https://www.scmp.com/rss/522013/feed The US Supreme Court: A prominent Washington, D.C.-based governmental body, it is the highest judicial court in the United States. Its primary mission is to ensure equal justice under law as the final court of appeal and guardian of the Constitution. The Court’s main activities include interpreting federal law, exercising judicial review, and resolving inter-state disputes. Noted for establishing judicial review in *Marbury v. Madison* and its significant impact on civil rights, such as... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The US Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Steve Bannon, a former adviser to US President Donald Trump, to overturn his conviction in a case linked to the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Bannon, a leading figure on the far-right, served four months in prison in 2024 for defying a subpoena to testify before a congressional panel investigating the 2021 attack. But he appealed to the Supreme Court to have the conviction overturned, a legal challenge the Trump administration joined in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349196/supreme-court-clears-path-overturn-conviction-ex-trump-aide-steve-bannon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349196/supreme-court-clears-path-overturn-conviction-ex-trump-aide-steve-bannon?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:55:00 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A US$656 million judgment against Palestinian authorities has been reinstated by appeal judges, following a US Supreme Court ruling in favour of Americans killed or wounded in attacks in Israel. The decision from the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals comes a decade after it first tossed out a verdict against the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority on the grounds that US courts could not consider lawsuits against foreign groups over overseas attacks that were not... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349107/appeal-court-reinstates-us656-million-judgment-against-plo-and-palestinian-authority?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349107/appeal-court-reinstates-us656-million-judgment-against-plo-and-palestinian-authority?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:54:46 +0000 Khushboo Razdan,Yuanyue Dang Khushboo Razdan,Yuanyue Dang Direct trade between China and the United States continues its shrinking trend, new US government data showed on Thursday, as the anniversary of “Liberation Day” highlights how last year’s tariff escalations deepened tensions between the two global powers. The figures come ahead of a planned leaders’ meeting in Beijing next month, where both sides are expected to explore ways to stabilise relations after a period of renewed economic strain, and just hours before he announced a fresh set of... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3348857/trump-tariffs-cast-shadow-us-china-trade-shrinks-ahead-leaders-meet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3348857/trump-tariffs-cast-shadow-us-china-trade-shrinks-ahead-leaders-meet?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:25:26 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin China has emerged as a focal point in the debate over US birthright citizenship, as the nation’s Supreme Court appeared sceptical of oral arguments on Wednesday in a landmark case driven by President Donald Trump’s push to restrict the practice. Birthright citizenship “has spawned a sprawling industry of birth tourism”, said Solicitor General D. John Sauer, Trump’s top litigator, in his opening remarks before the highest court in the country. “Uncounted thousands of foreigners from potentially... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3348722/china-targeted-birthright-citizenship-debate-supreme-court-justices-sceptical?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3348722/china-targeted-birthright-citizenship-debate-supreme-court-justices-sceptical?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:21:48 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice. An 8-1 High Court majority sided with a Christian counsellor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment. The justices agreed that the law raises free speech concerns and sent it back to a lower court to decide if it meets a legal standard that few laws pass. Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3348580/us-top-court-rules-against-state-ban-conversion-therapy-lgbtq-youth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3348580/us-top-court-rules-against-state-ban-conversion-therapy-lgbtq-youth?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:14:39 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin The US Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday on birthright citizenship, with Chinese nationals at the centre of disputed claims of abuse amplified by US President Donald Trump’s immigration campaign. “Birthright Citizenship is not about rich people from China, and the rest of the World, who want their children, and hundreds of thousands more, FOR PAY, to ridiculously become citizens of the United States of America. It is about the BABIES OF SLAVES!” Trump wrote on social media on... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3348460/born-usa-china-targeted-americas-birthright-citizenship-fight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3348460/born-usa-china-targeted-americas-birthright-citizenship-fight?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:55:09 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan As US President Donald Trump heads to a delayed, high-stakes mid-May summit with President Xi Jinping in Beijing, he is already claiming victory, touting on Friday past trade talks with Xi as a win for American farmers, a crucial electoral bloc battered by his tariffs and the ongoing war with Iran. “Thanks to our trade deals, you’re now sending over US$40 billion in American soybeans to China,” Trump said on Friday, telling farmers and ranchers at the White House he personally secured the... