Feb. 22, 2026, 6:07 p.m. ET Chinese President Xi Jinping is heading to the negotiating table with Donald Trump with a boost in bargaining power, after the U.S. leader lost his ability to quickly raise tariffs for nearly any reason. Weeks before Trump lands in Beijing on March 31, the first trip by an American…
A Monroe man pleaded guilty to assault in Orange County Court on Nov. 14 in connection with his role in the May shooting of a robbery victim in Port Jervis. Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced John Selja Jr., 22, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault, a felony. Documents filed and statements made in court…
President Donald Trump‘s Republican allies in Congress, eager to help him rewrite the history of criminal investigations into his conduct after he lost the 2020 election, might have inadvertently offered us all a path to transparency about some of his alleged lawlessness. Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed in 2022 to investigate Trump’s attempts to…
WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court late Friday said the Trump administration doesn’t have to promptly pay full SNAP food benefits for now, in a last-minute − but temporary − order that leaves in limbo the 42 million Americans who rely on food stamps. The court briefly paused a lower court’s ruling requiring the administration to…
Detroit-based attorney Mitch Zajac found himself in the midst of history midmorning on Nov. 5. A lawyer at Butzel law firm in Detroit, Zajac found himself seated ― by luck ― a mere 20 feet from the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices as they weighed a massive case that will determine the extent of presidential…
WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump said he plans to develop a “game two plan” to carry out his tariff agenda after a majority of Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism over his use of emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs on imported goods. “We thought we did very well yesterday. We hope that we did,” Trump…
WASHINGTON − A Supreme Court that has been largely deferential to President Donald Trump’s expansive claims of executive authority may be ready to pump the brakes. During nearly three hours of debate on Nov. 5, the justices questioned whether Trump has the power to impose sweeping tariffs on most imports. Several legal experts said the…