NPR News: 02-22-2026 2PM EST
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What recent Supreme Court decision impacts President Trump's tariff powers?
After the Supreme Court delivered a stunning decision against President Trump Friday saying he doesn't have the emergency powers to impose sweeping global tariffs, Trump says he's raising global tariffs by 15 percent under a different section of the Trade Act. They'd only be good for 150 days. And NPR's Mara Liason reports... The timing puts a spotlight on a hot-button issue right around the midterm elections, with congressional Republicans seeking to retain their majority.
They thought that they would no longer have to defend these unpopular tariffs and maybe prices would go down. But that optimism lasted about five minutes because Trump immediately said that not only was he going to put more tariffs on under a different authority, but that authority calls for congressional approval. So now Republicans in Congress are going to have to show their loyalty to Donald Trump by voting to impose tariffs, taking personal responsibility for this. This is something they don't want to do.
The Supreme Court did not lay out a way for U.S. businesses to possibly get refunds from the billions in tariffs now deemed illegal. A major winter storm is hitting the Northeast, with some areas expected to get more than two feet of snow. Thousands of flights canceled so far in the U.S. In New York City, the mayor has declared a state of emergency and a travel ban beginning tonight. Steve Kastenbaum reports.
The snow started falling here around 11 a.m. and it's expected to continue through Monday morning, prompting Mayor Zoran Mamdani to To declare a travel ban, it goes into effect later in the evening.
We are asking New Yorkers to avoid all non-essential travel. Please, for your safety, stay home, stay inside, and stay off the roads.
The latest forecast says that New York could receive between 18 and 24 inches of snow, with the heaviest accumulations happening overnight. The blizzard prompted the school's chancellor to issue a rare snow day for the city's 940,000 public school students. For NPR News, I'm Steve Kastenbaum in New York.
At least one person was killed and 25 wounded in what authorities call a terrorist attack in western Ukraine. NPR's Polina Litvinova reports from Kyiv.
President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on social media that the police have already arrested several suspects who may be involved in the attack. According to law enforcement agencies, after midnight, police received a call about a burglary at a store in the Lviv city center. When the patrols arrived at the scene, two explosions occurred. A 23-year-old female police officer was killed in the attack. Meanwhile, according to Zelensky, last night Russia launched about 50 missiles and almost 300 drones on Ukraine, targeting energy, water supply and railway facilities.
Oman's foreign minister says the next round of talks between the U.S. and Iran will be on Thursday in Geneva. And you're listening to NPR News. After an avalanche Tuesday buried skiers near Lake Tahoe, rescue crews have recovered all nine bodies this weekend. They'd been delayed by the risk of another avalanche. Nevada County Sheriff Shannon Moon says she hopes the full recovery can help bring closure to loved ones.
We wish we could have saved them all. We are grateful that we can bring them home.
A vigil is set for tonight in Truckee, California. A backcountry ski tour company had organized the outing in the Sierra Nevadas when avalanche risk was considered high. Now authorities are weighing the possibility of criminal negligence. Teens who use cannabis are at a higher risk of developing mental illnesses. That's according to a new study published in JAMA Health Forum. It finds the risk is highest for psychosis and bipolar disorder. NPR's Ritu Chatterjee reports.
Researchers followed more than 450,000 teens in the Kaiser Permanente health system in Northern California, all the way into young adulthood. They found that teens who reported using cannabis in the past year were at twice the risk of developing bipolar disorder years later compared to those who didn't use cannabis.
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