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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs could return by early July through a legal process that has previously withstood court challenges.

“We had a setback at the Supreme Court in terms of the tariff policy, but we will be implementing or conducting Section 301 studies, so the tariffs could be back in place at the previous level by beginning of July,” Bessent said at a Wall Street Journal event in Washington.

Bessent said the Section 301 tariff authority had already been tested in court, which he said gave businesses a basis for planning capital spending.

Trump has sought to restore tariffs using other legal authorities after the Supreme Court ruled that his use of emergency powers to impose earlier duties was unconstitutional.

After the court struck down many of his global tariffs, Trump imposed a temporary 10% tariff on many imports. That tariff is set to expire July 24.

He also started several Section 301 investigations, including inquiries into other countries’ industrial overcapacity and forced-labor practices, that could lead to tariffs in the coming months.

Historians suing the Trump administration said Tuesday that the National Archives had not agreed to preserve presidential records while their lawsuit over the Presidential Records Act moved forward.

The American Historical Association filed the suit last week after a Justice Department memo said the Presidential Records Act was unconstitutional. The law requires presidents and their staffs to preserve White House records and transfer them to the National Archives at the end of an administration.

In court filings Tuesday, the historians, joined by government transparency group American Oversight, asked for an emergency order. They said that, without court intervention, presidential records they plan to use in research “will be irretrievably lost.”

“DOJ has no authority to direct the President to ignore a constitutionally-compliant statute, and its instruction that the President may do so violates the separation of powers,” the challengers wrote.

According to the filings, a lawyer for the plaintiffs sought assurances from the Justice Department that records would not be destroyed during the case. The department said it could not agree because it was “not yet in a position to make additional representations about the Government’s approach to those issues,” according to an email exchange included in the filings.

The plaintiffs said they also sought commitments that the National Archives would not destroy records it maintains under the law, that it would continue making presidential records from prior administrations, including Trump’s first term, available through public records requests, and that White House staff would preserve records covered by the law.

They also asked that administration personnel continue following records-preservation requirements for communications sent on messaging apps such as Signal and WhatsApp.

The White House previously said Trump “is committed to preserving records from his historic Administration and he will maintain a rigorous records retention program.” In an April 3 statement, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said, “Staff should retain materials that reflect the performance of their duties, establish an administrative record, are of historical significance, or may be needed in litigation.” She added, “The administration is already discussing with NARA how to move forward.”

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ordered the parties to propose a briefing schedule for the historians’ request for a preliminary injunction.

A woman accused former Rep. Eric Swalwell of drugging and raping her in 2018, allegations he denied through his attorney.

The woman, who identified herself as Lonna Drewes at a Tuesday news conference in Beverly Hills with her attorneys, said Swalwell invited her to a political event, but they went to his hotel room after he said he needed to get paperwork.

“I believe he drugged my drink. I only had one glass of wine,” Drewes said. “When I arrived at his hotel room, I was already incapacitated, and I couldn’t move my arms or my body.”

“He raped me and he choked me,” she said. “And while he was choking me, I lost consciousness, and I thought I died.”

Drewes said she did not get a rape kit, but told people close to her about the alleged assault, recorded it in her handwritten calendar, and discussed it in therapy sessions at a sexual assault center in Connecticut. She said the delay in taking action was “driven by fear” of his political power and background as an attorney.

Drewes said she had met Swalwell twice before the encounter and that he had offered connections to help her software company. “He was my friend,” she said.

Her attorney, Lisa Bloom, said they planned to immediately file a police report with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Later Tuesday, the department said its Special Victims Bureau was investigating a case involving an adult woman who reported being sexually assaulted by Swalwell in July 2018 at a business in West Hollywood. The department said it would present the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office when the investigation is complete.

Swalwell announced Sunday that he was ending his campaign for California governor and said Monday he planned to resign from Congress. He officially resigned Tuesday.

Swalwell faced a House Ethics Committee investigation and an effort to expel him from the House. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office also confirmed Sunday that it was investigating sexual assault allegations against him.