Republicans Just Rigged the Rules to Shield Trump’s Tariffs

A hidden rule change buried in a government funding bill just blocked Congress from challenging Trump’s latest tariffs. Here’s how they did it.

House Republicans quietly rewrote the rules to prevent Congress from challenging Trump’s latest tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico.

This wasn’t part of a public debate. It wasn’t even included in the budget bill itself.

Instead, Republicans slipped the change into a procedural rule needed to proceed with the funding bill. Because House procedural rules …