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The vast majority of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs were deemed illegal and blocked by the U.S. trade court, dealing a major blow to a pillar of his economic agenda.A panel of three judges at the U.S. Court of International Trade in Manhattan issued a unanimous ruling Wednesday which sided with Democratic-led states and small businesses that accused Trump of wrongfully invoking an emergency law to justify the bulk of his levies. The court gave the administration 10 days to “effectuate” its order, but didn’t spell out any steps it must take to unwind the tariffs.The order applies to Trump’s…

Boeing Co. 737 Max fuselages at the company’s manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, on April 15, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBoeing’s airplane deliveries to China will resume next month after handovers were paused amid a trade war with the Trump administration, CEO Kelly Ortberg said Thursday, as he brushed off the impact of tit-for-tat tariffs with some of the United States’ largest trading partners this year.Ortberg had said last month that China had paused deliveries.”China has now indicated … they’re going to take deliveries,” Ortberg said. The first deliveries will be next month, he told a Bernstein conference on Thursday.Boeing,…

Logo of Best Buy displayed outside a Best Buy store in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on March 22, 2025. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBest Buy on Thursday missed quarterly revenue expectations and cut its full-year sales and profit guidance as higher tariffs increase the costs of many consumer electronics that it sells.For its fiscal 2026, the retailer said it now expects $41.1 billion to $41.9 billion of revenue, down from its previous range of $41.4 billion to $42.2 billion. It said it expects adjusted earnings per share to range from $6.15 to $6.30, which compares to prior guidance of…

United Airlines has a new friend in Queens.The airline plans to return to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport again, this time through a new partnership with JetBlue Airways.The partnership, called Blue Sky, will allow the airlines to sell seats on each other’s sites and let JetBlue customers earn frequent flyer miles on United and vice versa. It also includes reciprocal loyalty benefits like priority boarding and roomier seats for travelers with elite status. The deal is subject to regulatory review, the airlines said.Some aspects of the partnership, which the carriers announced Thursday, will begin as early as the fall, though the…

Iowa PBS covers the 2024 State Girls Softball Championships live from Fort Dodge, Iowa in July 2024.Courtesy: Iowa PBSHigh school sports games and related coverage have become some of the most popular local programs on PBS stations across the U.S., especially in states without professional sports.PBS stations in states like South Dakota, Arkansas and Nebraska have spent years bulking up on high school sports programming — mainly championship coverage — in a bid to broaden their local offerings.The content has led to a bigger audience for public broadcasters. Live sports on every level tend to boost TV and streaming viewership,…