Seemingly infinite battles over President Donald Trump’s agenda have been playing out in the courts over the past year. But when all’s said and done, are these legal challenges actually working? Politico legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney joins Kimberly to discuss. Plus, they’ll get into the Supreme Court’s impending decision on Trump’s tariffs and why even some GOP members are breaking rank to speak up about the Justice Department’s investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

"Jan. 6 — five years later" from Politico
"Trump's push to politicize the Fed could cause further market "volatility'" from Marketplace
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"‘The courts are helpless’: Inside the Trump administration’s steady erosion of judicial power" from CNN Politics
"Trump’s ‘Superstar’ Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor" from The New York Times
"Supreme Court blocks Trump effort to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois" from Politico
"Supreme Court appears skeptical of Trump admin's tariff arguments" from Marketplace

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