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Only weeks ago, Fox News reported that as the genocide by Muslims against Christians in Nigeria was continuing, there was concern the nation's Christians "are being wiped out."
The report said the Islamists are intent "on creating a Muslim caliphate" and have been killing Christians wantonly for years already.
"Nigeria's Christians are being wiped out; we need to call it what it is — genocide," explained Jeff King of International Christian Concern.
In one slaughter just weeks ago, a Muslim attack on Christians in the Plateau State's Bokkos County left more than 60 Christians dead.
And 383 homes belonging to Christians were torched.
King said, "Families were burned alive, and kids were left homeless. It's gut-wrenching. The worst thing is that there's nothing truly 'special' about this attack. This has gone on for 20 years and has only expanded."
Then it was Christian News that confirmed that Muslim Fulani herdsmen still are killing Christians, with two deaths over the weekend and 10 other victims in recent weeks.
Among the most recent victims of the Muslim extremists was Tony Adejoh, village head of predominantly Christian Odugbeho community, and Jerry John.
"Both were working on their farms in the Otobi-Akpa when they were ambushed and killed by armed herdsmen," explained Marvis Ejeh, a member of the Agatu Local Government Council.
Nigeria, in fact, remains among the most dangerous places on earth for Christians, according to Open Doors' 2025 World Watch List of the countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian. Of the 4,476 Christians killed for their faith worldwide during the reporting period, 3,100 (69 percent) were in Nigeria, according to the WWL.
Why is the outrage level no higher for the indiscriminate slaughter of men, women and children who are Christian?
International Christian Concern suggests part of the reason is that media outlets have suppressed the identities of the perpetrators and victims of the atrocities.
"You would think it's hard to overlook the religious motivation of a massacre when the victims are all Christian and the massacre takes place on Christmas, Palm Sunday, or Easter," the organization reported. "But many people who work in media have proven themselves almost uncannily adept at avoiding the religious motivation behind such violence."
For example, the report said, "When more than 50 Nigerian Christians were murdered in one attack on Palm Sunday, April 13. France's leading newspaper, Le Monde, soon after ran an article mentioning that the attack took place on a Sunday, but neglected to mention that it was Palm Sunday. This factual detail would show a clear religious motivation. Is that why it was omitted?"
Then there was the attack on Christmas Day 2024.
Dozens of Nigerian Christians were slaughtered, as a follow up to Christmas 2023, when hundreds were killed and maimed.
"CNN ran an article on the subject, but did not mention Christmas or the religion of the victims," the report said.
Deutsche Welle, a German media conglomerate, noted the deaths of Christmas 2023, but "also failed to mention anything about Christmas or how the victims were Christians."
"The Guardian, a major U.K.-based media company, also ran an article on Dec. 25 but neglected to mention Christmas or the religion of the victims. Instead, the article mentioned 'competition for natural resources' aggravated by 'climate pressures' — also known as climate change or global warming."
And following a 2022 massacre in a church, "the local Catholic bishop remarked, '40 of my people were not killed because of global warming, but because they were Christians.'"
NPR covered the real issue by calling it a "pastoral conflict."
The report explained, "It might be worth pointing out that if basically all the violence is perpetrated by one side, then it's not so much a 'conflict' as it is an ongoing violation."
Frustrated by the media's deceptions, one Nigerian priest charged, "It's not a clash, it is a slow genocide."
And the BBC talked about the deaths, but blamed only "armed groups," without identifying the Muslim marauders or Christian victims.
The report noted, "Nigeria's current president, Bola Tinubu, is a Muslim, as is the current vice president, Kashim Shettima. The previous president, Muhammadu Buhari, is the son of a Fulani chieftain. This made him a rather unlikely candidate to crack down on persistent Fulani violence that has reportedly become the most severe threat to Nigerian Christians.
For decades now, wealthy Fulanis have supplied their fellow militant tribesmen with AK-47 assault rifles and other weaponry. Many Nigerian Christians view this continued endeavor as part of an overall effort to expand Islamist rule across Nigeria."
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Prominent Trump attacker Letitia James now is under investigation by the FBI.
