California Governor Gavin Newsom said that he has initiated a lawsuit against Donald Trump’s administration challenging the president’s authority to impose tariffs. On his podcast posted today, Newsom said that the lawsuit will assert “that Trump does not have the unilateral authority to impose one of the largest tax increases in history.

California challenges Trump's emergency tariffs in federal court as the state budget and trade with China hang in the balance.

California Governor Gavin Newsom sued to halt Donald Trump’s tariffs, setting up a high-stakes legal challenge to the president’s landmark effort to overhaul global trade.