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Read more Trump says pilots are fine after US helicopter crashes near Strait of Hormuz
Trump says pilots are fine after US helicopter crashes near Strait of Hormuz — 12:55 a.m.
By the Associated Press
The pilots of a helicopter that crashed around the Strait of Hormuz are “fine,” President Trump said late Monday.
Trump made the comments to journalists after watching the NBA Finals in New York while at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
As US Customs refines its tariff refund system, who gets in to apply is under dispute — 12:35 a.m.
By the Associated Press
A US Customs and Border Protection agency official is set to testify in federal court Tuesday about the US government’s plans for refunding billions of dollars that importers paid before the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump illegally imposed certain tariffs on goods from most other countries.
Read more GOP primary for open US House seat and Democratic governors race highlight Nevada ballot
Court of International Trade Judge Richard Eaton said he wanted to hear details that would help him decide whether to order the government to speed up and expand its system for issuing tariff refunds. The Justice Department subsequently appealed an earlier order by Eaton to make all businesses that paid the now-defunct import taxes eligible for refunds plus interest.
The Justice Department argued in a court document that only companies that were parties in any of the more than 2.500 lawsuits that challenged the tariffs were legally entitled to seek refunds.
With the dispute now in the hands of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Tuesday’s hearing may provide more clarity about the next phase of the refund process.
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