The man accused of sprinting past the Secret Service with guns and knives and attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner pleaded not guilty to four federal criminal charges.
Abortions in the United States are overwhelmingly done via the abortion pill regimen, a two-pill procedure that utilizes mifepristone to cut off progesterone from the developing baby inside the womb and then misoprostol to expel the dead baby through uterine contractions. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals essentially ruled on May 1 that mifepristone could […]
When policymakers talk about the burden of energy costs on American families, the conversation tends to focus on rising utility bills and higher prices at the pump. But there’s a cost building quietly in the background — one that never appears on a receipt, never gets debated on the floor of Congress, and never shows […]
President Donald Trump had a good White House meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva this week. Now he should press to end Brazil’s discrimination against American tech companies. Brazil’s Bill 4675 imposes “burdensome, size-based obligations on a narrow set of American tech companies,” Americans for Tax Reform noted. The bill’s text is […]
A group sued over President Trump’s Reflecting Pool project on Monday, arguing the renovation at the National Mall violates environmental and preservation laws. The Cultural Landscape Foundation and its founder, Charles Birnbaum, said the blue paint coating is “altering the historic character” of the Reflecting Pool without authority. “The dark grey, achromatic basin was not incidental to the design. It was the...
Taiwan has said it does not want "surprises" during the meeting later this week between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, in which the island is among the most prickly items on the agenda. Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said that Taiwan was confident in its U.S. ties, but somewhat wary of any unexpected...
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Monday that he expects Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to leave the central bank’s board of governors if he is “happy” with a forthcoming internal report on the Fed’s renovations, which have been repeatedly criticized by President Trump. Powell, whose term as chair expires this month, said recently...