She campaigned for the office of attorney general in New York on the claim she would "get" Trump. In office, she assembled a long list of cases and claims that she brought to court against him.
Leading the way was her wild claim that Trump committed fraud because of the way he valued his companies while taking out and repaying loans.
In fact, in court, those from whom he borrowed money confirmed the loans were repaid in full and on time, and they'd like to do more business with Trump.
However, the case was presented only to a leftist judge, not a jury, and he ended up with the extreme claim that Trump owed a penalty of nearly half a billion dollars, a claim that is now on appeal.
Perhaps it's ironic that now James is facing claims of fraud.
Over her own properties.
A report in the Times Union said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed the investigation be handled by the Northern District of New York in Albany.
It is James' real estate transactions that appear to have been manipulated, the report said.
Among the claims is that she is listed as the spouse of her own father on one mortgage document. And there's concern she listed a home as her primary residence when it was out of state and could not be. Further, she apparently listed one of the apartment buildings she owns as having four units, instead of the five it is documented to have.
All of the machinations appear to have been in pursuit of better interest rates on home loans.
The report said, "One of the mortgage documents filed in connection with James' purchase of the single-family residence — a notarized power-of-attorney document — was signed as a witness by Jennifer Levy, who is the first deputy attorney general. A spokesman for James did not immediately respond to a question about why Levy would have been asked to sign a document related to the attorney general's purchase of a private residence."
"This is being handled at this time by main (Department of) Justice and the Albany FBI field office," said U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III, who oversees the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York's Northern District. "We stand prepared to act in the capacity that we need to when and if we are informed there's a charge to be made. Unlike Letitia James, who unethically ran around the state campaigning on getting Donald Trump… my office conducts itself in a manner that is proper and professional."
James has claimed the evidence against her is "baseless." And she's hired a prominent criminal defense lawyer for her case, which likely will be funded by the taxpayers of the state. That's because Democrats in New York have added a $10 million fund to the state budget for James or others to pay legal fees.
It was William J. Pulte, chief of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency, who sent a referral letter last month to Bondi alleging that James may have ""falsified bank documents and property records to acquire government backed assistance and loans and more favorable loan terms."
A report at the Gateway Pundit, which long has documented suspicious behavior by James, said one of the key disputes is that James claimed her five-unit apartment building was only four units "in order to get a more favorable loan."
The report explained, "This is not a minor discrepancy. Lying to the bank about the unit count enabled Letitia James to secure more favorable loans, including a 2011 Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) loan that saved her tens of thousands of dollars annually. Letitia James was able to secure a conforming loan through Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac since they are only available on properties up to 4 units."
"This is a person who prosecuted Trump for everything short of ripping a label off a mattress, and among the charges that were brought in New York, in just the civil but the criminal case, was making false or misleading statements to financial institutions," constitutional expert Jonathan Turley said on Fox News. "As for James, if we apply the Letitia James standard that she created, there'd be little question here. This seems pretty straightforward."
Another document evidences that James claimed she was the spouse of her father, in "falsified loan documents back in 1983," the report said.
The publication, in a further special report by Joel Gilbert, explained his own "review of public records and court filings" documented a "range of troubling issues that could pose serious legal and ethical consequences" for James.
"One of the most striking revelations emerges from a 1983 real estate transaction in which Letitia James and her father, Robert James, obtained a mortgage as 'husband and wife,'" he wrote.
"The loan application to Kadilac Funding Corporation listed them as a married couple, despite the fact that Letitia is his daughter. Such a misrepresentation of a relationship to qualify for a loan could constitute mortgage fraud under both federal and New York State law," the report said.
The penalty for that could be up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine.
By claiming her building had four units, not five, she was able to apply for and obtain a 2.7% rate loan, paying off a loan at 10%, the report said.
The report said she also claimed financial hardship to obtain the loan, despite her income being around $14,000 a month.
"These discrepancies could trigger legal liability for James under the False Claims Act, which allows the federal government to impose treble damages and fines for false statements made in order to obtain government funds," the report said.
Other claims could include campaign finance violations and misrepresentations.
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The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, said President Donald Trump's ban on transgender service members and ideologies in the U.S. military may stand.