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3348219/trump-pitches-china-trade-win-us-farmers-ahead-xi-meeting-midterms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3348219/trump-pitches-china-trade-win-us-farmers-ahead-xi-meeting-midterms?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:21:27 +0000 Reuters Reuters The US Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to rule in favour of President ⁠Donald Trump’s administration in its defence of the government’s authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem US-Mexico border crossings too overburdened to handle additional claims. The justices heard arguments in a legal dispute involving a policy called “metering” that the Republican president’s administration may seek to revive after it was dropped by Trump’s Democratic predecessor Joe Biden in 2021.... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347771/supreme-court-justices-lean-towards-trump-asylum-processing-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347771/supreme-court-justices-lean-towards-trump-asylum-processing-case?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:24:28 +0000 Joseph Sipalan Joseph Sipalan Malaysia will wait for Washington to submit updated terms before deciding its next steps on their tariff deal, the country’s trade minister has said – just days after he declared the agreement had been rendered “null and void” by a US Supreme Court ruling. The government began the week on the back foot as allies and critics demanded clarity on the status of the multibillion-dollar deal with the United States, after Trade Minister Johari Abdul Ghani was reported on Sunday to have said it was no... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3346834/fate-us-malaysia-trade-pact-rests-washingtons-next-move?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3346834/fate-us-malaysia-trade-pact-rests-washingtons-next-move?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Mar 2026 04:40:09 +0000 Reuters Reuters Vietnam produced the largest trade surplus with the United States in January, overtaking both Mexico and China, latest official US data shows, as its exports rose sharply while Chinese direct shipments to the United States fell. Hanoi has been negotiating a trade deal with Washington for months but no agreement has been reached because of the large trade gap and disagreements over tariff rates the US wants to impose on Vietnamese goods, officials have said. In January, Vietnam’s trade surplus... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3346477/vietnam-records-world-highest-trade-surplus-us-surpassing-mexico-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3346477/vietnam-records-world-highest-trade-surplus-us-surpassing-mexico-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:30:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The Trump administration on Wednesday opened a new trade investigation into manufacturing in foreign countries – an effort that comes after the Supreme Court struck down US President Donald Trump’s previous use of tariffs by declaring an economic emergency. Trump and his team have made clear that they’re seeking to replace the hundreds of billions of dollars in lost revenues after the Supreme Court’s February ruling by using different laws to establish new tariffs. In this case, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346279/us-launches-trade-probe-china-and-eu-bid-revive-trump-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346279/us-launches-trade-probe-china-and-eu-bid-revive-trump-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:46:48 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Sixty-one years after state troopers attacked Civil Rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, thousands are gathering in the Alabama city this weekend, amid new concerns about the future of the Voting Rights Act. The March 7, 1965, violence that became known as Bloody Sunday shocked the nation and helped spur passage of the landmark legislation that dismantled barriers to voting for Black Americans in the Jim Crow South. But this year’s anniversary celebrations – events run all... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345904/us-activists-politicians-rally-anniversary-civil-rights-march?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345904/us-activists-politicians-rally-anniversary-civil-rights-march?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Mar 2026 15:28:01 +0000 Reuters Reuters The US ⁠customs agency is readying a system within 45 days to process refunds on President Donald Trump’s tariffs that were struck down as illegal, a customs official said in a court filing on Friday. The declaration by Customs and Border Protection official Brandon Lord came just before government lawyers met with a federal trade judge to try to hammer out a broad settlement process for returning US$166 billion in tariff ‌payments to around 330,000 importers. Last month, the US Supreme Court... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345783/us-tariff-refund-system-be-ready-45-days-after-trump-duties-struck-down?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345783/us-tariff-refund-system-be-ready-45-days-after-trump-duties-struck-down?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:52:42 +0000 Reuters Reuters A group of 24 US states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday in the first legal challenge to his newly imposed 10 per cent global tariffs, alleging that the president cannot sidestep a recent US Supreme Court ruling that invalidated most of his previous tariffs on imported goods by citing new legal authority, according to ‌the states. The Democratic-led states, including New York, California and Oregon, argued that the new tariffs, which Trump announced immediately after the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345632/24-us-states-suing-stop-trumps-latest-global-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345632/24-us-states-suing-stop-trumps-latest-global-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:27:57 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that President Donald Trump’s plan to increase a broad 10 per cent tariff rate to 15 per cent is likely to be implemented this week. “That’s likely sometime this week,” Bessent said on Wednesday on CNBC in response to a question about when the increase to 15 per cent would be made. Bessent’s comments offer the clearest indication yet regarding when the US will follow through on Trump’s pledge to raise tariffs. The president last month imposed a 10 per... