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‘False’: Trump admin rebukes claims intel officials are frequently using Signal to send classified info

The White House is clapping back against media reports claiming intel officials have been using the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal to send classified information.

GOP defectors help Senate advance resolution to cancel Trump tariffs despite White House veto warning

The Senate voted on a resolution to undo Trump’s tariffs against Canada on Wednesday, and some Republicans went on record opposing the president.

Republicans are increasingly anxious about a midterms wipeout

After Tuesday night’s elections, Republicans are starting to worry that the shock and awe...

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: AOC refuses to say whether Democrats’ rhetoric is responsible for Tesla attacks

Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez refused to answer whether Democrats' inflammatory rhetoric against Elon Musk is linked to attacks against Tesla owners and dealers.

DeSantis blasts newly elected Florida GOP congressman, continuing history of attacks: ‘He’s a squish’

Ron DeSantis intensified attacks on Randy Fine Wednesday, blaming Fine's "unique problems" for a narrow special election win in a Republican stronghold district.

Supreme Court sides with San Francisco on EPA water discharge rules

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rules for the city of San Francisco under the Clean Water Act are overly vague, siding with the city after it appealed a lower court’s decision. San Francisco appealed the case to the Supreme Court after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

Social Security Administration says it’s identified $800M+ in savings

The Social Security Administration (SSA) said in a release that it has identified more than $800 million in savings or “cost avoidance” for fiscal 2025 among information technology, grants, property and payroll.  The SSA stated that it froze hiring and “drastically” cut back on overtime, saving about $550 million.  The government agency that administers the...

Watch live: House Democrats speak ahead of Trump’s speech to Congress

House Democratic leaders will give remarks Tuesday morning ahead of President Trump's first major speech before Congress. The press conference, led by Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) and vice chair Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), comes just 10 days before government funding is set to expire, with no bipartisan deal in sight. Speaker Mike Johnson...

Trump is coming for the universities, and they are failing to fight back

The vast majority of college and university presidents have retreated into silence or vague abstractions in the face of the Trump administration’s edicts.

Trump tariffs part of ‘drug war,’ not ‘trade war’: Commerce secretary

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said President Trump’s tariffs on other countries are part of a “drug war,” not a “trade war.” Lutnick joined CNBC on Tuesday, just hours after Trump’s 25 percent tariff plan went into effect for Mexico and Canada. In retaliation, Canada introduced a 25 percent tariff on the U.S. and Mexico is...

Paul Manafort: Peace is not in Zelensky’s interest

Manafort, who advised former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, said Zelenskyy has political motivations for prolonging the conflict.

Trump’s pride cometh before a fall 

Donald Trump is a president at the height of his political power — and well aware of it.

Trump trade war intensifies as tariffs go into place

Americans awoke on Tuesday morning to an intensifying trade war, as President Trump’s newest tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese imports were imposed and those countries quickly moved to retaliate. The Trump administration imposed 25 percent tariffs on most imports from Canada and Mexico and a new 10 percent tariff on imports from China. In...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was never about NATO expansion

The claim that NATO expansion triggered the war is nothing new. But what President Trump is doing is qualitatively different, and far more dangerous. 

For sale by owner: Federal office buildings can help the housing crisis 

The Trump administration is considering selling or canceling leases on thousands of empty federal buildings to help solve the dual problems of a surplus of empty federal office buildings and the housing shortage, with developers potentially turning them into apartments and condos.

How to watch Trump address to Congress

President Trump is set to address a joint session of Congress for the first time during his second term on Tuesday, outlining the goals of his administration and how he views the state of the country. The first address that the president gives to Congress is technically not referred to as a State of the...

Trump rebrands party. GOP now stands for: ‘Good ole’ Putin’ 

President Trump has turned the history of the Western world upside down by luring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into the Oval Office and using the occasion to put the United States squarely in the camp of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Morning Report — Trump to sell disruptive governance in speech 

In today’s issue: President Trump will tell Americans in a prime-time speech tonight that his dizzying moves early in his second term should give them confidence about constructing what he calls the nation’s new “golden age.” Trump’s remarks are aimed at helping jumpstart his congressional agenda while defending broad cuts to federal agencies, an escalating...

GOP senators urge Trump to salvage negotiations with Zelensky despite ‘disappointing’ blowup

Republican lawmakers are urging President Trump to salvage negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in hopes of reaching a peace deal that halts Russian encroachment and possibly gives the United States access to Ukraine’s rich mineral wealth. GOP senators say they hope Trump and Zelensky can put Friday’s heated exchange in the Oval Office behind...

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