内容摘要：Closed off to the public until now, the villa has welcomed artists, residing there since late January, and hopes to soon see tourists too.

Closed off to the public until now, the villa has welcomed artists, residing there since late January, and hopes to soon see tourists too.

and said he hopes the current uncertainty in talks with China and other countries ultimately leads to better trade deals going forward.Glessing had finished planting his corn the day before on the other half of a field that he rents from his father’s cousin, split between 45 acres of corn and 45 acres of beans. It’s at the farm where his grandfather grew up, and it’s part of the approximately 700 acres he plants on average. He locked in those planting decisions months earlier as he made deals for seeds, fertilizer and other supplies.

Minnesota Farm Bureau president Dan Glessing loads soybeans into his planter on Thursday, May 8, 2025 near Waverly, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)Minnesota Farm Bureau president Dan Glessing loads soybeans into his planter on Thursday, May 8, 2025 near Waverly, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)Back on his “home farm” closer to Waverly — where his late grandfather’s house, made of local brick, still stands and a cacophony of house sparrow songs filled the air — Glessing was pleased to spot the first signs of corn he had planted there about 10 days earlier poking above the soil.

Waverly is about an hour west of Minneapolis. Its most famous resident was Democratic former Vice President Hubert Humphrey. It’s in the congressional district represented by RepublicanGlessing’s post as president of the Minnesota Farm Bureau puts him in close touch with other influential politicians, too. He and his wife, Seena, were

guests at the Capitol for

in January. Glessing declined to say who he voted for.The legal battle against Trump’s tariffs has created unusual bedfellows, uniting states led by Democratic governors with libertarian groups – including the Liberty Justice Center – that often seek to overturn government regulation of businesses. A dozen states have filed suit against Trump’s tariffs in the New York trade court. A hearing in that case is scheduled for May 21.

Kathleen Claussen, a professor and trade-law expert at Georgetown Law, said Tuesday’s hearing and another scheduled for the states’ lawsuit in the coming weeks will likely set the tone for legal battles over tariffs to come. If the court agrees to block the tariffs under the emergency economic-powers act, the Trump administration will certainly appeal. “It strikes me probably this probably is something that has to be decided by the Supreme Court,” she said.And if the cases do go to the

, legal experts say, it’s possible the justices will use conservative legal doctrines they cited to rein in government powers claimed by Democratic President Joe Biden administration to strike down or limit tariffs imposed by Trump, a Republican.The U.S. Constitution gives the power to impose taxes — including tariffs — to