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345479/trumps-15-global-tariffs-likely-start-week-us-treasury-chief-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345479/trumps-15-global-tariffs-likely-start-week-us-treasury-chief-says?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:14:01 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A federal appeal court on Monday rejected US President Donald Trump’s push to delay legal proceedings linked to refunds of his tariffs, allowing the battle to proceed in a lower court. The Supreme Court last month delivered a stinging rebuke of Trump’s signature economic policy by striking down many of his global tariffs, opening the door to a complicated legal fight as companies sue for their money back. The tariffs ruled illegal by the high court had generated more than US$130 billion for the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345188/us-appeal-court-denies-trump-bid-delay-tariff-refund-lawsuits?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345188/us-appeal-court-denies-trump-bid-delay-tariff-refund-lawsuits?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:17:42 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial The United States Supreme Court, which dealt a serious blow to US President Donald Trump’s tariff-based trade policy, may have helped to steady the rocky trade ties between China and the United States ahead of a crucial summit meeting. In a stunning decision that cut across ideological blocs, six out of the nine justices ruled that Trump lacked the authority to impose the emergency tariffs he did last year on nearly all imports into the US, including the so-called reciprocal duties on dozens of... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3344879/china-now-holds-more-cards-ahead-xi-trump-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3344879/china-now-holds-more-cards-ahead-xi-trump-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:15:16 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg The Trump administration is seeking to delay court proceedings over whether it must refund importers billions of dollars in tariffs recently struck down by the US Supreme Court, marking a contentious start to the next phase of the legal fight. The government wants to wait as long as four months before reviving litigation before the US Court of International Trade on the refund question, according to a filing by the Justice Department late Friday. “Complexity in the future counsels appropriately... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3344958/us-government-seeks-delay-tariff-refund-court-hearing-faces-above-2000-lawsuits?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3344958/us-government-seeks-delay-tariff-refund-court-hearing-faces-above-2000-lawsuits?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Feb 2026 04:27:05 +0000 Stephen Olson Stephen Olson The much-anticipated Supreme Court ruling on US President Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to implement his tariff regime has been handed down. In a sharp rebuke to his administration, the nation’s highest court has ruled that Trump’s use of the IEEPA authority was unconstitutional. Other tariffs implemented under separate statutes, such as the sector-specific Section 232 steel and aluminium tariffs, are unaffected. What are the broader implications... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3344911/southeast-asia-do-not-mistake-trumps-tariff-defeat-reprieve?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3344911/southeast-asia-do-not-mistake-trumps-tariff-defeat-reprieve?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Feb 2026 04:00:10 +0000 Nicholas Spiro Nicholas Spiro It is one of the oldest sayings on Wall Street, yet the adage “markets hate uncertainty” has never stood up to scrutiny. Like most maxims, it has a ring of truth but is a gross oversimplification. What is indisputable, however, is that for several decades investors took major economic, financial and political trends for granted. For a long period beginning in the 1980s, the world was relatively predictable. Many economists dubbed this era “the great moderation”. Others pointed to the impact of... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3344685/trumps-normalisation-market-chaos-can-only-go-so-far?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3344685/trumps-normalisation-market-chaos-can-only-go-so-far?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:45:14 +0000 Xinyi Wu Xinyi Wu China is reviewing its trade countermeasures against the United States as Washington’s new global tariffs take effect, following a Supreme Court ruling that struck down the Trump administration’s sweeping levies imposed last year. The Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday also confirmed that Beijing would soon hold a new round of high-level trade talks with Washington, expected to pave the way for US President Donald Trump’s state visit to the country in late March. “China has consistently opposed... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3344491/china-weighs-response-trump-imposes-new-global-tariff-after-court-ruling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3344491/china-weighs-response-trump-imposes-new-global-tariff-after-court-ruling?