David Brancaccio

I'm David Brancaccio in Los Angeles.

The U.S.

Supreme Court just ruled that the cornerstone of the president's tariff policy is illegal.

The 6-3 ruling says the International Emergency Economic Powers Act is not designed for this.

Among tariffs rendered illegal are the ones Trump announced last April on what he called Liberation Day.

Marketplace's Nancy Marshall-Genzer covers Washington.

President Trump has other tools under law to reimpose some tariffs without prior consent of Congress, but at least one key strategy would need congressional approval after some months had passed.

What a miss.

The economy grew at less than half the rate expected as 2025 wound down.

That's from today's calculation of gross domestic product, which grew at an annual rate of 1.4 percent in the October to December quarter, when economists were expecting twice that.

Christopher Lowe of FHN Financial.

One of the most powerful players on Wall Street, this is Goldman Sachs, is ditching its diversity criteria for its board, according to multiple published reports.

There's pressure against these principles by the Trump administration, yet studies indicate that workplaces that include more women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and those from other marginalized groups are more productive, innovative, and profitable.

Here's Marketplace's Carla Javier.

These days, my Los Angeles neighborhood runs thick with driverless Waymo taxis.

There was an empty one creepily staring at me on my street when I left the house on the wee hours today.

Fully self-driving cars are operating in more than two dozen states, but federal rules have not kept up.

Now federal lawmakers are weighing multiple bills focused on safety.

Julia Picard has the story.

Again, there's news the economy grew at an annual rate of just 1.4 percent last quarter compared to 4.4 percent in the summer.