Trade war facing legal challenges

A container ship is moored at the port of the port of New York & New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., Monday May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is waging a trade war without getting approval from Congress: He declared a national emergency to slap import taxes — tariffs — on almost every country on earth. The president is now facing at least seven lawsuits that argue he's gone too far and asserted power he does not have. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade, which deals specifically with civil lawsuits involving…