New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed executive orders recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and handed one of the pens to his chief counsel, Ramzi Kassem, who once represented an al-Qaida operative.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said early Thursday that "chaos" and "confusion" were still high one day after President Trump implemented a 90-day pause on his administration's "reciprocal" tariffs. “I look at what happened yesterday, and yes, there was euphoria that he made some change. But in the cold reality of today, chaos is still up,...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that House Democrats will soon launch investigations into potential wrongdoing in the wake of President Trump’s surprise decision a day earlier to pause his reciprocal tariffs — a move that immediately caused stocks to soar. Jeffries said the Democrats will also be examining whether any House GOP...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is facing potential cuts and elimination due to Trump administration officials' efforts to reduce the federal government's role in responding to disasters.
China is hitting Hollywood amid President Trump's escalating trade war, saying it plans on cutting back on the number of American movie titles it allows into the country. "We will follow market rules, respect the audience's choices, and moderately reduce the number of American films imported," the China Film Administration, which regulates the film and...
House Republicans on Thursday adopted the Senate’s framework that will be used to enact key parts of President Trump’s legislative agenda, getting the blueprint over the finish line after a last-minute scramble to win over conservatives who had spent days railing against the measure. The largely party line 216-214 vote marks a big win for Speaker...
Sens. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) are demanding that the Office of Government Ethics investigate what they say are potential conflicts of interest of White House and executive branch officials who may have made financial transactions with insider knowledge of President Trump’s 90-day pause on steep tariffs. The Democratic senators want the White...
Republicans sent letters to eight Ivy League institutions over concerns of collusion to raise tuition prices. The letter was sent by House and Senate Republicans to Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University. The Republicans are concerned about alleged collusion and potential...
Former White House staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin said President Trump was “forced” to introduce a 90-day pause on tariffs due to crippling market shares. “Donald Trump said as much on the South Lawn, that he was looking at the bond markets collapsing and that was what forced his hand into this reversal,” Farah Griffin, who...
Kathleen Sgamma, President Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), has withdrawn her name from consideration for the role. Sgamma's decision was announced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, during what was supposed to be her confirmation hearing Thursday. “I was informed by the...
Egg prices rose to a record high in March of $6.23 per dozen despite optimism from the White House last month. The price for a dozen grade A large eggs jumped from February’s $5.90 to $6.23, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It was $4.95 per dozen in January. Overall, the index for...
Dozens of House Democrats are demanding President Trump confirm that Elon Musk will leave his role in the administration by May 30. A group of 77 lawmakers, led by Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), sent a letter to Trump on Wednesday, emphasizing the tech billionaire can only serve in his role as a special government...
