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Several Supreme Court justices from both ideological wings voiced scepticism Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s claim that emergency powers allow him to impose vast global tariffs, raising the prospect of limits on one of his most aggressive uses of executive authority.

Anthony Zurcher,North America correspondent and Natalie Sherman,at the US Supreme CourtKENT NISHIMURA/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockPresident Donald Trump’s use of sweeping tariffs faced sharp questioning at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, in a case with major implications for the president’s agenda and the global economy.A majority of justices, including several conservatives, expressed doubts about the White House’s justification of the import duties, which the president has said are necessary to restore America’s manufacturing base and fix its trade imbalance.The measures are being challenged by a number of small businesses and a group of states, which contend that the president has overstepped his authority in…

The amount of capital pouring into AI data center projects is staggering. Last week, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon reported their 2025 capital expenditures would total roughly $370 billion, and they expect that number to keep rising in 2026. The biggest spender last quarter was Microsoft, which put nearly $35 billion into data centers and other investments, equivalent to 45 percent of its revenue.Rarely, if ever, has a single technology absorbed this much money this quickly. Warnings of an AI bubble are getting louder every day, but whether or not a crash eventually happens, the frenzy is already reshaping the…

Beth Schafer lay in a hospital bed, bracing for the birth of her son. The first contractions rippled through her body before she felt remotely ready. She knew, with a mother’s pit-of-the-stomach intuition, that her baby was not ready either.At just 23 weeks of gestation, her son teetered on the cliff edge of viability, the fragile threshold where modern medicine offers any promise of keeping babies alive.Beth’s son did not – could not – cry when he was born. The instant his entire body, small enough to cradle in a single palm, landed in the delivering doctor’s latexed hand, a…

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives for a secure briefing with lawmakers and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on November 5, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Tom Brenner/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Tom Brenner/Getty Images North America Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth briefed a group of top congressional members behind closed doors on Wednesday following President Trump’s orders for a wave of unprecedented U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats that are raising the specter of a new war. Legal analysts have broadly described the strikes as illegal under both U.S.…

CNN wanted to try something new on election night, and you can’t blame them.Cable news networks – well, besides Fox News – are struggling to retain viewers, even on a night where voters were getting their first real say on Donald Trump’s second presidency.More and more customers are cancelling their cable packages in favor of cheaper streaming services or free content on social media. So, the network recently launched a new streaming product of its own called CNN All Access – priced at $6.99 a month – that offers online access to a full menu of the network’s news and…

Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty ImagesFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysAmazon has threatened legal action against AI startup Perplexity.Perplexity called the move “a threat to all internet users.” The fight could impact the future of AI-powered shopping.The battle over the future of AI-powered shopping has begun.Amazon sent Perplexity a cease-and-desist letter on Friday, demanding that the AI start-up immediately block its agentic Comet browser from making purchases on behalf of users in the Amazon Store. Also: Google’s AI mode agents can snag event tickets for you now – here’s howAddressed to Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, the letter claims…

Thomas Dunnat Liverpool Crown CourtPA MediaJeremy Vine told the jury he felt “physically unsafe” after he claimed Joey Barton posted a picture of his address onlineBroadcaster Jeremy Vine has told a court that being called a “bike nonce” in posts on social media by former footballer Joey Barton left him “completely devastated”.Ex-Man City player Mr Barton is alleged to have “crossed the line between free speech and a crime” with messages he posted on X about the TV and radio presenter, as well as football commentators Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko.Mr Barton, 43, who has 2.7 million followers on the…