Overview

• Federal appeals judges said most tariffs imposed under emergency authority are unlawful, narrowing use of the IEEPA, while keeping the measures temporarily in force.
• President Trump rejected the decision and said he will seek relief at the Supreme Court, asserting the tariffs will continue to protect American workers.
• The US International Trade Commission unanimously opened an investigation into alleged tariff evasion in solar-panel imports from India, Laos and Indonesia, with parallel Commerce Department milestones expected by October 10 and December 24.
• India and Japan issued a joint statement condemning the Pahalgam attack claimed by The Resistance Front and urged swift justice, calling for action against UN-listed groups including LeT, JeM, al-Qaeda and ISIS.
• Late-monsoon cloudbursts and landslides killed at least three in Ramban and seven in Reasi, while Uttarakhand reported at least five deaths and 11 missing as NDRF and SDRF continued rescues; separately, Mumbai police arrested five in the Virar collapse that killed 17, and Kanpur police probed an e-SIM fraud siphoning Rs 1.26 crore.