Friday’s Mini-Report, 8.21.26

Today’s edition of quick hits. * The Supreme Court tells Trump what he wanted to hear: “Chief Justice John Roberts issued an order on Friday that lets the Trump administration continue construction of the White House ballroom for now. The order from Roberts, who handles emergency litigation requests from Washington, backs the administration at least for the time being, while giving the full Supreme Court more time to decide the issue that ran up against a Friday deadline.” * If, by the White House’s logic, tariffs don’t push prices higher, why would removing tariffs push prices lower? “President Donald Trump on Friday morning said the United States will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef to be imported over the next three months without being subject to out-of-quota