Donald Trump was blocked by a federal court on Wednesday from imposing a sprawling set of import taxes on nearly every country. The ruling was in response to two separate lawsuits by businesses and state officials who accused the president of overstepping his authority to issue those tariffs,

A U.S. trade court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs from going into effect, ruling that the president overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from nations that sell more to the United States than they buy.

A federal trade court knocked down President Donald Trump ’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs late Wednesday and the administration immediately challenged the ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the decision, blocking all of Trump’s vast and sweeping tariffs.