawa zoo last July. He came to international attention when zookeepers gave him a stuffed orangutan toy.

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