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:00:11 +0000 James David Spellman James David Spellman It’s no surprise that US President Donald Trump came out swinging after the Supreme Court’s stunning rebuke struck at the core of his economic agenda. It delivered his most consequential legal setback by blocking him from invoking emergency powers to unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs on trading partners. The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), enacted in 1977, allows the president to regulate economic transactions after declaring a national emergency in response to an... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3344413/despite-supreme-court-ruling-trump-has-legal-cards-tariffs-hand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3344413/despite-supreme-court-ruling-trump-has-legal-cards-tariffs-hand?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:30:07 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Japanese trade minister Ryosei Akazawa warned against any tariff moves that could leave the country worse off than under a Japan-US trade deal agreed to last year, during a phone call with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as a new round of US tariffs is set to take effect. Akazawa and Lutnick agreed that Japan and the US would work closely to ensure the swift and smooth implementation of projects that are part of a US$550 billion investment mechanism, during a phone call on Monday evening.... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3344440/japan-wants-us-stick-trade-deal-new-global-tariffs-kick?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3344440/japan-wants-us-stick-trade-deal-new-global-tariffs-kick?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:36:56 +0000 Haining Gao Haining Gao US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer issued a statement on President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a new levy after the Supreme Court struck down “reciprocal” and fentanyl tariffs imposed last year. The 10 per cent global tariff takes effect today and will run for 150 days. After announcing the levy, Trump had said it would be raised to 15 per cent. Ambassador Greer's Statement on Supreme Court IEEPA Decision by scmp https://www.scmp.com/plus/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3344433/us-trade-chiefs-statement-trumps-global-tariff?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3344433/us-trade-chiefs-statement-trumps-global-tariff?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:20:38 +0000 Khushboo Razdan,Xinmei Shen Khushboo Razdan,Xinmei Shen As US President Donald Trump prepares for a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing from March 31 to April 2, analysts say recent American policy reversals, including a Supreme Court ruling striking down broad tariffs, have shifted trade tensions into a phase of cautious stability rather than escalation. The legal setback has strengthened China’s negotiating position, bolstered by lowered effective tariffs, its leverage over critical minerals like rare earths, and a more... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3344388/us-tariff-ruling-points-steadier-us-china-ties-ahead-april-summit-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3344388/us-tariff-ruling-points-steadier-us-china-ties-ahead-april-summit-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:49:08 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma China called on the US to scrap tariffs after President Donald Trump imposed new levies to replace those struck down by the US Supreme Court. “China urges the United States to cancel its unilateral tariff measures on its trading partners,” the commerce ministry said in a statement on Monday. “There are no winners in a trade war and that protectionism leads nowhere.” New 15 per cent US levies are due to come in on Tuesday and run for 150 days after Trump used a different legal route to tax... https://www.scmp.com/plus/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3344330/trump-tariff-loss-win-chinese-exporters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3344330/trump-tariff-loss-win-chinese-exporters?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:05:20 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang US President Donald Trump lashed out at Taiwan for undermining the US chip sector, sparking renewed unease in the global semiconductor industry despite the island’s earlier pledge to invest heavily in the US. “Taiwan came [into the chip sector and] they stole our chip business,” Trump said in a press conference on Saturday following the US Supreme Court’s ruling that he had exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping tariffs under a law designated for national emergencies. Trump directed his ire... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3344246/trump-renews-attack-taiwans-chip-sector-after-us-supreme-court-tariff-ruling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3344246/trump-renews-attack-taiwans-chip-sector-after-us-supreme-court-tariff-ruling?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:03:24 +0000 Khushboo Razdan,Bochen Han,Xinmei Shen,Lucy Quaggin,Mark Magnier Khushboo Razdan,Bochen Han,Xinmei Shen,Lucy Quaggin,Mark Magnier In a consequential decision with billions of dollars on the line, the US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower-court ruling striking down President Donald Trump’s tariffs, coming just as the White House confirmed his visit to Beijing from March 31 to April 2. The South China Morning Post had exclusively reported the trip dates last week. By invalidating tariffs imposed under emergency presidential powers, the decision removes a powerful tool the White House had used to pressure Beijing,... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3344180/us-supreme-court-rules-trumps-tariffs-unlawful?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3344180/us-supreme-court-rules-trumps-tariffs-unlawful?