Last month Mayor Mamdani conveyed his condolences, and that of the city, to the family of Clarence Woodward, an inmate who passed away on Rikers Island while awaiting trial...
Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unexpectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. On Monday, he returned to a union hall to tell workers they need to go to the polls this fall - to raise the minimum wage, expand family medical leave and show support for one another.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) should be censured for his “shameful” protest during President Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night. The comments from Johnson came minutes after Trump wrapped up his speech, during which Green was removed from the House chamber after his disruptive display. “Absolutely shameful....
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President Trump delivered the first congressional address of his second term on Tuesday evening. It was a chance for the president to underscore the sweeping changes he has wrought in the six weeks since he returned to the White House – and to defend those moves from his many critics. The days preceding the address...
President Trump on Tuesday sparred with Democratic lawmakers during an address to a joint session of Congress that began with a congressman being escorted out of the chamber and saw other Democrats leave the room as Trump spoke. Trump spoke to lawmakers for more than one hour and 39 minutes, breaking a record for the...
President Trump on Tuesday night gave the longest address to a joint session of Congress in modern history, surpassing former President Clinton’s previous mark. Trump spoke for nearly 100 minutes from start to end to both houses of Congress, with a brief interruption from Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), who heckled Trump early in his speech...
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) panned President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress as “a fantasy” after the president called her by the derogatory name “Pocahontas” while touting his plan to end the war in Ukraine. Warren shook her head when asked if she was surprised about being singled out by Trump during...
Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) called President Trump “out of his mind” after he pledged that the United States would plant the American flag on Mars and balance the federal budget before leaving office. “Mars, we’re going to Mars,” Durbin joked with ironic enthusiasm. Then he pivoted to Trump’s pledge to balance the federal...
President Trump praised Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s performance on the job during his address to the joint session of Congress on Tuesday. “We have Marco Rubio in charge. Good luck Marco. Now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong,” Trump quipped, receiving laughs from Rubio and others in the chamber. “Marco’s been...
House Democrats greeted President Trump’s return to Congress on Tuesday with a spirited series of disruptive protests – and a number of painful looks as they suffered through an address in which the returning president repeatedly cajoled and mocked them. All in all, it was an extraordinary display of partisan scuffling even by the standards...
President Trump criticized President Biden's policies during his speech to Congress, accusing him of having an "open southern border" and a "failed administration."
President Trump in his address to Congress touted receiving a letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier Tuesday amid an effort to smooth ties between Washington and Kyiv following an extraordinary clash between the two leaders in the Oval Office last week. “The letter reads, Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as...
President Trump on Tuesday said he’d welcome the people of Greenland to join the U.S. as he stressed that “I think we’re going to get” the self-governed Arctic territory within Denmark. "I also have a message tonight for the incredible people of Greenland. We strongly support your right to determine your own future, and if...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) urged President Trump to fire Elon Musk, wittingly quoting the leader’s remarks during his Tuesday address to Congress. “I agree with Donald Trump that an unelected bureaucrat should be fired,” Warren wrote in a post on X. “Let’s start with Elon Musk.” During Trump’s speech he condescendingly referenced Warren as “Pocahontas”...
The stock market has suffered through a two-day selloff after President Trump went forward with imposing steep new tariffs on Canada and Mexico. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday with a loss of 670 points, or 1.6 percent, as Trump's 25-percent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods took effect. Trump also boosted tariffs on...