Trump, on taking office for his second term, issued that order because transgender warriors require inordinate amounts of medical and other treatments, are not ordinarily ready for deployment and create other issues for fellow soldiers.
The decision Tuesday halted a lower court's decision that prevented the policy from taking effect.
As expected, the leftist trio of Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Jackson, who infamously was unable to even define "woman" during her Senate confirmation hearing, would have allowed the lower court order to stand, in a move that would have prevented the president of making the U.S. military better and more formidable.
The lower court judge, Benjamin H. Settle, had claimed, "Because the military has operated smoothly for four years under the (pro-transgender) Austin Policy, any claimed hardship it may face in the meantime pales in comparison to the hardships imposed on transgender service members and otherwise qualified transgender accession candidates, tipping the balance of hardships sharply toward plaintiffs."
Trump, as commander-in-chief of the U.S. military, had confirmed that "expressing a false 'gender identity' divergent from an individual's sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service."
According to a report from CBS, the ban on transgenders will remain in effect "while legal proceedings move forward."
Trump had determined that the military's "high standards for troop readiness, lethality, cohesion, honesty, humility, uniformity and integrity" are inconsistent with the "medical, surgical and mental health constraints on individuals with gender dysphoria."
The president continued, "A man's assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member."
Trump already, during his first term, had barred transgenders from the U.S. military, a move that the Supreme Court allowed then.
Joe Biden, whose top agenda ideologies during his one term appeared to be abortion for all and transgenderism for all, especially children, reversed Trump's standards.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, after Trump's order, told the Pentagon to pause admissions for people with gender dysphoria histories, and halt the so-called "gender-affirming" care that involves chemicals and/or body mutilating surgeries.
As people who follow the science know, changing from male to female or vice versa doesn't happen, as being male or female is embedded in the human body down to the DNA level.
The CBS report noted the Pentagon disbursed some $52 million on medical "care" to treat gender dysphoria between 2015 and 2024.
The Supreme Court's ruling came in a case from Washington state on behalf of "seven transgender service members" and others.
The Department of Justice had explained the decision was not discrimination based on sex, but was based on "medical condition, gender dysphoria," the report said.
The government has told the high court, "If the separation of powers means anything, the government obviously suffers irreparable harm when an unelected judge usurps the role of the political branches in operating the nation's armed forces."
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President says he 'had a very good and productive telephone conversation' with Recep Erdoğan
President Donald Trump on Monday announced he was invited by Turkey's president to head to that nation to help end the "ridiculous, but deadly" war between Russia and Ukraine.
"I just had a very good and productive telephone conversation with the President of Turkey, Recep Erdoğan, concerning many subjects, including the War with Russia/Ukraine, all things Syria, Gaza, and more," Trump said on Truth Social.
"The President invited me to go to Turkey at a future date and, likewise, he will be coming to Washington, D.C.
"During my four years as President, my relationship with President Erdoğan was excellent.
"We worked together closely on numerous things, including the fact that he helped return Pastor Andrew Brunson, who was imprisoned, back to the United States – Immediately upon my request.
"In any event, I look forward to working with President Erdoğan on getting the ridiculous, but deadly, War between Russia and Ukraine ended – NOW!"
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A Houthi ballistic missile that struck Sunday morning near Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport has prompted a stern warning from the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"There will be blows" in response to the attack, Netanyahu vowed Sunday.
"We are acting against them," Netanyahu said concerning previous Israeli military operations against the Houthis in Yemen.
"We have acted in the past and we will act in the future. I cannot detail everything. The U.S., in coordination with us, is also acting against them. It' s not a one-and-done – but there will be blows."
The Israeli leader also reposted a March message from U.S. President Donald Trump, and added, "President Trump is absolutely right! Attacks by the Houthis emanate from Iran. Israel will respond to the Houthi attack against our main airport AND, at a time and place of our choosing, to their Iranian terror masters."
Trump had earlier indicated: "Let nobody be fooled! The hundreds of attacks being made by Houthi, the sinister mobsters and thugs based in Yemen, who are hated by the Yemeni people, all emanate from, and are created by, IRAN."
"Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of IRAN, and IRAN will be held responsible, and suffer the consequences, and those consequences will be dire!"
Dramatic video of Sunday's missile strike was captured from several angles, as six people were lightly to moderately wounded, and departures and arrivals were temporarily disrupted at the airport.
Air-raid sirens were triggered across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the Shfela/Judaean Foothills.
The Israel Defense Forces indicated numerous attempts were made to intercept the missile before it struck the ground.
JNS noted: "The U.S.-made THAAD system attempted to intercept the missile but failed, as did Israel's Arrow system, Channel 14 military correspondent Hillel Bitton Rosen reported."
Defense Minister Israel Katz stated: "Anyone who targets us will face a response seven times as strong."
Benny Gantz, chairman of Israel's National Unity Party, also blamed Iran rather than Yemen for the assault.
"This is not Yemen – this is Iran. It is Iran that is firing ballistic missiles at the State of Israel, and it must bear responsibility," Gantz wrote on X.
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Faith leaders are warning that Colorado's newest transgender scheme actually codifies "evil."
Colorado, run for multiple years already by Democrats in the governor's office, Democrat majorities in the state House and Senate, and an all-Democrat state Supreme Court, has moved into realms where even leftist California has feared to tread.
Religious rights are suppressed, or at least the state tries. Abortion on demand is promoted. The state in recent years has lost twice at the U.S. Supreme Court after it tried to mandate the thoughts and beliefs of business owners, in its promotion of the LGBT ideology.
Now a report at CBN explains what faith leaders think of its newest agenda point.
It's a law that would define as child abuse a parent's use of a child's legal name, if that child has been encouraged by activists to claim to be transgender and have picked another name.
That's what the Democrats call "dead-naming." Equally criminal would be calling someone by the wrong pronoun.
"House Bill 1312 would add "misgendering" and "deadnaming" to Colorado's Anti-Discrimination Act if it becomes law. It has passed the House and now awaits a Senate vote that could send it to Gov. Jared Polis's desk," the report said.
"Well, first and foremost, it harms children. There's just no doubt about it," said Brent Leatherwood, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. "It makes the state of Colorado this sort of safe haven for this radical transgender insanity. Moreover, it tries to insert the state in really horrible ways between parents and children."
"This bill regarding parental rights is really, really concerning — saying that, if a parent does not adopt a name that a child chooses for him or herself, that if a parent calls them by a name they gave them the day they were born, that that parent is guilty of child abuse — and that the implications of that is a child could be removed from custody," warned Meg Kilgannon of the Family Research Council.
State Rep. Yara Zokaie, a promoter, has no hesitancy in going to extremes, characterizing parental rights organizations concerned about her agenda as being like the KKK.
The ERLC said, in the report, "If passed, this bill will force people to use language that violates their consciences and religious beliefs. It would also expose individuals, ministries, and religious organizations to legal action for simply affirming a biblical worldview of sex and gender."
At a recent rally to oppose the plan, Sean Cole of Emmanuel Baptist Church said, "I'm just gonna say one thing to the devil … this is God's state. … Because this type of tyranny is from the pit of hell. And it's a spiritual battle for the soul."
According to the report, Pastor Matt Patrick said it's not about politics, but standing for biblical truth, regardless of backlash.
"It would be a lot easier to not get up here and talk about political things. But we are the church, and we must stand for truth. And when the truth of God is being defied, we must call it out. And my job as a pastor is to tell you what is true, right and good from the word of God."
Leatherwood said the state should be working for good and to restrain evil, but this Democrat plan "actually seeks to codify evil."
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced that the administration of President Donald Trump and officials in Ukraine have reached agreement on the long-awaited critical and strategic rare earth minerals deal that has been in the works for months.
The minerals deal, in fact, has become part of a larger "United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund" that was announced.
"In recognition of the significant financial and material support that the people of the United States have provided to the defense of Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion, this economic partnership positions our two countries to work collaboratively and invest together to ensure that our mutual assets, talents, and capabilities can accelerate Ukraine's economic recovery," the announcement said.
"Under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, the Treasury Department and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation will work together with the Government of Ukraine to finalize program governance and advance this important partnership."
