May 29, 2026: US to Appeal Refund of Tariffs, Trump Must Address IRS Claims, More

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Previously titled “US to Appeal Refund of Tariffs, Trump Must Address IRS Claims, More” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 2, 2026

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Stephen Carroll 0:00
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Caroline Hepke 0:05
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Caroline Hepke 0:27
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Stephen Carroll 0:33
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Stephen Carroll 0:43
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Ed Kalecki 1:01
News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Ed Kalecki. The Trump administration says it will challenge a U.S. trade court judge's authority to manage how officials handle refund demands for billions of dollars in tariffs that the U.S. Supreme Court declared unlawful, potentially injecting legal chaos into a claims process that's already underway. The Justice Department filed notice Friday that it will appeal a court order compelling customs authorities to recalculate all import taxes that the administration collected under President Trump's use of a 1970s-era emergency powers law. A federal judge has ordered President Trump to respond to grievous allegations that his deal with the government to create a $1.8 billion fund to resolve his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was the result of a fraud on the court.
Ed Kalecki 1:51
In an order on Friday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams gave the president's personal attorneys until June 12th to respond to a request by a group of former federal judges that she reopen the proceedings to investigate conduct by the president and the Justice Department. Williams had closed the case after Trump's attorneys notified her they were dropping his claim seeking to hold the IRS liable for a past leak of his tax information. The White House has repeatedly sent conflicting messages on the prospects for a deal with Iran, highlighting President Trump's struggles to find an off-ramp to a conflict now in its fourth month. That pattern continued Friday. The president said in a social media post late Friday morning that he was ready to make a final determination on a preliminary agreement to extend a fragile ceasefire.
Ed Kalecki 2:37
Hours later, however, the New York Times reported the president left his Situation Room meeting without any decision being made. The back and forth continued, a pattern of both sides suggesting an agreement was near, but then signaling disagreement over many of the same issues that have long bedeviled the deal, including the fate of Iran's uranium and nuclear ambitions, as well as freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking during a question and answer session at the Reagan National Economic Forum in Simi Valley, California, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson suggested there is more the Trump administration can do pertaining to Iran, depending on how the standoff with Tehran develops.
Scott Besson 3:15
We put more sanctions on yesterday. We sanctioned their two airlines. We've got some other financial targets. There's a lot more.
Ed Kalecki 3:25
that we can do if we have to and there are some things that we can to help the iranian people treasury secretary scott besant and that audio courtesy of the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute democratic lawmakers a former attorney general pam bondi rebuffed questions about president trump's involvement in the justice department's handling of files from It's investigation of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. This is Representative Robert Garcia, the top ranking Democrat on the House panel investigating Epstein.

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