The latest Cold Open of Saturday Night Live recreated President Trump's speech at the Rose Garden, where he announced sweeping global tariffs. In the introductory voice-over, the narrator declared that the tariffs, "like everything else so far in his presidency, it was a total home run." Trump, played by James Austin Johnson, went on to...
Vulnerable House Republicans are on defense amid the fallout from President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, which have stoked uncertainty about the economy. Markets took a nosedive Thursday following Trump’s announcement of a general 10 percent tariff on goods imported to the U.S., along with other targeted tariffs on various U.S. trading partners. The financial environment...
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins repeatedly on Sunday sidestepped questions about whether President Trump's tariffs are "here to stay," as the president has suggested, or whether the United States is open to negotiating with other countries. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rollins defended Trump’s tariff strategy broadly when CNN anchor Jake Tapper...
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett defended President Trump's sweeping global tariffs that have stoked concerns about the United States economy. During a Sunday interview on ABC's "This Week," Hassett said he doesn't believe there will be a "big effect on the consumer in the U.S.," noting that over 50 countries are also "coming to the table"...
A Senate committee hearing has been set to discuss daylight saving time. Could it be a sign that Congress is setting its sights on the twice-a-year practice?
The company that makes Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles said on Saturday it would pause shipments to the U.S., as President Trump’s tariffs took effect this past week. Jaguar Land Rover Automotive, one of the largest UK automakers, described the move as a “short-term action” and said it would take the time to develop a longer-term...
The Republican Party in Virginia confirmed on Saturday that the commonwealth’s lieutenant governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, will be the party’s primary nominee in the 2025 gubernatorial race. The announcement comes after no other GOP candidates qualified to appear on the ballot for the primary election, which will be held on June 17. As of Thursday night,...
Vulnerable House Republicans are being put on defense amid the fallout from President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, which have stoked uncertainty about the economy. Members of the party insist that short-term pain will be outweighed by the long-term benefits of the move, which Trump says is meant to usher in a new era of American...
Republicans are largely dismissing concerns about Elon Musk’s political liability in the wake of their loss in Wisconsin, where he played a central role. Their views so far seem to be reflected by President Trump, who has stood by Musk even as the tech billionaire has emerged as Democrats’ main foil amid sweeping anger over...
Republican senators are brushing off concerns that high-profile arrests and deportations of foreign students may ostracize a group that is a major contributor to the U.S. economy. International students injected $43.8 billion into the U.S. last year, a key economic influx that has rebounded from a major downturn during the pandemic. California, New York and...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) placed one of its senior immigration lawyers, who criticized the Trump administration over mistakenly deporting a Maryland man to a prison in El Salvador, on leave. Erez Reuveni, who represented the U.S. government in court on Friday in the deportation case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was sent to...
The United States is revoking visas for South Sudanese passport holders because the country’s transitional government has not accepted citizens who were expelled from the U.S., according to the Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “As South Sudan’s transitional government has failed to fully respect this principle, effective immediately, the United States Department of State is...
