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The states fighting against Trump’s tariffs

US state governments plan their next moves in legal challenge against Trump’s tariffs.

This week saw a US Federal Court rule against Donald Trump’s use of emergency power to instate tariffs, only for the another court to allow them to resume on appeal. We speak to Oregon's attorney general Dan Rayfield, one of state officials leading the case against the tariffs about whether Mr Trump’s blanket levies can be stopped.

Also in the programme: As the new child actors set to play Harry, Ron and Hermione in the new Harry Potter TV series are announced, we take a look at the psychological pressures of child stardom. Later in the programme, we reflect of 100 years of the US National Spelling Bee Competition.

Joining presenter Julian Worricker are the Financial Times Political Editor George Parker, and professor Lesli Vinjamuri, Director of the US and Americas programme at Chatham House thinktank.

(Picture: Peter Navarro, Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing for U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to the media outside the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 29, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Nathan Howard)

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