Alex Ossola

The announcement late yesterday came shortly after top Republican House leaders asked him to drop his re-election bid, and a day after he admitted to having an affair with an aide who later killed herself.

U.S.

Customs and Border Protection said today that a system for tariff refunds will be operational in 45 days.

A trade court ruling earlier this week required the agency to begin refunding tariff payments collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, tariffs that the Supreme Court struck down last month.

CBP has collected about $166 billion worth of those payments as of Wednesday.

In media news, the Journal has learned that a group of states is preparing to challenge Nextar's planned $6.2 billion acquisition of rival broadcaster Tegna.

The states would file their antitrust suit if a federal regulator clears the deal.

President Trump has said he supports the merger.

And across the pond, German publisher Axel Springer struck a deal to buy Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper for about $770 million, beating out a rival bid from the Daily Mail.

The Telegraph, a favorite read among members of the U.K.

Conservative Party, tends to target wealthier readers.

In the U.S., Axel Springer's holdings include Politico and Business Insider.

And that's what's news for this week.

Tomorrow, you can look out for our weekly markets wrap-up, What's News in Markets.

The episode we had planned for last Sunday shifted because of the attacks on Iran.

So now this Sunday, we'll have an episode of our USA 250 series about the history and future of retirement in the U.S.

That's in What's New Sunday.

And we'll be back with our regular show on Monday morning.

Today's show was produced by Pierre Bien-Aimé and Alexis Moore with supervising producer Tali Arbel.

Michael LaValle wrote our theme music.