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Trump says he could impose tariffs without approval from Congress. Is he right?
Former President Donald Trump has raised few policies on the campaign trail more often than tariffs, which he says would rejuvenate manufacturing, create jobs, restrain immigration and help bankroll childcare, among other benefits. In recent days, he has claimed another advantage of tariffs: They don't require support from Congress. "I don't need Congress, but they'll approve it," Trump said at a campaign event in Smithton, Pennsylvania, on Monday. "I'll have the right to impose them myself if they don't." Some economists have said higher tariffs could expand certain areas of U.S. manufacturing, but the policy risks rekindling inflation since importers would likely offset tax payments with higher prices. A potential trade war could hurt U.S. exporters and slow hiring, they said. However, Trump is largely accurate in his description of the wide latitude enjoyed by the president in setting and implementing some tariffs, experts said. But, they added, Trump's ambitious tariff agenda could test the limits of that authority, drawing court challenges and opposition from Congress with results that are difficult to predict.
NTSB engineer says Titan submersible's carbon-fiber hull showed 'anomalies'
A piece of the Titan's carbon-fiber hull recovered after the submersible's deadly catastrophic implosion showed "anomalies," a National Transportation Safety Board engineer said Wednesday during a weekslong hearing on the incident. Don Kramer, the acting chief of the NTSB's materials laboratory, testified during the U.S. Coast Guard's hearing into the June 2023 implosion of the OceanGate submersible while on a deep-sea dive to the Titanic shipwreck. Kramer said his team examined material from the manufacturing of the hull and found "several anomalies within the composite and the adhesive joints, including waviness, wrinkles, porosity and voids." They also examined a piece of the hull recovered from the ocean floor and found similar anomalies, including "waviness and wrinkles within the hull layers" and voids within the adhesive that joined the layers, he said. The recovered hull also showed "features consistent with rubbing damage at one of those adhesive joints."
Maryland woman sentenced to 18 years for racist plot to attack Baltimore power stations
A Maryland woman who pleaded guilty to a neo-Nazi plot to attack multiple energy substations surrounding Baltimore was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in prison and a lifetime of supervision upon her release, according the U.S. Attorney's Office for Maryland. Sarah Beth Clendaniel pleaded guilty in May to federal conspiracy and firearms charges. Clendaniel communicated her plans to use a high-powered rifle to shoot through key infrastructure at five substations that the U.S. government estimated could have caused roughly $75 million in damage, had the plot not been foiled, according to prosecutors. Clendaniel and a co-defendant still set to face trial, Brandon Russell -- who co-founded the neo-Nazi group AtomWaffen -- believed the destruction of the substations would lead to a "cascading failure" of Baltimore's electrical grid that would "permanently completely lay this city to waste," Clendaniel said in recorded conversations with a confidential informant, according to federal prosecutors.
2 hurt in explosion from intentionally set IED at Santa Maria Courthouse in California
Two people suffered non-life-threatening injuries from an explosion at the Santa Maria Courthouse in California, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office. One person of interest -- an adult male -- was detained and is being interviewed, Santa Barbara County Sheriff public information officer Raquel Zick wrote on social media. Authorities believe the explosion was the result of an "intentionally set improvised explosive device," Zick said. The suspect allegedly lunged through the courthouse doors and tossed a small bag past the weapons screening station, and the bag exploded as it hit the floor outside of the local arraignment room, the court executive officer told ABC News.
Hurricane Helene live updates: Storm strengthens to major Category 3 hurricane
Helene -- which has strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane -- is taking aim at Florida, where it's forecast to make landfall along the Big Bend area on Thursday night. Here's how the news is developing: Over 125,000 without power in Florida More than 125,000 customers in Florida have lost power so far as Hurricane Helene nears landfall.
Kentucky sheriff accused of shooting judge pleads not guilty, could face death penalty
The Kentucky sheriff accused of fatally shooting a judge in his chambers last week could face the death penalty if convicted, according to a special judge appointed to preside over the case. Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines, 43, made his first court appearance Wednesday, where he pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges. On Thursday, Stines allegedly killed Kentucky District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, inside his chambers in the Letcher County Courthouse, officials said. The shooting allegedly occurred "following an argument inside the courthouse," according to Kentucky State Police, and investigators are still searching for a motive. Stines did not appear to show emotion during the brief hearing on Wednesday, where he appeared over Zoom wearing a jail uniform alongside his public defender, who entered the not guilty plea on Stines' behalf.
FEMA and the NFL team up to make stadiums available for disaster situations
As Hurricane Helene makes its way toward the northern Gulf of Mexico and possibly through Atlanta, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is turning to an unlikely partner in disaster preparations: the National Football League. The federal agency and the NFL are teaming up to allow for NFL stadiums to be used as “mission ready locations” during major disaster events, FEMA said in a news release. “During large-scale emergencies, like the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, or tornados, we’ve seen how large music, sports and entertainment venues can serve as a safe space for communities,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said. Criswell called the partnership with the NFL “groundbreaking” and will make communities “more resilient.”
Orange County School Board is reconsidering implementing metal detectors at schools
Just a few weeks ago, superintendent, Maria Vazquez, said Orange County Public Schools don’t have funding to provide metal detectors- now after a wave of threats, Orange County is reevaluating. After Governor Ron DeSantis announced it is up to the district to decide whether to install metal detectors, Vazquez said due to lack of funding and with equity in mind, Orange County will not be able to implement metal detectors in every school. The district still does not plan to install metal detectors in every school due to the cost, however they are searching for a means to ensure every school is protected equally. The plan is to discuss implementing weapon detectors or other means to keep schools safe at the board meeting on Tuesday. The school board also plans to address means of funding.
Hijacked bus speeds through LA with driver held at gunpoint
A Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus was allegedly hijacked with the driver being forced to drive at gunpoint before police were able to apprehend the suspect, according to ABC News’ Los Angeles station KABC-TV. The incident started shortly before 1 a.m. at Figueroa Street and Manchester in southern Los Angeles when the suspect reportedly carjacked a bus and took three hostages -- the bus driver and two passengers, according to KABC. At some point during a police pursuit, authorities used a spike strip on the vehicle and were able to puncture the right tire, KABC said. At 2:10 a.m., the bus stopped at the intersection of 6th and Wholesale Street, some 8 miles northeast of where the incident began, where officers had blocked off the area, according to KABC. A SWAT team was able to clear the bus and take the suspect into custody.
Second-ever nitrogen gas execution in US set to take place in Alabama
Alabama is set to perform the second-ever nitrogen gas execution in the United States on Thursday. Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was sentenced to death for the 1999 murders of his then-coworkers Lee Holdbrooks and Christoper Scott Yancy, and his former supervisor Terry Lee Jarvis. Miller was to be executed in September 2022 via lethal injection, but it was called off after officials had trouble inserting an intravenous line to administer the fatal drugs and were concerned they would not be able to do so before the death warrant expired. Prior to the botched execution, the state had considered carrying out the death sentence via nitrogen hypoxia, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC), a non-profit that provides data and analysis on capital punishment.
Senate probe reveals Boeing's 'troubling and recurring' safety failings
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations published a memo Wednesday including new details about Boeing safety failings relating to the Alaska Airlines door plug incident in January. The memo -- released ahead of Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Whitaker's planned testimony before the subcommittee on Wednesday -- suggested Boeing had failed to ensure adequate standards in multiple areas. Boeing personnel, the memo said, "continue to feel pressure to prioritize speed of production over quality." The Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines incident saw a door plug on flight 1282 blow out minutes after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, leaving a large hole in the side of the Boeing 737 Max 9 plane. The plane safely made an emergency landing and no one was seriously injured.
Third house collapses in four days on North Carolina coast
A third house has collapsed in four days on the North Carolina coast as officials closed off the beach due to dangerous debris on the shore and in the water, officials said. Cape Hatteras National Seashore law enforcement rangers responded to a Dare County dispatch call at approximately 1:08 p.m. on Tuesday to reports of a house collapsing on G A Kohler Court in Rodanthe, North Carolina, according to a statement from the National Park Service. “Once on scene, rangers confirmed the collapse of the unoccupied house,” officials said. “The owner of the house has hired a debris cleanup contractor and Seashore employees plan on supplementing cleanup efforts.” Due to dangerous debris on the beach and in the water, Cape Hatteras National Seashore has temporarily closed the beach from G A Kohler Court in Rodanthe to Wimble Shores North Court in Waves, a coastal length of just over two miles.
Chemical leak from railcar leads to evacuations in Hamilton County, Ohio
A chemical leak from a railcar prompted officials to issue an evacuation order for residents in the Cleves and Whitewater Township areas in Hamilton County, Ohio, authorities said Tuesday. Hamilton County's Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency told anyone within half a mile of the rail yard to leave the area immediately. Authorities confirmed the leak was styrene, a flammable liquid used to make plastics and rubber, according to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. "The risk of an explosion is our primary concern," an official said at a Tuesday night news conference. "We are asking residents within a three-quarter-mile radius to shelter in place as a precaution. Experts have assured us that this is well within the safety norms."
Marcellus Williams executed by lethal injection in Missouri after SCOTUS denied appeals
Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a former newspaper reporter who was found brutally stabbed in her suburban St. Louis home. Williams, 55, died after 6:00 p.m. CDT at a Missouri state prison in Bonne Terre in Francois County, approximately 60 miles southwest of St. Louis, Williams' lawyer confirmed to ABC News. The capital punishment case saw national attention with Williams maintaining his innocence, the victim's family opposing the execution and his prosecution submitting motions for appeals at every level. "Marcellus Williams should be alive today. There were multiple points in the timeline when decisions could have been made that would have spared him the death penalty. If there is even the shadow of a doubt of innocence, the death penalty should never be an option. This outcome did not serve the interests of justice," Wesley Bell, chief prosecutor for St. Louis County, said in a statement after the execution.
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