The Justice Department on Tuesday agreed to dismiss a lawsuit seeking records from White House senior trade adviser Peter Navarro's time in the first Trump administration, brought during President Biden's presidency. In a short notice, government lawyers stipulated to the dismissal of the 2022 lawsuit seeking emails Navarro sent from a personal encrypted account but...
The White House on Tuesday sent Congress a request to claw back $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid and to public broadcasting — the first package that would codify the slashes spearheaded by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). It is a long-awaited move that many conservative activists have been clamoring for, even as...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday took a shot at Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) for dismissing constituent concerns that President Trump’s sweeping domestic agenda — including Medicaid cuts — would cause people to die. Ernst churned headlines during a town hall last week, when a member of the audience warned that “people will...
The Kennedy Center denied a Tuesday report from The Washington Post alleging it saw a 36 percent decline in sales subscriptions after President Trump asserted control over the cultural center in January. Senior Vice President of Marketing Kim Cooper said the center has consolidated subscription packages and will begin promoting new performance packages in the...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said Elon Musk’s sharp criticism of the party’s massive tax cuts and spending bill is “terribly wrong.” The comments came minutes after Musk torched the sprawling package on X, calling it “a disgusting abomination.” “Let me say this: It’s very disappointing,” Johnson told reporters at the Capitol, later adding:...
The National Park Service reversed plans to close the park in Dupont Circle during the WorldPride parade this coming weekend, according to two local councilmembers. The Park Service announced Monday evening that the park would be closed during festivities this coming weekend, according to multiple outlets, but the councilmembers said they spoke to Metropolitan Police...
Job openings and hiring increased slightly in April ahead of the Friday employment report from the Labor Department, which will be a major data point for the Federal Reserve as it determines the path for interest rates that undergird economic activity. Like other economic factors, including capital expenditures and consumer spending levels, employment conditions are...
Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC) chair Paul Atkins is set to testify before the Senate Appropriation Committee Tuesday afternoon on the agency's budget and oversight. The hearing comes months after Atkins faced tense questioning from lawmakers over his prior work at the agency in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis and his plans for...
The White House sent a letter to trading partners to push for offers by the next day while the "reciprocal" tariffs are paused, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday. Leavitt, confirming reporting from Reuters, said the letter was sent from the United States trade representative “just to give them a friendly reminder that the...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is calling on the Senate to eliminate a provision that would ban state regulation of artificial intelligence from President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," arguing it violates states' rights. "Full transparency, I did not know about this section on pages 278-279 of the OBBB that strips states of the right to...
The Senate Judiciary subcommittees on the Constitution and the Federal Courts are holding a joint hearing Tuesday afternoon related to checks and balances from judicial branch on executive power. The hearing comes as tension between President Trump and the federal courts have heated up amid challenges to his executive actions from the overhaul of the...
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary committed to reviewing the abortion drug mifepristone in a letter sent to Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.). “As with all drugs, FDA continues to closely monitor the postmarketing safety data on mifepristone for the medical termination of early pregnancy,” Makary wrote to Hawley. “As the Commissioner of...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday warned President Trump not to sign a watered down nuclear deal with Iran. Officials within the Trump administration previously suggested that Iran would not be allowed to enrich uranium under a proposed agreement, but new reports say the nuclear deal would allow the country to enrich a...
