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1 week ago | theskanner.com | April Ryan

April Ryan Published: 02 June 2025 The Trump White House vows to appeal the three-judge panel of the United States Court of International Trade's ruling that the proposed presidential tariffs exceed his legal authority. This ruling means neither President Trump nor his administration can arbitrarily invoke tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977. The three judges appointed by former Presidents Reagan, Obama, and Trump unanimously made the decision.

2 weeks ago | theskanner.com | Deepti Hajela |Cedar Attanasio

DEEPTI HAJELA and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press Published: 28 May 2025 Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, died Monday at age 94. His family confirmed the death in a statement provided by City College of New York spokesperson Michelle Stent. He died at a hospital in New York, Stent said.

Feb 23, 2025 | theskanner.com | Jill Lawless |Sylvie Corbet

NORTHWEST NEWSThe Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday identified Susan Skjersaa, 52, and Terance Skjersaa, 57, as the couple killed. Portland-based legislators push to require insurance to cover doulas, lactation support, post-birth services. Officials in Oregon’s Multnomah County, which includes Portland, extended a state of emergency through at least Thursday and said six emergency shelters would be open.

Jan 22, 2025 | theskanner.com | Michelle Price |Zeke Miller

President Donald Trump on his first full day in office Tuesday defended his decision to grant clemency to people convicted of assaulting police officers during the 2021 attack on the Capitol and suggested there could be a place in American politics for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, extremist groups whose leaders were convicted of seditious conspiracy against the U.S.The president also continued to dismantle the government's promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion, known as DEI.

Dec 5, 2024 | theskanner.com | Adrian Sainz |Jonathan Mattise

ADRIAN SAINZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Published: 05 December 2024 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis' mayor pushed back Thursday against the need for a Justice Department deal to enact reforms in light of the scathing findings of an investigation into the Memphis Police Department, saying the city has already made hundreds of positive changes since the beating death of Tyre Nichols.