A lot has happened this morning. Here’s a quick summary of the day so far:
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The supreme court, in a 6-3 ruling, appears to have delivered Trump a major victory by ruling that individual district court judges lack the power to issue nationwide injunctions, which Trump has complained have blocked federal government policies nationwide including his executive order purporting to end the right to automatic birthright citizenship.
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Speaking from the bench, liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor called the supreme court’s majority decision “a travesty for the rule of law”, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered a scathing dissent.
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Trump called the supreme court’s decision “a monumental victory for the Constitution, the separation of powers, and the rule of law in striking down the excessive use of nationwide injunctions interfering with the normal functions of the executive branch”.
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Trump said his administration “can now promptly file to proceed” with policies that had been enjoined nationwide. One of these cases would be ending birthright citizenship, he says, “which now comes to the fore”.
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In a press briefing US attorney general Pam Bondi was asked whether the administration is going to try to implement Trump’s order banning birthright citizenship in states where there isn’t a legal challenge. Bondi said the birthright citizenship question will “most likely” be decided by the supreme court in October but that Friday’s ruling still “indirectly impacts every case in this country”, adding that the administration is “thrilled” about this.
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Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo reportedly plans to run as an independent candidate in New York City’s mayoral race, days after finding himself bested in the Democratic primary by progressive insurgent candidate Zohran Mamdani.
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The Trump administration is planning to deport Kilmar Ábrego García for a second time, but reportedly does not plan to send him back to El Salvador, where he was wrongly deported in March.
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Trump reiterated that Tehran wants to meet following US strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities last weekend, but gave no further details.
Key events
Trump says 9 July trade deal date is not fixed date
Trump says his 9 July trade deadline was not a fixed date, adding that it could be sooner or later than that date, when wider US tariffs are set to be re-imposed if deals are not reached.
We can do whatever we want. We could extend it. We could make it shorter. I’d like to make it shorter. I’d like to just send letters out to everybody: Congratulations, you’re paying 25%.
Earlier, treasury secretary Scott Bessent said trade deals could be done by Labor Day.
Trump thinks something will happen to ‘settle’ Russia’s war in Ukraine
Trump says he thinks something will happen in Russia’s war in Ukraine that would get it “settled”, citing his recent call with Russian president Vladimir Putin but offers no other details.
We’re working on that one. President Putin called up and he said, I’d love to help you with Iran. I said, do me a favor: I’ll handle Iran. Help me with Russia. We got to get that one settled. And I think something’s going to happen there.
Trump say US to get a lot of mineral rights from Congo
Trump says the US will get a lot of mineral rights from Congo under an agreement between that country and Rwanda that he will promote during an Oval Office meeting and signing later in the day.
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I’m at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in Washington DC – a large conservative gathering featuring high-profile Republican speakers.
On the back of the supreme court rulings this morning, governor Glenn Youngkin, of the swing state Virginia, is currently extolling the ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor that says parents should be able to opt out of school activities centered around LGBTQ+ issues.
“It is right to side with the parents,” said the governor, whose state is about to see a tense election later this year. Youngkin also applauded Trump’s immigration policies, saying his state detained at least 2,000 “criminals”. He also weighed in on the Iran strikes, and supported the intervention, saying “peace through strength”.
“I am here today with a strong warning,” he said. “If we don’t stay focused it can all change … elections have consequences.”
“Just look at what happened in New York,” he added later, referencing Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the Democratic mayoral primary. “They nominated a mayoral candidate who would make Bernie Sanders blush. You know what his big idea is: government-run grocery stores. Imagine this: the charm of the Department of Motor Vehicles combined with the efficiency of Venezuela’s [Nicolás] Maduro.”
“The other side has nominated a self-described democratic socialist,” he continued. “That is where they will go.”
Trump says he believes Spain will come through on a Nato commitment for member nations to spending 5% on their common defense.
Spain has been reluctant to commit to that level of funding, which was agreed upon at the Nato summit in The Hague earlier this week.
Trump to look at protected status for Salvadorians
Trump says his administration would examine ending temporary protected status (TPS) for individuals from El Salvador, but gives no other details.
Asked why he has not canceled TPS for El Salvador, which his administration is paying to detain migrants deported from the US, Trump says: “We’ll take a look. We’ve had a great relationship with El Salvador. They have a fantastic leader … We’ll talk about El Salvador.”
Trump says it ‘would be great’ if Powell lowers rate
Trump says it “would be great” if Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell lowered interest rates.
The only problem we have is we have a Fed guy that doesn’t understand what’s happening. And it would be great if it lower the rate, because we’d be able to borrow a lot cheaper.
Trump reiterates that Iran wants to meet following strikes
Trump reiterates that Tehran wants to meet following US strikes on three Iranian nuclear last weekend, but gives no further details.
He repeats his claim that Iran’s nuclear sites were “obliterated”, saying “we finished them off”, and repeats his attacks on “fake news” coverage of an early DIA intelligence assessment that found the damage was much less extensive than that and and has likely only set back Tehran’s nuclear program by months.
He also says that he would want the International Atomic Energy Agency or another trusted entity to have full rights to conduct inspections in Iran.
Trump says he plans to send a letter soon telling countries their tariff rate
Trump says he plans to send out a letter over the next week and a half telling countries what US tariff rate they will have to pay.
He also says that he’s working on trade deals with several countries, including India.
Trump says he has “great respect” for conservative justice Amy Coney Barrett – who has taken a lot of heat recently from Maga types – and says her decision was “brilliantly written”.
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