The noise on the New York Stock Exchange floor shifts by late afternoon. It’s more methodical and less chaotic. Traders lean back a little, staring at the red and green columns that flicker. The green one prevailed on Friday. Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn President Trump’s expansive tariffs, the S&P 500 recovered and was trading close to 6,884. The move might have been driven more by relief than hope. Earlier in the week, the S&P 500 was already shaky. As tensions between the United States and Iran remained high, oil prices rose to levels not seen in six…
Author: Jack Ward
The Supreme Court’s marble exterior appeared unaltered, almost unconcerned, on Friday morning. Visitors took pictures. Reporters gathered in loose groups close to the stairs. But something important had just occurred inside. President Trump’s broad tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, were overturned by the Court in a 6–3 ruling. Chief Justice John Roberts’ opinion sounded like a subdued but clear warning. “Extraordinary power to unilaterally impose tariffs of unlimited amount, duration, and scope” was what Roberts wrote the president had claimed. The Court determined that explicit congressional approval was necessary for that. It was not…
There is a specific type of quiet in Washington on Supreme Court opinion days. Except for a few tourists taking pictures of the columns, the marble steps are typically deserted. Clerks bustle through the quiet hallways inside. Journalists outside sit with laptops balanced on their knees, repeatedly refreshing the same website: SCOTUSblog. Without the glitz of a cable-news studio, no other specialized legal website may have ever had this much sway. Tom Goldstein, a Supreme Court advocate, started SCOTUSblog in 2002 as a simple practice tool. It developed over time into something more significant—an independent clearinghouse for live updates, petition…
Tipp City, Ohio, is a neighborhood where neighbors notice when a garage door is left open for an extended period of time. The streets are lined with modest homes and well-kept lawns. In the early hours of February 16, dispatchers were among the first to mention that detail—an open garage door. a burglary that was reported. A woman fired. kids in the house. Caleb Flynn was the name at the center of the investigation by the end of the week. In 2013, Flynn, now 39, competed on Season 12 of American Idol while standing in front of bright television lights.…
Online responses to the news that Pokémon FireRed Version would be making a comeback on the Nintendo Switch were swift and curiously split. Pure joy, almost like muscle memory, was the response of some players. Others hesitated, narrowing their eyes at the $19.99 price tag and the fact that it wasn’t part of the Game Boy Advance library on Nintendo Switch Online. Both responses are logical. A reimagining of the 1996 classic Pokémon Red and Green, FireRed was first released by Game Freak in 2004. Brighter colors, new mechanics, and that subtle but significant addition—choosing your character’s gender—refined the pixelated…
The Supreme Court of the United States’ marble steps appeared as tidy, commanding, and a little theatrical as usual on a dreary morning in Washington. Travelers continued to pose for pictures. There were still loose circles of protesters. However, something significant had just occurred inside the courtroom, behind the thick red curtains. The majority of former President Donald Trump’s broad tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, were overturned by the Court in a 6–3 ruling. It was more than just a dispute over trade. It was a test of constitutional boundaries that made the justices…
Over southwestern Kansas, the sky did not suddenly turn orange. Slowly, it changed from being hazy to brown to thick enough to obscure the horizon, which is typically miles of unbroken wheat fields. The fire was traveling north from Beaver County, Oklahoma, at a nearly impatient pace, and had already crossed a state line by the time smoke began to roll over towns like Liberal and Ashland. More than 280,000 acres have been burned by the so-called Ranger Road Fire in Oklahoma and Kansas, which at one point grew at a rate fire meteorologists likened to several football fields per…
Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Gardens is a small zoo that, until recently, felt very much like home. It is located in a quiet residential area of Chiba Prefecture, approximately an hour from central Tokyo. Near the petting area, kids pull at their parents’ sleeves. Slowly, elderly couples walk past enclosures. Nothing about the location suggests international recognition. But something changed in the last few weeks. Punch is the name of the change. Punch is a Japanese macaque who was born on July 26, 2025, but his first-time mother left him soon after. Weighing barely 500 grams at the time,…