News Wrap: Trump Tariffs, Alien Enemies Act, Bolsonaro Trial, and More

Legal Challenges and Immigration Policy

• ⚖️ An appeals court upheld a lower court's ban on deporting hundreds of immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century wartime law.
• 🛂 Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visited a high-security prison in El Salvador and met with the country's president.

Economic and Trade Policies

• 🚗 President Trump announced new 25% tariffs on all foreign-made automobiles, aiming to encourage domestic manufacturing.
• 📈 Nearly half of all vehicles sold in the U.S. are currently imported, and the tariffs are set to take effect next Wednesday.

International Conflicts and Sanctions

• 💥 Both Russia and Ukraine accused each other of breaking a tentative cease-fire on energy infrastructure, with Russian drone strikes hitting multiple Ukrainian cities.
• 🇪🇺 Ukraine's Foreign Minister urged European allies to maintain pressure on Russia with more sanctions, stating that Moscow engages in deception rather than negotiations.

Political Developments Abroad

• 🇧🇷 Brazil's Supreme Court ordered former President Bolsonaro to stand trial for allegedly attempting a coup to remain in power.
• 🏛️ The alleged plans included killing a Supreme Court judge and poisoning his successor, with efforts to seize power continuing after his inauguration.
• 🇵🇸 Palestinians in Gaza protested Hamas for a second consecutive day, with demonstrators yelling "Hamas get out."

Natural Disasters and Market Reactions

• 🔥 Massive wildfires in South Korea have resulted in at least 24 deaths and forced nearly 30,000 people to evacuate.
• 📉 Wall Street markets tumbled, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average showing a modest loss, NASDAQ falling over 2%, and the S&P 500 dropping more than 1%.

Scientific Discoveries

• 🦖 Scientists unearthed a new species of dinosaur in Mongolia's Gobi Desert, living approximately 95 million years ago and possessing fearsome foot-long claws.