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explained, "As the president has said, the United States is committed to helping facilitate the end of this cruel and senseless war. This agreement signals clearly to Russia that the Trump administration is committed to a peace process centered on a free, sovereign, and prosperous Ukraine over the long term. President Trump envisioned this partnership between the American people and the Ukrainian people to show both sides' commitment to lasting peace and prosperity in Ukraine. And to be clear, no state or person who financed or supplied the Russian war machine will be allowed to benefit from the reconstruction of Ukraine."
A report at Washington Examiner said the deal started out as a plan to give the U.S. access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals so that it would be less dependent on China, from where many of those products now come.
Bessent worked on the project with Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
The report said, "While it's unclear how and when the historic agreement will benefit the two countries, the immediate effect is a thaw in the frosty relations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Donald Trump, and the continuation of military aid to Ukraine, at least for now."
It explained Trump apparently is approving the sale of "defense-related" materials to Ukraine, even as the president "grows increasingly frustrated with Russian President Vladimir Putin's intransigence."
Bessent told Fox News the Ukraine deal is a "win-win," and told host Sean Hannity it's a tribute to Trump's deal-making prowess.
"He's done trade deals, tax deals, and now we've got this Ukrainian-American economic partnership deal," he said. "It is a way to show that there's no daylight between Ukraine and the U.S., as President Trump presses to end this horrible war."
Details of the agreement have yet to be revealed.
But the World Economic Forum has documented that Ukraine can be a potential key supplier of lithium, beryllium, manganese, gallium, zirconium, graphite, apatite, fluorite and nickel.
Reuters reported, "The State Geological Service said Ukraine has one of Europe's largest confirmed reserves, estimated at 500,000 metric tons, of lithium – vital for batteries, ceramics, and glass. The country has titanium reserves, mostly located in its northwestern and central regions, while lithium is found in the center, east and southeast. Ukraine's reserves of graphite, a key component in electric vehicle batteries and nuclear reactors, represent 20% of global resources."
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Scandal-plagued New York Attorney General Letitia James, already referred to the Department of Justice for investigation of alleged fraud, now also is facing a possible investigation by the state bar association, for violating ethics rules that apply to lawyers.
The DOJ referral came just days ago from William J. Pulte, the chief of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency, and alleged James, a Democrat who repeatedly has created cases to attack President Donald Trump, "In multiple instances, falsified bank documents and property records to acquire government-backed assistance and loans and more favorable loan terms."
Specifically, she's accused of falsely stating on a legal document that her main residence was in Norfolk, Virginia, to get a lower mortgage rate, and also misrepresenting the number of apartments in a building she owns, also in order to get more favorable loan terms.
Now a report from Fox News explains the legal nonprofit America First Legal has filed a state-level ethics complaint against her.
"If what Director Pulte uncovered is true, then we have a sitting state attorney general who made false certifications to the United States in return for federal benefits," explained AFL chief Dan Epstein.
The complaint charges James is in violation of the New York State Bar Association's rules of professional conduct, which prohibit lawyers from engaging in "illegal conduct" that can adversely impact the lawyer's honesty and trustworthiness.
The rules also bar conduct that may not be "illegal," but involves "dishonesty."
James' office already has hired a defense lawyer to represent her on the charges.
The lawyer claimed the subjects of the DOJ referral are, in fact, just "mistakes" that were made. Among those was that she was listed as the "spouse" of her father in at least one instance.
A report at Just the News explained, "If James committed mortgage fraud, then AFL alleges that would have violated Rules 8.4(b) and 8.4(c) of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct. The two rules prohibit attorneys from 'engag[ing] in illegal conduct that adversely reflects on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer,' and from 'engag[ing] in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.'"
Previously reported was that Joel Gilbert, a Los Angeles-based film producer, suggested James lied on various forms to obtain favorable real estate mortgage terms on a building she owns.
James was the state prosecutor who created a real estate fraud case against President Donald Trump, in which she claimed fraudulent activities in the valuation of his properties and his work to obtain various loans for his real estate business.
