Overview

• By a 7–4 majority, the Federal Circuit ruled that the 1977 IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose broad tariffs, yet it left the contested duties in place until Oct. 14 to allow a Supreme Court appeal.
• President Trump rejected the ruling as biased, said all tariffs remain in effect, and vowed to take the case to the Supreme Court, according to his statement on Truth Social.
• The decision targets emergency-based tariffs but does not affect duties imposed under other authorities such as Section 232 on steel and aluminum; AP reporting notes tariff receipts had reached about $159 billion by July.
• Concluding a Japan visit, Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Ishiba issued a joint condemnation of the Pahalgam attack attributed to the TRF, Japan pledged roughly ₹6 lakh crore in investment over 10 years, and the two sides expanded cooperation in semiconductors, critical minerals, AI and pharmaceuticals as Modi heads to the SCO summit in China.
• The United States revoked visas for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and dozens of officials ahead of the UN General Assembly, drawing condemnation from the Palestinian Authority as the UN sought clarification, and rescue operations continued in Jammu & Kashmir after new cloudbursts and landslides left multiple dead and missing.