In today’s issue: President Trump signaled openness to governments clamoring to escape steep U.S. tariffs, even as he and advisers believe achieving accords with dozens of nations could involve months of tough discussions. “We’re going to get fair deals and good deals with everybody. And if we don’t, we’re going to have nothing to do...
Republicans in Congress feel rattled about what they say is the lack of a clear outcome or exit strategy for President Trump’s trade war, which they fear will close lucrative markets for wheat, corn, soybeans, pork and other products for their farmers at home. GOP senators from states such as Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, North...
Cracks are growing between congressional Republicans and former President Trump over his tariff policy, with some lawmakers looking to strip him of his unilateral tariff authority and others seeking briefings from the White House on the strategy amid growing economic tumult. Seven Republican senators signed on to a bill led by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa),...
President Trump's administration has taken its fight with the Ivy Leagues to new heights, detaining student activists, launching investigations, pulling hundreds of millions in funding and giving even some conservatives pause. Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Brown University and others are all feeling the heat over their alleged inaction over campus antisemitism...
What does victory look like in the tariff wars? If you ask Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, it’s already happening. “More than 50 countries have approached … the administration about lowering their nontariff trade barriers, lowering their tariffs, stopping currency manipulation,” he said Sunday. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett sounded a similar note, suggesting that...
The anxiety stemming from President Trump’s tariffs is opening him up to new vulnerabilities on an issue that has long been seen as one of his strengths: his handling of the economy. Polls released over the last several days have shown growing voter opposition to Trump’s move to impose steep tariffs on the rest of...
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee rolled out a list of 35 House Republicans it plans to target in the 2026 midterms on Tuesday. The list, which the DCCC called its Districts in Play, includes Alaska Rep. Nick Begich (R); Arizona Reps. David Schweikert (R), Eli Crane (R) and Juan Ciscomani (R); California Reps. David Valadao...
Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith on Monday said he is “leaving all doors open” when it comes to a presidential bid. “Time to stop messing around. Life is great. Especially at ESPN/Disney. Hate the thought of being a politician. But sick of this mess. So I’m officially leaving all doors open,” Smith said in a...
President Trump has fired a top U.S. military officer at NATO headquarters in Brussels, drawing ire from Democrat lawmakers. Trump relieved of duty without explanation Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the U.S. representative to NATO's military committee. A combat veteran, helicopter pilot and the first female president of the Naval War College, she had been...
Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) was hospitalized but stable after an “emergency medical event,” according to a Monday press release from his office. “Congressman Donald Norcross was traveling over the weekend and suffered an emergency medical event likely related to his gallbladder,” the statement in the Monday press release reads. “He was admitted to UNC Rex...
Americans are deeply divided along partisan lines about tariffs and the U.S.'s foreign alliances, according to a new poll. In the poll from The Wall Street Journal, 77 percent of Republican voters expressed a mostly positive view of tariffs' impact on the economy and said they help create jobs, while 93 percent of Democrats said...
A group of 20 House Democrats want answers from Veteran Affairs Secretary Doug Collins on how President Trump's return-to-office mandate for federal workers is being carried out, citing "deep concerns" the blanket policy is damaging care for veterans. In a letter to Collins, sent March 28 but released on social media Monday by one of the signatories,...
Growing opposition among hardline House conservatives to the Senate’s framework for advancing President Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda is threatening to make this week’s vote one of the heaviest lifts yet for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). At least 10 House Republicans have said they will vote “no” on the measure and a handful of others have...