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:06:49 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Bitcoin extended a four-week slide as investors returned to a more cautious macro backdrop. The token dropped as much as 3.2 per cent to US$66,604 on Tuesday, before paring the decline. Bitcoin, which has traded like a high-beta tech proxy in recent months, mirrored an earlier move lower in US equities, but failed to keep pace when stocks edged higher. “Sentiment is clearly bleak in crypto markets,” said Noelle Acheson, author of the Crypto is Macro Now newsletter. “There is strong progress in... https://www.scmp.com/tech/blockchain/article/3343879/sentiment-bleak-bitcoin-declines-geopolitical-tensions-add-risk-mood?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/blockchain/article/3343879/sentiment-bleak-bitcoin-declines-geopolitical-tensions-add-risk-mood?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:06:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters ⁠The Trump administration sued ⁠Harvard University on Friday, accusing it ⁠of failing to comply with a federal investigation and seeking documents to determine whether the university had illegally considered race in its admissions process. The move comes less than two weeks after US President Donald Trump said ‌his administration was seeking $1 billion from Harvard to settle probes into school policies, after a news report that said Trump had dropped his demand for a payment from the Ivy League... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343544/trump-administration-sues-harvard-accusing-it-defying-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343544/trump-administration-sues-harvard-accusing-it-defying-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:20:32 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked a landmark scientific finding underpinning US regulations to curb planet-warming pollution, marking his biggest rollback of climate policy to date. The repeal of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 “endangerment finding” was paired with the immediate elimination of greenhouse gas standards on automobiles. But it also places a host of other climate rules in jeopardy, including carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and methane leaks for oil... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343398/trump-flouts-science-revoke-landmark-us-climate-finding-calling-it-giant-scam?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343398/trump-flouts-science-revoke-landmark-us-climate-finding-calling-it-giant-scam?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Feb 2026 02:34:47 +0000 David D. Lee David D. Lee Relations between long-time allies South Korea and the United States have hit another unexpected flashpoint even as Seoul struggles to iron out tariff talks with Washington – the uproar over a data breach involving online giant Coupang, dubbed the Korean Amazon. The US-listed company that provides e-commerce, entertainment streaming and food delivery services to nearly 34 million South Koreans – more than 60 per cent of the population – last November disclosed a massive data leak exposing the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3342531/coupang-data-leak-threatens-south-korea-us-ties-amid-tariff-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3342531/coupang-data-leak-threatens-south-korea-us-ties-amid-tariff-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:14 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The US Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favourable to Democrats in this year’s elections, rejecting a last-ditch plea from state Republicans and the Trump administration. No justices dissented from the brief order denying the appeal without explanation, which is common on the court’s emergency docket. The justices had previously allowed Texas’ Republican-friendly map to be used in 2026, despite a lower-court ruling that it likely... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342436/california-can-use-new-map-midterms-despite-last-ditch-bid-trump-admin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342436/california-can-use-new-map-midterms-despite-last-ditch-bid-trump-admin?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Feb 2026 23:53:48 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Brazil’s left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday vetoed a law dramatically reducing the prison sentence of former far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro, convicted last year of coup plotting. Lula vetoed the law adopted by Congress late last year on the third anniversary of major riots by Bolsonaro supporters in the capital Brasilia over his defeat by Lula in the 2022 elections. In scenes reminiscent of the 2021 US Capitol riots, thousands of demonstrators ransacked government... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3339240/brazils-lula-vetoes-law-reducing-bolsonaros-27-year-jail-sentence-riot-anniversary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3339240/brazils-lula-vetoes-law-reducing-bolsonaros-27-year-jail-sentence-riot-anniversary?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:03:41 +0000 Reuters Reuters A US appeals court ruled on Friday that California’s ‍ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state was unconstitutional. A panel of the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals sided 2-1 with a gun owner in ruling that the state’s prohibition against open carry in counties with more than 200,000 people ⁠violated the US Constitution’s Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. About 95 per cent of the population in California, which has had some of the nation’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3338599/us-court-rules-california-ban-openly-carrying-guns-unconstitutional?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3338599/us-court-rules-california-ban-openly-carrying-guns-unconstitutional?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Jan 2026 04:44:32 +0000 Reuters Reuters US ‌President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his administration was removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland ‍but he added in his social media post that federal forces would “come back” if crime rates go up. Local leaders in those cities and Democrats have said the deployments, which have faced legal setbacks and challenges, were unnecessary. They have accused the Trump administration of federal overreach and of exaggerating isolated episodes of violence ⁠to justify... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338353/trump-says-national-guard-being-removed-chicago-la-and-portland?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338353/trump-says-national-guard-being-removed-chicago-la-and-portland?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:11 +0000 Reuters Reuters Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro endorsed his son ‌Flavio’s 2026 presidential bid on Thursday in a statement from a hospital where he ‍underwent a scheduled hernia operation that doctors said went smoothly. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorised Bolsonaro to leave prison, where he is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup, for the surgery. Police were ordered to stay outside ⁠his room where computers and mobile phones were prohibited. Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, 44,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3337746/brazils-bolsonaro-backs-sons-residential-bid-undergoes-hernia-surgery?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3337746/brazils-bolsonaro-backs-sons-residential-bid-undergoes-hernia-surgery?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Dec 2025 18:55:05 +0000 Reuters Reuters The US Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to let Donald Trump send National Guard troops to the Chicago area ‌as the Republican president expands the use of the military for domestic purposes in a growing number of Democratic-led jurisdictions, a policy critics call an effort to punish adversaries and stifle dissent. The justices let stand for ‍now a judge’s order blocking the deployment of hundreds of National Guard troops in a legal challenge brought by Illinois officials and local leaders. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337553/us-supreme-court-blocks-trumps-national-guard-deployment-chicago?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337553/us-supreme-court-blocks-trumps-national-guard-deployment-chicago?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Dec 2025 23:19:02 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to slash the prison term of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted of plotting a coup after losing re-election to left-winger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Passed by the lower chamber last week, the bill now heads to Lula, whose expected veto could eventually be overridden by Congress. Bolsonaro, 70, began a 27-year prison sentence in November, and under current rules was expected to serve at least eight years behind bars before... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3336844/brazils-congress-passes-bill-cut-bolsonaros-27-year-prison-sentence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3336844/brazils-congress-passes-bill-cut-bolsonaros-27-year-prison-sentence?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 02:26:55 +0000 Reuters Reuters A federal judge in California on Wednesday ordered an end to Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles and directed that they be returned to the control of the state’s Democratic governor, finding that the Republican US president had exceeded his authority. The ruling by San Francisco-based US District Judge Charles Breyer represented the latest legal setback for Trump in his efforts to deploy National Guard troops to Democratic-controlled cities, an extraordinary use of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335964/us-judge-says-trump-must-end-national-guard-deployment-los-angeles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335964/us-judge-says-trump-must-end-national-guard-deployment-los-angeles?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:00:12 +0000 Reuters Reuters The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of US President Donald Trump’s directive to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States, a contentious part of his efforts to curb immigration and a step that would alter how a 19th-century constitutional provision has long been understood. The justices took up a Justice Department appeal of a lower court’s ruling that blocked Trump’s executive order telling US agencies not to recognise the citizenship of children born in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335431/us-supreme-court-weigh-trump-bid-limit-birthright-citizenship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335431/us-supreme-court-weigh-trump-bid-limit-birthright-citizenship?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:47:50 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The US Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use redrawn congressional districts for the 2026 midterm elections, boosting the hopes of President Donald Trump’s Republicans to retain control of the House of Representatives. The push by Texas - which carves out five more Republican-friendly districts and came at the behest of Trump - kicked off a series of similar efforts in states around the country. The decision by the conservative-dominated high court stayed a lower ruling which had said... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335280/us-supreme-court-allows-texas-use-trump-backed-voting-map-2026-midterms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335280/us-supreme-court-allows-texas-use-trump-backed-voting-map-2026-midterms?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Dec 2025 03:53:38 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A 13-year-old boy executed a man found guilty of killing his family in front of a cheering crowd in Afghanistan, in a chilling detail revealed after the event. The public execution, echoing the worst days of Taliban rule, was of a man who the Supreme Court ruled had killed 13 members of the same family, including nine children and their mother. About 80,000 people, including relatives of the victims, attended the execution in the sports stadium in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3335012/afghan-boy-13-executes-familys-murderer-echoes-worst-days-taliban-rule?