Rep. Tony Gonzales survived Tuesday's GOP primary -- but just barely. Now, with a runoff looming, a congressional ethics investigation underway and mounting calls from members of his own party to resign, the embattled West Texas congressman faces an increasingly uncertain political future.
President Trump late Friday again slammed Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch — both of whom he appointed during his first term — for siding with the majority in striking down most of his sweeping tariff agenda. In a 6-3 decision earlier Friday, Barrett and Gorsuch joined the high court's three liberal...
President Trump said he signed an executive order on Friday imposing a 10 percent tariff on imports from countries around the world, hours after the Supreme Court ruled a set of sweeping emergency tariffs were unconstitutional. “It is my Great Honor to have just signed, from the Oval Office, a Global 10% Tariff on all...
The U.S. military blew up another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, killing three “narco-terrorists.” The boat was operated by a designated terrorist organization and the intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along “known narco-trafficking” routes and was engaged in “narco-trafficking” operations,” the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) said on Friday. It is...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) on Thursday called on President Trump to “cut the check” and issue refunds to American taxpayers after the Supreme Court struck down a cornerstone of his economic agenda, tariffs. “The Supreme Court just confirmed what we already know. Trump’s tariffs are illegal. He did it without the support of...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Supreme Court strikes blow to Trump’s tariffs President Trump suffered a major loss as the Supreme Court on Friday struck down his use of an emergency statute to execute the strategy core to his economic agenda. ...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) applauded a Supreme Court ruling Friday that struck down much of President Trump’s tariff agenda, casting the decision as a “firm reminder” of the limits to presidential power. “The Supreme Court’s ruling on tariffs is a clear rebuke and firm reminder that presidential power is not unlimited,” Murkowski wrote on the...
Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo called the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that struck down the bulk of President Trump’s tariffs a “blessing in disguise” for the president ahead of the 2026 midterms. Yoo said that if it forces the president to put off the tariffs, it could boost the economy ahead of...
Reps. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) on Friday said they will oppose any war powers resolution that would require congressional approval for a military strike against Iran. "So long as 'Death to America' remains the rallying cry of the Iranian regime, Iran will remain a persistent and serious threat to our men and...
Three former engineers were charged Thursday with stealing trade secrets from Google and other tech companies and sending the information to Iran. Two sisters, 41-year-old Samaneh Ghandali and 32-year-old Soroor Ghandali, and 40-year-old Mohammadjavad Khosravi were indicted by a federal grand jury, according to the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California. While working...
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) penned a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asking for a “detailed explanation” of how the Department of the Treasury will dole out tariff refunds in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling Friday that said the president was working outside of his authority in imposing some tariffs. “Given this Administration...
President Trump suffered a striking blow to his bid to refashion global trade with sweeping tariffs as the Supreme Court on Friday struck down his use of an emergency statute to execute the strategy core to his economic agenda. Trump was the first president in history to attempt to use the International Emergency Economic Powers...
