Overview

• The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit suspended the U.S. Court of International Trade’s decision that had blocked the president’s “Liberation Day” tariffs.
• In a Truth Social post, Trump branded Leonard Leo a “sleazebag” and accused the Federalist Society of giving him bad advice on judicial nominations.
• One of the three-judge panel members who struck down the tariffs, Timothy M. Reif, is a Trump appointee to the trade court.
• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the initial ruling an act of judicial overreach that threatens presidential decision-making.
• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized the courts for intervening after the Senate declined to override the tariffs.