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3335012/afghan-boy-13-executes-familys-murderer-echoes-worst-days-taliban-rule?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 05:51:20 +0000 Associated Press,Reuters Associated Press,Reuters A federal appeal court on Monday determined that Alina Habba, a former personal lawyer to US President Donald Trump, was unlawfully appointed as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey and disqualified her from supervising cases, in a rebuke to the Trump administration. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals was the latest blow to Trump and his Justice Department as they seek to install loyalists to oversee key US Attorney’s offices... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334811/trumps-ex-lawyer-alina-habba-ousted-new-jersey-prosecutor-appeal-court?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334811/trumps-ex-lawyer-alina-habba-ousted-new-jersey-prosecutor-appeal-court?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:53:42 +0000 dpa dpa Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to protest against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, accusing his left-wing government of corruption and demanding his resignation and early elections. The demonstration was organised by the conservative People’s Party (PP) under opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo. The rally in central Madrid carried the slogan “Mafia or democracy?” Participants waved Spanish flags and carried signs reading “Resign now!” and “Sanchez, go... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3334695/protesters-mass-rally-madrid-call-pm-sanchez-resign-over-corruption-cases?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3334695/protesters-mass-rally-madrid-call-pm-sanchez-resign-over-corruption-cases?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:59:09 +0000 Tom Hussain,Sarmad Iqbal Tom Hussain,Sarmad Iqbal In Pakistan, a nation where power often seems to serve itself above all else, the latest constitutional overhaul has been received with a weary sense of resignation. Pushed through parliament on November 13 with barely a murmur of opposition, the 27th amendment to the country’s 1973 constitution made two major changes: splitting the Supreme Court into separate appellate and constitutional benches, and upgrading the army chief of staff to overall commander of Pakistan’s armed forces. Viewed in... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3334562/schrodingers-pakistan-young-feel-sidelined-their-own-state?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3334562/schrodingers-pakistan-young-feel-sidelined-their-own-state?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Nov 2025 08:00:21 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a failed coup, after he exhausted all appeals. The brash former army captain who fired up Brazil’s right and reshaped the country’s politics was ending a divisive career jailed in a small room at police headquarters equipped with a TV, mini-fridge, and air conditioning. Bolsonaro, 70, was convicted in September over a scheme to stop Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334148/brazils-bolsonaro-begins-27-year-prison-sentence-coup-attempt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334148/brazils-bolsonaro-begins-27-year-prison-sentence-coup-attempt?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:44:15 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday voted to uphold the imprisonment of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was detained over the weekend for tampering with his ankle monitor using a soldering iron. Bolsonaro was taken into custody on Saturday from his home, where he had been under house arrest after a judge declared him a flight risk as he appeals a 27-year sentence for plotting a failed coup. The far-right firebrand was convicted in September over a scheme to stop President Luiz Inacio Lula da... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334003/brazil-court-votes-uphold-bolsonaro-jailing-after-attempt-flee?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334003/brazil-court-votes-uphold-bolsonaro-jailing-after-attempt-flee?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:26:24 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier Marilyn-Joy Cerny has challenged the US government thousands of times during her 35-year career as a trade lawyer, enjoying an enviable record of recovering tariff money for importers whom Washington wrongfully charged. But the sheer scale of potential refunds – known technically as protests – should the Supreme Court rule against US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies in the coming weeks, potentially amounting to US$100 billion or more, has given even her pause. “I have filed so many... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3333783/why-us-tariff-refunds-are-now-very-real-possibility-and-giant-mess?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3333783/why-us-tariff-refunds-are-now-very-real-possibility-and-giant-mess?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Nov 2025 15:00:10 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the pre-emptive arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday, with a judge claiming he was intent on escaping just days before he was set to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt. The 70-year-old politician was taken to the headquarters of the country’s federal police in the capital, Brasilia, from his house arrest. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversaw the case, said in his ruling that Bolsonaro’s ankle monitor,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3333797/ex-brazil-president-jair-bolsonaro-arrested-27-year-sentence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3333797/ex-brazil-president-jair-bolsonaro-arrested-27-year-sentence?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Nov 2025 11:03:02 +0000