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NEXUS and Global Entry Go Dark at Canadian Airports
If you flew through a Canadian airport this weekend hoping to breeze through U.S. pre-clearance with your NEXUS card, you were out of luck. Airports in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and Montreal all suspended their NEXUS and Global Entry kiosks on Sunday, telling travellers to budget extra time at U.S. Customs.
Vancouver International was the only airport to say why. The programs are down "due to the partial U.S. Government shutdown," its website said. That shutdown started on February 14 after Democrats and the White House failed to agree on funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The Associated Press reported that DHS confirmed Global Entry would stay shut for the duration.
The Canada Border Services Agency referred all questions to the Americans. Calgary's airport said it had no additional information. Nobody has said when the programs might come back, and there's no sign the shutdown funding fight is close to a deal.
Read more: CBC News
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Tariffs - So He Imposed New Ones
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday that Trump exceeded his authority when he used emergency powers to impose tariffs on imports from around the world. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by two of Trump's own appointees, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, plus the court's three liberal justices. Trump called the majority "fools" and his appointees "embarrassments."
He moved fast. Within hours, Trump signed a 10% tariff on all imports under a different, untested law called Section 122. By Saturday he bumped it to 15%, the maximum that law allows. The catch is that Section 122 tariffs expire after 150 days unless Congress votes to extend them, and congressional aides say they're skeptical Republicans would do that with midterm elections approaching and polls showing 57% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy.
Trump said he'd use the 150 days to find other "legally permissible" ways to keep tariffs going. The new levies exempt critical minerals, metals, and energy products.
Read more: The Globe and Mail