Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Monday that countries that don’t try to negotiate a trade deal with President Trump will “lose bigly.” The outspoken, far-right congresswoman echoed a sentiment expressed last week by the president’s son Eric Trump, who advised countries not to wait to try to make a deal on tariffs. The Trump...
The White House showed no signs Monday of backing off its implementation of sweeping tariffs on dozens of other nations, even as its approach rattled financial markets and raised the specter of an economic slowdown. President Trump was adamant that the aggressive tariffs, which are set to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, were...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says that a bipartisan bill to curb President Trump’s tariff power backed by seven Republican senators doesn’t have a future in Congress because Trump has already threatened to veto it. Thune dismissed the possibility of bringing the legislation sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.),...
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) said in a new interview that Ukraine is not positioned to keep some of its land in peace talks with Russia. “I just don’t see how they [Ukraine] can be positioned to demand to keep the land. If they would be winning the war, that will be very different,” the Ukrainian-born...
The Justice Department was preparing to send U.S. Marshalls to a former employee's home ahead of an appearance she was set to make with two high-profile Democrats over restoring actor Mel Gibson's gun rights. Correspondence between former Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer and the Justice Department indicates the department planned to dispatch U.S. Marshalls to deliver...
A former top official at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said he blocked members of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s team from directing accessing a vaccine database over concerns they would rewrite or erase the stored information. Peter Marks, who headed the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research before...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration is planning to boost U.S. manufacturing employment with policies meant to steer laid-off federal workers into factories. In an interview with Tucker Carlson published Friday on X, the Treasury secretary said he believed the U.S. had enough workers to fill thousands of manufacturing jobs Trump hopes to...
The United States must adopt a balanced approach to Syria, engaging with the transitional government while maintaining diplomatic relations with other countries to establish lasting stability in the country.
President Trump is holding firm in his economic plans, even as stocks opened Monday morning at a loss and discontent grew over the weekend with his tariff agenda. He pushed back on criticism quickly on Monday, calling on Americans to be patient. “Don’t be Weak! Don’t be Stupid! Don’t be a PANICAN (A new party...
President Trump on Monday threatened to impose a 50 percent tariff on imports from China, a massive escalation of a potential trade war between the world's two largest economies. Trump's threat is the latest tit-for-tat between the U.S. and China in the last week. The White House last Wednesday announced it would impose a 34...
President Trump said on Sunday he would “love” to send American inmates to El Salvador’s mega-prison but first needs to check if it’s legal. Speaking with reporters on Air Force One, Trump was asked whether he plans to discuss El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's offer to take in and house American prisoners with him. “Well,...
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Washington Capitals team captain Alex Ovechkin on becoming the NHL's top goal scorer, wishing him "health, good luck (and) a fighting spirit to conquer new heights in life and sports."
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to lift a judge’s ruling ordering the government return a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the end of Monday. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who resides in Maryland, was removed despite an immigration judge’s 2019 ruling protecting him from being deported to the country. The administration...
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) announced on Monday it is investing seven figures in the battle to keep the Democratic majority in Virginia’s House of Delegates. The committee made the announcement in its “Roadmap to Victory in Virginia” memo, which included its first batch of House of Delegates target races in 2025. The initial...
