The September jobs report, released a month and a half late thanks to the government shutdown, contained some positive news that the Trump administration has reason to brag about. But it also revealed weakness in the economy, further reflected in fresh polling that the White House should take as a warning. Defying economic predictions, employers […]
There is a very thin line between irresponsible rhetoric and mutiny, and six sitting members of Congress came perilously close to crossing it earlier this week. A mutiny doesn’t need to resemble the dramatic Mutiny on the Bounty; it can just as easily take the form of a video urging U.S. military personnel to defy […]
A new strain of the flu called subclade K could make for a particularly nasty flu season across the country, according to public health experts. The strain already caused Japan to declare an influenza epidemic. The United Kingdom's flu season started a month earlier than usual, a trend also playing out across the Atlantic. U.S....
President Trump said Sunday he would not attend Supreme Court arguments this week in a case challenging his authority to impose sweeping tariffs on other countries after previously floating the idea. "I will not be going to the Court on Wednesday in that I do not want to distract from the importance of this Decision,"...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the bodies of three deceased hostages have been handed over from Gaza, as the ceasefire appears to hold. “Israel has received, via the Red Cross, the coffins of 3 fallen hostages, which were handed over to an IDF [Israel Defense Forces] and ISA [Israel Security Agency]...
Most voters in a new survey blame either President Trump or Republicans in Congress for the federal shutdown, which has now stretched into its second month. In an NBC News poll, conducted in late October, 52 percent of voters say Trump and/or the Republican Party is responsible for the federal shutdown, including 25 percent who...
President Trump defended raids conducted and tactics used by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers this year, saying he believes "they haven't gone far enough." In a clip of his "60 Minutes" interview shared on Sunday evening, CBS News's Norah O'Donnell asked the president if he believed some raids had gone too far after...
Most voters say they have had to make financial sacrifices in the past year to make ends meet, according to a new survey from Decision Desk HQ and NewsNation. In the survey, released on Sunday, 8 percent of likely voters say they’ve made sacrifices this past year “to make ends meet,” including 40 percent who...
The drumbeat for some kind of military action against Venezuela keeps getting louder. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the Trump administration had identified land targets that could be struck in the South American nation. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has reacted with fury to what he sees as a Washington-led effort to depose him. ...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that he expects flight delays and cancellations to continue as the ongoing government shutdown creates staffing shortages at airports nationwide. "We will delay, we will cancel, any kind of flight across the national airspace to make sure people are safe," he told ABC News's "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that President Trump “has done all he can” to minimize the pain of the current government shutdown on Americans. “So, we have done all we can. President Trump has done all he can to minimize the pain of the shutdown on the American people. Again, you remember under Barack...
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said he’s hopeful the government shutdown could come to an end this week with President Trump back from his Asia trip. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Warner sidestepped questions about where Democrats would be willing to compromise in the monthlong funding standoff but pressed for the president...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said Sunday that Democrats “need to own” the current government shutdown amid a fight over Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding. “Well, I mean, for me, fundamentally, I'm deeply, deeply distressing to know that 42 millions Americans are going to lose their SNAP benefits,” Fetterman told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State...
The Department of Justice's recent victory against Google was hailed as proof that the government's more aggressive approach to competition is working, but the emergence of AI could weaken the Federal Trade Commission's high-profile case against Amazon, as AI is already changing the market in real time.
President Trump on Sunday congratulated the Los Angeles Dodgers and their ownership for their 2025 World Series win against the Toronto Blue Jays, adding that he would see them at the White House. "Congratulations to the L.A. Dodgers, a game won by incredible CHAMPIONS!!! A lesser group of men would never have been able to...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday signaled that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits could restart as soon as this week. “There's a process that has to be followed, so we’ve got to figure out what the process is,” Bessent told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” “President Trump wants to make sure...
"A House of Dynamite" is a Netflix thriller that highlights the dangers of nuclear weapons and the fallacy of missile defense systems, while experts argue that the US should reduce its nuclear arsenal and pursue diplomacy instead of spending trillions on missile defense systems.
