Kenneth Tiven

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In a stinging rebuke to the president’s expansive use of emergency powers, a federal trade court has ruled his sweeping global tariffs illegal. While a temporary reprieve delays the full effect, the decision is the latest in a cascade of courtroom defeats that reveal a presidency increasingly at odds with law and institutional limits

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The release of Badar Khan Suri, an Indian scholar detained for pro-Palestinian speech, reveals growing judicial resistance to Donald Trump-era authoritarian overreach—and signals the high-stakes battle over America’s democratic future

From whimsical tariffs to AI papal cosplay, Donald Trump’s second presidency is a chaotic spectacle of ignorance, overreach, and surreal theatrics. US EDITOR KENNETH TIVEN chronicles the twilight zone of American governance

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In a tumultuous ten days, the president’s illusion of unchecked authority has collided with a hard wall of legal resistance, academic defiance, economic recoil, and a shifting public mood. The tide may be turning against a presidency testing the limits of American democracy

In an extraordinary clash between the Trump administration and America’s top colleges, a wave of federal pressure threatens academic freedom, civil rights, and the nation’s scientific research infrastructure—all rooted in what one columnist calls a “cruel farce” of personal vengeance and ideological hold

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