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News Wrap: Judge blocks release of a report on Trump's handling of classified documents

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PBS NewsHour

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🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Monday, a federal judge is permanently blocking the release of a report on President Trump's handling of classified documents after he left office in 2021, Trump is warning countries to stick with the tariff deals they agreed to and the Supreme Court will hear a bid by oil and gas companies to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for the effects of climate change. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Also today, a federal judge is permanently blocking the release of a report on President Trump's handling of classified documents after he left office in 2021.

0:10.0

In her decision, Judge Eileen Cannon, who was nominated by Mr. Trump, said its release would be a manifest injustice because the case never reached a jury.

0:19.0

Special counsel Jack Smith's findings led to charges that

0:22.2

were once considered the most damaging that Trump faced. Cannon dismissed the case in 24

0:27.9

after concluding that Smith had been unlawfully appointed. But the document's case may not be entirely

0:33.8

over as two watchdog groups have been pressing a higher court for their release.

0:39.1

President Trump is warning countries to stick with the tariff deals they agreed to,

0:43.0

following last week's Supreme Court decision striking down many of his measures.

0:47.1

Mr. Trump wrote on social media today, quote,

0:49.5

Any country that wants to play games with the ridiculous Supreme Court decision

0:53.3

will be met with a much higher tariff

0:55.0

and worse than that which they recently agreed to.

0:58.0

The threat comes as the European Union says it will wait to ratify

1:02.0

a major trade deal it struck with the Trump administration last July.

1:06.0

EU lawmakers said today that the U.S. side of the deal is now unclear.

1:11.6

This means not that we never voted on that, no.

1:16.6

We want to have clarity about the situation.

1:20.6

We want to have clarity from the United States that they are respecting the deal,

1:25.6

because that's the crucial element, that we want to have stability.

1:31.2

Also today, President Trump doubled down on his tariff power, saying he does not need congressional approval for any new levies.

1:39.3

It comes after he announced plans this weekend for a new 15% global tariff up from the 10% rate he announced Friday just after the Supreme Court decision.

1:50.0

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a bid by oil and gas companies to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for the effects of climate change.

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