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US Supreme Court decision on Trump tariffs could come as soon as Tuesday
Yohannes Lowe
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. The US supreme court’s highly anticipated ruling on the legality of Donald Trump’s tariffs is expected in the coming weeks, possibly as early as Tuesday, according to Reuters news agency.
Opponents of the tariffs, which include some small businesses and U.S. states, argue that the president overstepped his authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs last year.
Two lower courts found that the president lacks the authority to impose global tariffs imposed using emergency powers that allow him to issue emergency orders and bypass Congress.
The high court, dominated by conservative justices, could strike down the tariffs, a cornerstone of Trump’s economic agenda, and force the president to issue refunds to U.S. importers who paid for them.
But if the Supreme Court rules that Trump overstepped his authority International Emergency Economic Powers ActThere are other ways the White House could impose import duties by invoking the IEEPA or IEEPA to impose tariffs.
In an interview published on Monday in the NY Times on January 15US trade representative, Jamieson GreerHe said that if the decision goes against Trump, the administration would “start replacing the tariffs with other taxes the next day.”
“The reality is that the President will impose tariffs as part of his trade policy going forward,” Greer said. Trump last week He said it would be a “total mess” if the court struck down trade tariffs, which would be difficult to reverse because businesses and countries could demand refunds.
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Second man dies in two weeks at Texas ICE detention facility
Victoria Bekiempis
A second man held at a US immigration detention facility in Texas has died in two weeks, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said on Monday.
Victor Manuel DiazThe 36-year-old, originally from Nicaragua, was found “unconscious and unresponsive in his room” at the Camp East Montana detention facility in El Paso, ICE, on Jan. 14. in question in a press release.
“They immediately notified the contracted medical personnel to take life-saving measures,” it said, adding that emergency medical technicians arrived at the facility but were unable to resuscitate Diaz, who was declared dead just after 16:00. ICE claimed that Diaz “died by presumed suicide” but that the “official cause of death is under investigation.”
Diaz was detained on January 6 during the Trump administration’s controversial deportation drive in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He first entered the U.S. at the Mexican border in March 2024, where border patrol agents picked him up and was given a court date with an immigration judge, then released on parole.
On Aug. 26 of last year, an immigration judge ordered Diaz removed “in absentia.” ICE detained him on January 12 to deport him. The extensive tent facility is located at Fort Bliss military base in El Paso…
another man Geraldo Lunas CamposThe 55-year-old young man, who immigrated from Cuba to the USA, died in the same detention camp on January 3. ICE in question Campos was “experiencing medical distress” and staff provided emergency treatment in hopes of saving him. His death is being investigated as a potential homicide.
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Judge declines to block new DHS policy limiting members of Congress’ access to ICE facilities
Yohannes Lowe
Meanwhile, a federal judge refused to temporarily block the Trump administration from enacting a new policy requiring a week’s notice before members of Congress can visit and therefore inspect immigration detention facilities.
Judge Jia M. Cobb The Federal District Court for the District of Columbia found that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not violate an earlier court order when it reinstated the seven-day notification requirement for congressional oversight visits to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities (read its decision here ). Here).
Judge Cobb, an appointee of Democratic former President Joe Biden, blocked DHS’s nearly identical policy last month, citing a provision in the appropriations bill that required funds for the department and facilities to be open to congressional review.
However, ICE reestablished its visitation policy with the secretary of homeland security on January 8, 2026. Kristi NoemIt orders DHS to reinstate the seven-day notification requirement “exclusively with money appropriated by the (One Big Beautiful Bill Act)” and not with regular appropriations, effectively bypassing the previous court order.
The backdrop is that last June, a dozen House Democrats who were blocked from visiting immigration detention centers filed a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully blocking their efforts to visit federal immigrant detention centers.
Members of Congress had attempted to visit the facilities amid reports of inhumane and unsanitary conditions. Thirty-two people died in ICE custody last year; this was the highest death toll in the last two decades. At least five people There have been no reported deaths in ICE custody so far this year.
In Monday’s ruling, Judge Cobb said plaintiffs’ attorneys representing Democratic members of Congress used the wrong “procedural tool” to challenge the new policy and that lawmakers should review their complaints. He did not rule on the legality of the policy.
Donald Trump will go to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland later today.
He will join many of the allied countries he has recently berated and threatened with taxes over his long-standing goal of annexing Greenland.
The President will leave the White House after the closed signing. We’ll keep you updated in case he decides to speak to the press before he departs.
We will hear from you later today. Karoline Leavitt When he briefs reporters at 1 p.m. ET. We will address this and provide updates here.
US supreme court to hear challenge to Hawaii’s strict gun law
Eric Berger
In Hawaii, which has some of the strictest gun laws in the United States, those regulations will be challenged before the supreme court on Tuesday.
The court will consider the legality of a state law that prohibits people from bringing firearms onto private public property unless they have permission from the property owner.
Case, Wolford and LopezIt was brought by three Maui residents with concealed carry permits and a local gun group.
US Supreme Court decision on Trump tariffs could come as soon as Tuesday
Yohannes Lowe
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. The US supreme court’s highly anticipated ruling on the legality of Donald Trump’s tariffs is expected in the coming weeks, possibly as early as Tuesday, according to Reuters news agency.
Opponents of the tariffs, which include some small businesses and U.S. states, argue that the president overstepped his authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs last year.
Two lower courts found that the president lacks the authority to impose global tariffs imposed using emergency powers that allow him to issue emergency orders and bypass Congress.
The high court, dominated by conservative justices, could strike down the tariffs, a cornerstone of Trump’s economic agenda, and force the president to issue refunds to U.S. importers who paid for them.
But if the Supreme Court rules that Trump overstepped his authority International Emergency Economic Powers ActThere are other ways the White House could impose import duties by invoking the IEEPA or IEEPA to impose tariffs.
In an interview published on Monday in the NY Times on January 15US trade representative, Jamieson GreerHe said that if the decision goes against Trump, the administration would “start replacing the tariffs with other taxes the next day.”
“The reality is that the President will impose tariffs as part of his trade policy going forward,” Greer said. Trump last week He said it would be a “total mess” if the court struck down trade tariffs, which would be difficult to reverse because businesses and countries could demand refunds.
