25 Democratic-led states sue Trump administration over latest round of tariffs

Democratic attorneys general argue the Trump administration is using forced labor as a pretext to revive import taxes the Supreme Court struck down.

A group of 25 Democratic-led US states sued US President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday, arguing that the president’s latest round of tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners, like most of his earlier sweeping tariffs, exceeds his legal authority to tax imports. The states’ lawsuit filed in the US ‌Court of I