Judge tosses racketeering charges against 'Cop City' protesters

A Georgia judge on Tuesday dismissed dozens of fraud charges against protesters who rallied against a planned $115 million police and firefighter training site in Atlanta in 2022 and 2023 called “Cop City.” Fulton County Judge Kevin Farmer determined that Republican Attorney General Chris Carr’s charges against the protesters require permission from Republican Governor Brian…

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What to expect as fight for billions begins

U.S. importers will be facing many hurdles trying to recover billions in tariff costs now that the Supreme Court has ruled President Donald Trump‘s International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, tariffs are illegal. Companies large and small may be eligible for refund payments that in total could reach hundreds of billions of dollars, but…

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Boston Fed President Collins advocates holding rates steady, sees ‘high bar’ for further cuts

Susan Collins, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Kansas City Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boston Federal Reserve President Susan Collins on Wednesday…

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