A controversial Republican president imposes stiff tariffs on America's trading partners, seeks to expand America's footprint abroad, keeps out immigrants he's deemed "criminals" and makes it easier to fire government employees.
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Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi cautioned against drawing premature conclusions about the strength of the economy, warning the recently announced 4.3 percent GDP growth is “fragile” because of a lack of job growth. In an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” Zandi celebrated last week’s lower-than-expected jobless claims numbers, which were released Wednesday,...
President Trump announced on Monday a new class of battleships as part of the U.S. Navy’s “Golden Fleet.” The president said that he approved a plan for the Navy to start construction of the two battleships, which will be equipped with guns, missiles, hypersonic weapons and high-powered lasers. Trump trumpeted the ships as being built...
Democrats largely acknowledge that former President Clinton's association with Jeffrey Epstein isn’t the best of circumstances — particularly for a politician whose personal life has been tabloid fodder. The release of thousands of files late last week revealed a number of photographs of Clinton and Epstein, the convicted child sex offender. The images released included Clinton...
A federal judge on Monday extended a temporary order barring federal immigration officials from re-detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia, sharply scrutinizing the Trump administration's intentions toward the once wrongfully deported man. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis noted at a hearing that Abrego Garcia was already deported illegally once and questioned whether federal officials could be trusted...
Trump-appointed conservative judges have been lining up for years to audition for the next Republican Supreme Court opening. Lately, their efforts have been escalating, in keeping with Pres. Donald Trump’s well-known expectation of demonstrative fealty. One judge may have come up with a new way to find favor with the president, by openly taking a...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will swear in Zohran Mamdani (D) as New York City’s next mayor in a public ceremony on Jan. 1, 2026, a person familiar with the plan confirmed. Mamdani could pick any official authorized to notarize a legal document to swear him in as New York City’s next mayor, and he chose...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is offering migrants living in the U.S. illegally a $3,000 stipend to voluntarily self-deport by the end of the year. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday that DHS is tripling the so-called exit bonus for migrants who register to self-deport through the CBP Home app before the end...
The Trump administration has suspended the authority of five major offshore wind farms to keep building in federal waters, yet another escalation of the administration’s attacks on the wind energy industry. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a post on the social platform X that five leases, all on the East Coast, were being paused...
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board went after former Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) over his “tax the rich” proposal in a New York Times op-ed. “The rich who favor higher taxes pitch this as an act of civic virtue. But paying higher taxes on income or capital gains is no great sacrifice for them because...
Vice President Vance on Sunday rejected the idea of "purity tests" within his party as tensions between different conservative factions rose to the surface during Turning Point USA's annual event in Arizona over the weekend. “When I say that I'm going to fight alongside of you, I mean all of you. Each and every one,”...
The United States has a meal gap of 9 billion meals and wastes 120 billion meals, but with the right coordination and federal tax credits, a national food rescue system could ensure no American family goes hungry.
President Trump has denied disaster aid to the state of Colorado in the wake of wildfires and flooding. The office of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) announced the denial in a Sunday statement. He accused the president of playing “political games” and urged him to reconsider. “Coloradans impacted by the Elk and Lee fires and the flooding...
