The Pentagon reached deals with several defense firms that would allow it to buy more than 10,000 low-cost, containerized missiles over the next three years, the department announced Wednesday. The Pentagon struck new framework agreements with Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos and Zone 5 to launch the Low-Cost Containerized Missiles (LCCM) program. Separately, the Defense Department (DOD)...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s chief spokesperson resigned from the role on Wednesday, citing irreconcilable differences with an effort to advance e-cigarette flavors that could cause children to become addicted. Rich Danker left his role as assistant secretary for public affairs a day after Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty...
Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) on Wednesday pressed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on how his department awarded the contract for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation project to Atlantic Industrial Coatings. During Burgum’s appearance before the House Natural Resource Committee on President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request, Neguse asked the Interior secretary if he was “familiar”...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the Iran conflict has “put a little damper” on Republicans’ affordability efforts while insisting that President Trump “thinks about Americans’ financial situations.” Johnson made the comments when asked in a press conference Wednesday about Trump telling reporters the day before that Americans’ financial situations are not motivating him “even a little...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) shot back at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over comments in which he called her a “parasite,” saying the Lone Star State senator views working-class people as “less than him.” On Monday, Cruz called Ocasio-Cortez a “parasite sucking on the taxpayer” after the New York Democrat said that Americans “can’t earn” their...
Fox Business host Larry Kudlow on Tuesday told National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett that the rising annual inflation rate is "lousy" as the Trump administration seeks to defend its economic agenda. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.8 percent over the past 12 months and 0.6 percent in April alone, having previously hit...
President Trump touched down in Beijing on Wednesday evening local time ahead of his high-stakes summit with China's president, Xi Jinping. Trump was seen exiting Air Force One followed by his son Eric Trump, daughter-in-law Lara Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete...
President Trump on Wednesday demanded that a GOP staffer be fired for making Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) look “out of it” while leading a recent Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing. “The guy that came up to Mitch McConnell today when McConnell thought the hearing was over and started speaking in his ear for Mitch to belatedly...
President Trump arrives in China on Wednesday morning for a high-stakes meeting with President Xi Jinping. The meeting marks the first state visit to China since Trump’s last trip in 2017. The two leaders last met in October in South Korea. Here's what to watch. The president is facing growing calls from Republicans and Democrats to...
Supreme Court decision season is here. President Trump’s firings of officials long considered independent. His birthright citizenship restrictions. Transgender athlete bans. Guns. Campaign finance rules. It’s a packed docket. At least one of the 35 remaining argued cases is expected to be decided on Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT, when the justices will take the bench to unofficially kick off the end-of-spring dash. If historical trends hold, Thursday opinion drops will become a weekly cadence, with additional days typically added in the final...
President Trump on Tuesday said he’ll ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to “open up” the country to top business executives who are traveling with him during the state visit to Beijing. “I will be asking President Xi, a Leader of extraordinary distinction, to “open up” China so that these brilliant people can work their magic,...
