powers

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A 6-3 majority of justices found that Trump exceeded his authority in using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to implement most of his tariffs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Powers fixes cars at a shop less than a mile away from his home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Joseph “JP” Powers, the chief investment officer of RWA Wealth Partners, a Boston-based wealth manager with around $20 billion of assets under management, says opportunities outside the U.S. remain but that pickiness is now essential.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

MI5 has resolved Beth's legal claim at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal without admission of liability, meaning without a legal admission of wrongdoing.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Three months later, on his thirty-first birthday, Francis Gary Powers was led by guards onto—appropriately enough—the stage of a massive theater.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin