YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP | | | | Nicole Fallert
Reporter & Newsletter Writer
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Quick look at Wednesday's news: |
Costco wants payment from Trump |
Wholesale retail giant Costco has sued the federal government to ensure it will receive a "complete refund" on import duties if the Supreme Court rules against President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs. The lawsuit filed Nov. 28 and reviewed by USA TODAY asked the court to find Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs as unlawful. |
| • | Meanwhile, inflation may surge again thanks to Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill." | |
A skim win for GOP in Tennessee |
Republican candidate and veteran Matt Van Epps defeated Democratic state lawmaker Aftyn Behn on Tuesday in the race to replace Republican Rep. Mark Green, who took a private sector job earlier this year. |
But it was a close call. Van Epps won by single digits in a district that Trump won by 22 points in last year's presidential election. |
| • | Should Republicans be worried? The race signaled Republicans potentially can't count on coasting to victory in red districts. | | • | Van Epps thanked Trump. The president waged an aggressive blitz in the final weeks of the campaign to stop Democrats from flipping the district. | | Republican Matt Van Epps greets supporters after announcing his victory on Tuesday in Nashville. Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean, Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images |
Inside a NASCAR driver's decision |
Denny Hamlin, the NASCAR driver and co-owner of 23XI Racing with Michael Jordan, returned to the witness stand on Day 2 of the NASCAR antitrust trial Tuesday. From their own attorney, Hamlin fielded a question that cuts to the heart of the federal lawsuit: Was it a hard decision not to sign the charter agreement this year? |
Are you OK to shovel snow? |
Many of us will gather up their snow shovels (or blowers) to take on the vigorous task of snow removal after several inches covered the U.S. this week. While shoveling snow may sound like a common chore to some, it can be dangerous, and in some cases, fatal for those who do not exercise regularly and/or have pre-existing heart conditions. Here's how to keep safe while scraping the sidewalk. | Richard Fouts shovels his driveway after an early winter storm dumped several inches of wet snow on Louisville, Kentucky on Dec. 2, 2025. Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images |
Lane Kiffin's former QB enters the chat |
After one of the most dramatic exits in recent college football memory saw Lane Kiffin leaving Mississippi for LSU — one of the most dramatic athletic departments in the country — both sides settled the noise at a news conference earlier this week. But Kiffin seemed to have sent a message to his former QB Trinidad Chambliss before he was introduced as LSU football's new coach. | LSU president Wade Rousse, left, LSU new head coach Lane Kiffin and LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry in Baton Rouge on Monday. Matthew Hinton, Imagn Images |
Photo of the day: A meeting in Moscow |
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Tuesday with President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner in Moscow to discuss a possible way to end the war in Ukraine. | Russian President Vladimir Putin, presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev and foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov attend a meeting with President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 2, 2025. Kristina Kormilitsyna/Sputnik, via REUTERS |
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