She brought the lawfare case against Trump and obtained a fraud judgment against him from a left-leaning judge who imposed damages of hundreds of millions of dollars even though witnesses during the trial testified Trump paid off every loan in full and on time, they did not lose any money and they wanted to do business with him again.
That judgment and penalty, from Arthur Engoron, now is on appeal.
The Gateway Pundit said for more than two decades, James has "repeatedly claimed her Brooklyn apartment building was a four-unit property on mortgage applications – despite official records proving it had five."
The report explained, "This may seem a minor discrepancy, but misrepresenting the unit count enabled her to secure more favorable loans, including a 2011 Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) loan that saved her tens of thousands of dollars annually."
The report includes online postings of various documents, including a Brooklyn Department of Buildings Certificate of Occupancy for the address that shows one family residence in the basement, one the first floor, one on the second, and two on the third.
But James repeatedly has described it as a four-unit building in mortgage applications.
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Alan Schoenfeld is the lawyer hired by school officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, to defend their agenda to select explicit sex books and force children as young as three or four years old to study them.
And he got triggered when a Supreme Court justice, Neal Gorsuch, expressed observations that would be typical, given the material at hand.
Schoenfeld interrupted and objected, multiple times, when Gorsuch was explaining his perception of the book, "Pride Puppy," which formerly was used in the district but apparently now isn't.
The fracas arose during this week's oral arguments in a lawsuit brought by Muslim, Christian and Jewish parents against the district's decision to force that indoctrination on children, and refuse parents their rights to opt their kids out of such offensive material.
The district does allow opt-outs for other objectionable subjects, but refused to allow parents the same rights in this situation.
Hear the confrontation:
A report at Fox News explained Gorsuch was asking Schoenfeld about the book "that tells the story of a family celebrating Pride Day when their dog gets lost."
It leads readers to hunt for and identify items starting with the letters of the alphabet, incorporating words promoting the LGBT agenda.
Responding to Gorsuch's question, Schoenfeld confirmed "Pride Puppy" was used for pre-kindergartners, but no longer is.
"That's the one where they're supposed to look for the leather and things – and bondage – things like that," Gorsuch said.
Schoenfeld, clearly upset, interrupted. "It's not bondage. It's a woman in a leather…"
Gorsuch brought up another logical observation: "Sex worker?"
"No. That's not correct. No," said Schoenfeld.
Gorsuch said, "Gosh, I read it…drag queen?"
Schoenfeld said the leather reference actually is to a leather jacket, but confirmed, "one of the words is drag queen."
A lawyer for the plaintiff parents said the school is violating the First Amendment by denying parental requests to opt their children out of indoctrination subjects that 'contradict their religious beliefs."
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The U.S. Court of International Trade has ruled that small businesses have failed to prove the "immediate and irreparable harm" they fear from President Donald Trump's tariffs.
The court declined to issue a temporary restraining order that the businesses had sought, which would have prevented the president's sweeping tariff program from taking effect.
A report from Fox Business explained it was "a win for the Trump administration."
It was a three-judge panel at the court that said plaintiffs in the lawsuit "failed to show a likelihood that they would suffer 'immediate and irreparable harm' as a result of the tariffs," which is the standard required for courts to issue a TROI.
The result is that the tariffs are being left in place while the dispute actually moves through the court system.
To that effect, the judges told both sides to provide information to the court by May.
"The lawsuit was brought earlier this month by the Texas-based Liberty Justice Center, on behalf of four small businesses in New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Vermont," the report said, noting those companies count on imported goods for their operations and profits.
The businesses wanted an immediate halt and claimed the president's decision based on the International Emergency Economic Powers was wrong.
They argued that the president's claim to have the authority to make executive branch decisions was "extreme."
"Any grant of such authority by Congress to the president should qualify as a major question subject to the strictest judicial scrutiny, which this claim of authority under IEEPA cannot survive," they claimed in their filings.
The decision, the report said, is "a near-term victory for Trump."
It's one of a multitude of lawsuits that mostly leftist interests have filed against the Trump administration over his efforts to balance world trade. For years, Americans and American businesses have been charged premiums to get their products into foreign countries, while producers from those nations have frequently been given an open door to access America's markets and its consumers.