Plan B on tariffs. White House officials and the president spent the week focused on keeping Mr. Trump’s tariff policy alive following the Supreme Court decision that ruled much of them illegal.

The administration said it has a workaround that will implement “very durable” duties penalizing nations that subject the U.S. to unfair trade practices.

Mr. Trump, during the State of the Union address, said the high court’s overturn of the tariffs he invoked under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act won’t impact the trade deals he has secured with several countries and the European Union.

Mr. Trump announced he won’t seek approval from Congress for future tariffs as he threatened countries with existing trade deals with even higher duties if they “play games.”

In response to the court’s decision, the president imposed a 10% global tariff under separate authority that’s not subject to the Supreme Court ruling, and he said he plans to raise that to 15%.

Tariffs have served as a linchpin in Mr. Trump’s economic agenda.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sat down with India’s trade minister, signaling the two sides are working to keep a recent trade agreement alive.

Companies that have paid billions of dollars under the now-stricken tariffs are expected to demand refunds. FedEx filed a lawsuit this week. Costco and other companies filed lawsuits ahead of the ruling. The government, some budget models show, could owe up to $175 billion in refunds. Administration officials are in no hurry to issue them and want a trade court to weigh in first.

Weighing in on Iran. As tensions with Iran build in the Middle East, Congress will try to restrict Mr. Trump from taking military action without lawmakers’ approval.

Democrats next week plan to force a floor vote in the House on war powers resolutions that would require Mr. Trump to get approval from Congress before engaging in hostilities with Iran.

The move comes after Mr. Trump drew a red line during his State of the Union address, warning he would “never allow” the Islamic republic to build a nuclear weapon. The U.S.-Iran talks in Geneva were considered a last-ditch attempt to secure a diplomatic solution and came amid reports that Iran’s nuclear program was not obliterated by U.S. airstrikes last year and the country is once again getting close to being able to build a nuclear bomb.

The upcoming House schedule has yet to include legislation that would restore funding to the Department of Homeland Security. Senate Democrats continued to block new spending on DHS in a bid to get the Trump administration to back down on immigration enforcement raids. Many DHS workers remain on the job, including TSA agents, but are not receiving paychecks.

The House this week voted to block an airline safety bill that top Republicans and a leading Democrat said fails to address the broad array of causes of the Jan. 29, 2025, fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

House Republicans, meanwhile, are grappling with an ever-narrowing majority that could soon shrink again.

Lawmakers are calling for Rep. Tony Gonzales to step down amid an ethics investigation over the Texas Republican’s alleged affair with a female staffer who committed suicide. Mr. Gonzales denied the affair and said he is being blackmailed by the late aide’s husband.

They’ve got two years. The Democratic field ahead of the 2028 presidential primary is a mess, some analysts say, led by stumbling California Gov. Gavin Newsom and indecisive former Vice President Kamala Harris, who said she hasn’t ruled out another shot at the White House.

The State of the Union address is pointless, Michael McKenna argues in a column that skewers the tradition.

Andrew Lewis targets the leaders of blue states for their expensive “tax, spend and regulate policies” while pushing an affordability message.

Liana Graham criticizes New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s support of assisted suicide as an “American freedom.”