Trump Scrambles to Save ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs: The Brief

MOVING SWIFTLY to keep its tariffs in effect, the Trump administration plans to ask the US Supreme Court to intervene as early as Friday if a US appeals court doesn’t immediately pause a ruling that most of the president’s tariffs are illegal, Erik Larson and Greg Stohr report.

• The US Court of International Trade’s Wednesday ruling harmed the government’s diplomacy and intruded upon President Donald Trump’s exclusive authority to conduct foreign affairs, the Department of Justice said in a Thursday court filing. It asked the Federal Circuit to put the decision on hold while the administration pursued a formal ...