The NAACP is expressing concern over how Black Americans might be affected by President-elect Trump's Cabinet picks, some of whom have been linked to the writing of the conservative Project 2025 presidential transition plan. “From accused criminals to confirmed authors of Project 2025, the President-elect's cabinet appointments present a daunting outlook for the next four...
The governments of China and Mexico warned of retaliatory trade actions and Canada urged restraint Tuesday after President-elect Trump on Monday threatened steep tariffs to pressure those countries into cracking down on drug trafficking and illegal immigration. Spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in the U.S., Liu Pengyu, warned that “no one will win a trade...
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened to retaliate with her own tariffs against the United States, after President-elect Trump suggested he would impose a 25 percent tax on imported goods from Mexico if her country did not stop the flow of drugs across the border. In remarks on Tuesday, Sheinbaum said that drugs were a U.S....
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said Tuesday he is taking seriously President-elect Trump’s threat to impose new tariffs against a trio of countries shortly after he is inaugurated in January, despite potential consternation among members of both sides of the aisle. Trump rolled out his plan Monday night to slap 25 percent tariffs on all goods entering...
The Senate’s Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in a new report is slamming airlines for relying on “junk fees,” saying carriers are extracting large amounts of money from the flying public and, in some cases, evading taxes. The panel's report, released Tuesday, comes two days before the Thanksgiving holiday when nearly 6 million people...
Sen.-elect Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) called special counsel Jack Smith's decision to dismiss President-elect Trump's election subversion and classified documents cases a "serious mistake." "I think this is a serious mistake by the department," Schiff told MSNBC's Jen Psaki, saying that while Smith sought to dismiss the cases without prejudice — meaning they can be brought...
If NATO’s nuclear guarantee is questioned, we may discover that the alliance mattered more than we realized in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.
National political correspondent Maggie Haberman on Monday expressed doubts about President-elect Trump preventing the Justice Department (DOJ) from investigating prosecutors on special counsel Jack Smith's team. "If the idea is that if there's lots of people around Trump and The White House who are going to prevent him from doing this, I think people are...
Republicans can improve health insurance options by freeing up Association Health Plans, embracing large Health Savings Accounts, deregulating short-term health policies, repealing some of the ACA's mandates, and allowing insurers to underwrite policies again.
