Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Saturday, August 30th, 2025. This is USA Today's The Excer.

Today an appeals court has ruled that most of Trump's tariffs are illegal. Plus, should taxpayer money protect private schools from shootings

and what economists are saying about Fed rate cuts? The divided U.S. Appeals Court ruled yesterday that

most of President Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal. The court allowed the tariffs to remain in

place through mid-October to give the Trump administration a chance to file an appeal with the Supreme Court.

Trump called out the decision by what he said was a highly partisan court.

He posted on Truth Social, writing that if these tariffs ever went away, it would be a total disaster for the country.

The 7-4 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C.,

addressed the legality

of what Trump called reciprocal tariffs imposed in April and a separate set of tariffs imposed

in February against China, Canada, and Mexico. The court's decision yesterday does not impact

tariffs issued under other legal authority like Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

Years before this week's shooting in Minnesota, Catholic schools in the state asked for more

safety funding. But should taxpayer money protect private schools from shootings? I spoke with USA

today's Zach Shermally for more. Hello, Zach. Hi, Taylor.

Thanks for having me.

Thanks for joining me in this tough week for Minnesota and the nation.

How did some in the city push for additional state funding to keep their campuses safe,

even long before this devastating shooting we saw in Minneapolis?

Years before this tragic shooting, it was actually in

2023 that advocates for non-public schools and religious schools were pushing

the state legislature. And in particular, Governor Tim Walls, the Democratic

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