George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Friday that the Supreme Court’s ruling against the Trump administration and its use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs was hardly shocking.

A federal court in Virginia attempted to appoint its own U.S. attorney this week, only to see the Justice Department shut the appointment down Friday.

NEW: The U.S. District Court for EDVA has appointed James Hundley, a litigator with more than 35 years experience, as Interim U.S. Attorney, after Lindsey Halligan stepped down earlier this year following a court ruling deeming her appointment unlawful.

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Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Friday on Newsmax that President Donald Trump’s legal team made the “wrong argument” defending Trump’s tariff authority.

The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 Friday that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize Trump to impose tariffs, holding that the statute’s phrase “regulate importation” does not include the distinct and extraordinary power to levy duties absent explicit congressional approval. Dershowitz appeared on “The Record with Greta Van Susteren.”

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Japan’s latest national election on Feb. 8 may prove to be one of the most consequential political events in Northeast Asia in a generation.

The Trump administration officials announced Friday that they filed a civil complaint to strip a former Florida mayor of his U.S. citizenship, accusing him of orchestrating a years-long immigration fraud scheme.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida said federal prosecutors filed a denaturalization complaint on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Miami against Philippe Bien-Aime, also known as Jean Philippe Janvier. Prosecutors allege the Haiti native used two separate identities to secure immigration benefits and ultimately obtain U.S. citizenship after illegally entering the country.

Previous interviews with Republican California gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco are resurfacing after he promised to create a path to citizenship for non-criminal legal migrants who came to the state under the Biden administration.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday that it is repealing a Biden-era power plant regulation that the Chinese government had urged it to keep in place.

The agency announced in a statement the repeal of Biden-era amendments to the power plant emissions rule commonly referred to as the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). The Trump administration argues that the repeal will save an estimated $670 million and the MATS requirements for power plants that will remain in place are “robust.”

While Ukrainian Christians face persecution from invading Russian forces, one sect, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), faces seizures and possible total liquidation following allegations of support for the Kremlin.

UOC metropolises, priests, and parishioners told the Daily Caller during an August visit to Ukraine that the faith is being unfairly targeted in a coordinated effort between the rivaling Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and the Ukrainian government to transfer property and followers to the OCU.

UKRAINE — Parishioners in Ukraine face persecution under Russian occupation, leaders of the Ukrainian Council of Churches told the Daily Caller in interviews last year.

Epiphanius, primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, told the Caller how he barely managed to flee as Russian forces prepared to strike in 2022. (RELATED: Ukrainian Olympian Disqualified After Refusing To Remove Helmet Honoring Athletes Killed By Russia)

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UK Government Approval

The British government has approved plans for what would become China’s largest diplomatic complex in Europe, igniting a fierce backlash from residents, democracy activists and security experts who warn the site could function as a Chinese intelligence hub in the heart of London.

Democratic Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto called out her party on Thursday for traditionally being “weak on immigration,” but also pushed to defund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Cortez Masto, a moderate Democrat who has broken from her party in the past, said the Biden administration was “too afraid” to talk about securing the border — only then to propose lowering the funding allocated to protect it during an interview with The New York Times’ “The Daily” podcast (NYT) published Thursday. Her comments come as the Democratic-led shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) heads into its second week, leaving vital agencies such as the Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) without funding. (RELATED: Partial Government Shutdown Over ICE Hits Disaster Relief, Air Travel Hard)

House Oversight GOP members skipped billionaire Les Wexner’s deposition, where he revealed new details about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

The Wednesday deposition with the House Oversight Committee took place in Ohio where several Democrat committee members traveled to be present at the Epstein co-conspirator’s deposition, including California Democrat Ranking Member Robert Garcia. (RELATED: Billionaire Businessman Les Wexner Tries To Clarify Relationship With Epstein During Congressional Testimony)