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Germany has said it “will not give in” and that Europe must “respond firmly” as US President Donald Trump targets imported cars and car parts with a 25% tax in his latest tariffs.Other major world economies have vowed to retaliate, with France’s president branding the move “a waste of time” and “incoherent”, Canada calling it a “direct attack”, and China accusing Washington of violating international trade rules.Shares in carmakers from Japan to Germany sold off. In the US, General Motors dropped 7%, while Ford fell more than 2%. Trump has threatened to impose “far larger” tariffs if Europe works with…

The detention of South Sudan’s First Vice-President Riek Machar under house arrest has effectively collapsed the peace deal that ended the 2013-2018 civil war, his party said on Thursday.The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan called for restraint, saying the country stood on the brink of relapsing into widespread conflict.”This will not only devastate South Sudan but also affect the entire region,” UNMISS said in a statement.The five-year civil war, which was fought largely along ethnic lines, left hundreds of thousands of people dead in the country that gained independence from Sudan in 2011.Oyet Nathaniel Pierino, deputy chair of Machar’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In Opposition (SPLM-IO) party, said Machar’s…

WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Mar 26, 2025 at 9:50 am Following opinion announcements, the Supreme Court will hear arguments this morning in FCC v. Consumers’ Research, a challenge to a FCC program that subsidizes telephone and internet services to schools, libraries, and underserved areas. The case has the potential to significantly curtail the power of federal agencies as challengers are also inviting the justices to revive the nondelegation doctrine, a legal theory conservative lawyers and business groups have been urging the court in recent years to bring back. The court last used the nondelegation doctrine in 1935.…

Home The Modern Law Library This Harvard Law prof thinks constitutional… The Modern Law Library This Harvard Law prof thinks constitutional theory is a terrible way to pick a judge By Lee Rawles March 5, 2025, 9:04 am CST What if we are asking the wrong questions when selecting American judges? Mark Tushnet thinks our current criteria might be off. “We should look for judges who are likely to display good judgment in their rulings, … and we shouldn’t care whether they have a good theory about how to interpret the Constitution as a whole—and maybe we should worry a…

Over 16 million international visitors travel to Dubai annually, along with countless residents looking for reliable, cost-effective transportation options. Traveling through the city and its surrounding regions requires a convenient, dependable solution, especially for those staying short-term or individuals who need vehicles for a longer duration.Enter OneClickDrive, a platform that has simplified the process of renting vehicles in Dubai. With its expansive inventory, competitive pricing, and seamless booking process, OneClickDrive has reshaped how both tourists and residents interact with car rental services in the city.A Marketplace That Caters to Everyone OneClickDrive.com stands out as the go-to marketplace to rent a…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Since the Trump administration moved to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last month, the bureau has dropped nine lawsuits that it had brought on behalf of consumers. The actions effectively freed major financial firms like Capital One and the mortgage giant Rocket Homes from the threat of consequences for their alleged significant wrongdoing, shocking consumer advocates and raising questions about the future of America’s consumer watchdog. For their part, when the cases were dropped, the companies lauded…

Nikhil InamdarBBC News, MumbaiGettyPrivate sector expenditure in overall investments in India’s economy dipped to a decadal low What will it take for India’s private companies to begin investing in building new factories and firms?It’s a question that’s confounded policymakers for years. As a share of gross domestic product (GDP), private investment in India has been on the decline since the global financial crisis of 2007, even while the overall economy clocked world-beating growth rates.After a long hiatus, the investment rate picked up slightly in 2022 and 2023, but latest data from a leading ratings agency shows private sector expenditure as…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to reduce tariffs to get a deal done with TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the short video app used by 170 million Americans.ByteDance has an April 5 deadline to find a non-Chinese buyer for TikTok or face a U.S. ban on national security grounds that was supposed to have taken effect in January under a 2024 law.Trump said he was willing to extend the deadline if an agreement over the social media app was not reached.”With respect to TikTok, and China is going to have to play a…

OPINION ANALYSIS By Amy Howe on Mar 26, 2025 at 11:50 am The court heard Bondi v. VanDerStok at the start of the term in October. (Amy Lutz via Shutterstock) This article was update on March 26 at 2:04 p.m. The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Biden-era rule regulating so-called “ghost guns” – untraceable weapons without serial numbers, assembled from components or kits that can be bought online. By a vote of 7-2, the justices held that the Gun Control Act of 1968 allows the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to regulate at least some ghost guns,…

Home Daily News Missouri judge suspended for ‘grossly untimely… Judiciary Missouri judge suspended for ‘grossly untimely performance of his duties’ while deflecting blame By Debra Cassens Weiss March 5, 2025, 9:23 am CST A Missouri judge has been suspended for a year without pay for taking years to issue some rulings while falsely telling judicial regulators and attorneys that he had delivered judgments to court clerks in unresolved cases. (Image from Shutterstock) Updated: A Missouri judge has been suspended for a year without pay for taking years to issue some rulings while falsely telling judicial regulators and attorneys that he…