2025-05-29
14 分钟Good morning.
It's Thursday, May 29th.
I'm Shamita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, the running theme among the people Trump is pardoning.
As Harvard students graduate, its president speaks out.
And Elon Musk hands in his special government employee pass.
But first, a federal trade court has struck down President Trump's sweeping tariffs,
ruling that he exceeded his legal authority.
In a major setback to the administration's economic agenda,
the three-person panel, made up of Obama, Reagan and Trump appointees,
unanimously declared his use of an Emergency Powers Act did not give him the power to levy tariffs unilaterally.
The case was brought forward in Oregon by a group of small businesses and a coalition of states and was heard by a relatively obscure court,
taking many by surprise in its announcement.
A White House spokesperson said they would appeal the decision.
The ruling puts at least a temporary halt to most of the recently announced tariffs,
although many of the most eye-catching moves had already been paused or dramatically scaled back.
It means an end to the 30 percent tariffs on China, the 25 percent tariff on Mexico and Canada,
and the across-the-board 10 percent tariffs for all nations.
Trump had argued that the country was facing a national emergency due to a persistent trade deficit,