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‘Left out in the cold’: Economics expert says consumers are unlikely to get tariff money back
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 21:51
Vice President of General Economics and Cato's Center for Trade Policy Studies. You should have seen, Scott, my jaw drop. That business TARRIFFS TO 145 % TARRIFFS.HOW WAS THAT EVEN THOUGHT TO BE LEGAL FROM THE GET-GO. WELL, AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE thousands of businesses like that guy across the country. You know, as mentioned, $175 billion in tariffs collected over the last year or so, and they weren't legal.I mean, that's what the Supreme Court finally said yesterday, affirming lower court decisions t ...
Velshi: Tariffs were never designed for 'unilateral presidential action'
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 21:43
“When the framers met in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention in 1787, one of their clearest decisions was to place control over trade and taxation firmly in the hands of Congress.” Ali Velshi explains how tariff powers were among the very first issues that the Founding Fathers aimed to solve since the birth of the U.S. Constitution. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. Same mission. New name. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for ...
Trump lifts global tariff rate from 10% to 15% after Supreme Court ruling
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 19:45
President Donald Trump said he is raising global tariffs to 15% from the 10% import tax he imposed the day before in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down his sweeping tariffs. MS NOW White House reporter Jake Traylor has the latest. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. Same mission. New name. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For more context ...
Former Canadian official: U.S. Supreme Court tariff ruling offers world ‘an opportunity for a reset’
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 19:23
JOINING ME NOW, TWO FRIENDS, CHRISTIA FREELAND THE FORMER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA AND THE MINISTER OF FINANCE. SHE CURRENTLY SERVED AS AN ECONOMIC ADVISER. TO THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMIR ZELENSKY, ALSO JOINING US, NORM ORNSTEIN, A SENIOR FELLOW EMERITUS AT THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE AND A CONTRIBUTING EDITOR AT THE ATLANTIC.GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. Christy, I want to start with this.A couple of hours ago, I talked to Fred Hochberg, who is the former chai ...
Judge Luttig: We must take back our country from Trump's 'war on the rule of law'
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 19:13
JOINING ME NOW, OF COURSE, IS MY FRIEND JUDGE MICHAEL LUDIG, A FORMER JUDGE ON THE U .S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. JUDGE LUDIG, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.I HAD CHILLS LISTENING TO YOUR speech last week. You invited me to be there for it, in which you issued a calling that now is the time to use all tools at our disposal to fight tyranny, not simply voting every two years. For the first time in 10 years, Allie, I not only have hope, today I have confidence that America is going to prevail and l ...
Velshi: We the people must stand up for our constitutional order
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 19:12
On January the 27th, 1838, before the young men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, a 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln delivered what we now call the Lyceum Address. He warned, quote, if destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men, we must live through all time or die by suicide, end quote.Lincoln was not warning about foreign invasion. He was warning about national self DESTRUCTION. NEARLY 188 YEARS LATER, JUDGE J.MICHAEL LUTIG HAS ISSUED A WARNING OF HIS OWN, NO ...
MS NOW hosts react to Trump’s STUNNING loss on tariffs
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 19:00
And joining me now is host of the beat with Ari Melber on MSNOW, Ari Melber and MSNOW senior legal reporter Lisa Rubin, Yale law school professor and president of the budget lab at Yale, Natasha Sarin and New York Times chief White House correspondent and MSNOW political analyst Peter Baker. Ari, I'm going to start with you. So at first this morning, I think some people thought the chaos was over now because of this decision from the Supreme Court. But after listening to the president speak, I think it's ve ...
Velshi Banned Book Club: “The Candy House” by Jennifer Egan
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 18:58
I would introduce you to Bix Bouton, but you already know who he is. Bouton is a quote tech demigod on a first name basis with the world. His social media, Mandala, is as ubiquitous as Coca-Cola or the Ford Motor Company of yesteryear.Bowden has everything, money, fame, access, power, but one night he wants something that has become out of reach. Genuine conversation, connection, and authenticity. Quote, he felt a wave of desperation.Whom could he talk with in that casual, wide-open, studenty way that peopl ...
Striking down Trump’s tariffs proved the Supreme Court ‘can still set boundaries’
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 18:58
Yesterday the Supreme Court underscored a principle that's in part of the Constitution of the United States of America from the very beginning. Even the most powerful president in the world cannot rewrite the Constitution to win an argument about economics. 24 hours ago, President Trump suffered a significant legal defeat on one of the defining policies of his political identity, his tariffs.For years, Donald Trump described tariffs as a kind of economic superpower, a way to punish foreign countries and ric ...
Bishop William Barber: Faith leaders must remain ‘as vigilant as injustices’ in political resistance
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 18:56
We talk a lot on the show about the need for resistance against the unjust actio of our current federal government. Now, resistance looks different for everyone. It looks like voting. It looks like running for office. It looks like peacefully protesting in the streets.It looks like observing the action of federal agents in our cities. And it looks like prayer. Faith leaders have been on the forefront of resisting Donald Trump's most inhumane policies from his immigration crackdown to voter suppression.Since ...