Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) outed himself as a diversity hire on Monday, telling the Harvard Kennedy School forum he was chosen to be former Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate to create a “permission structure” for white, rural men to vote for the Democratic ticket. “I could code talk to white guys — watching football, […]
New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill, who is also running for governor, suggested impeaching President Donald Trump a third time to stop Republicans following the 2026 midterms.
Quoting Shakespeare's "kill all the lawyers" line, a federal judge ruled that President Trump strayed well beyond the bounds of propriety when he sought to punish a Democrat-connected law firm for working against him.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Friday to put a hold on a lower court order that is blocking Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from gaining access to Social Security records.
Federal workers are now showing up in their offices more than private-sector workers, with the lowest level of government employees teleworking since before the pandemic, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Chinese government on Monday vowed to “fight to the end” after President Trump ramped up his tariff threat against the nation, warning he could impose an additional 50 percent tax on goods coming from the world’s second-largest economy. China’s Ministry of Commerce characterized Trump's reciprocal tariffs as “completely groundless and is a typical unilateral...
White House senior trade adviser Peter Navarro attempted to assure the American public that the country will not plunge into a recession sparked by President Trump's recent sweeping tariffs, suggesting Wall Street's 500 biggest corporations will lead the economic turnout. Navarro said the market is “finding a bottom now. It's finding a bottom now, but...
In today’s issue: President Trump signaled openness to governments clamoring to escape steep U.S. tariffs, even as he and advisers believe achieving accords with dozens of nations could involve months of tough discussions. “We’re going to get fair deals and good deals with everybody. And if we don’t, we’re going to have nothing to do...
Republicans in Congress feel rattled about what they say is the lack of a clear outcome or exit strategy for President Trump’s trade war, which they fear will close lucrative markets for wheat, corn, soybeans, pork and other products for their farmers at home. GOP senators from states such as Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, North...
Cracks are growing between congressional Republicans and former President Trump over his tariff policy, with some lawmakers looking to strip him of his unilateral tariff authority and others seeking briefings from the White House on the strategy amid growing economic tumult. Seven Republican senators signed on to a bill led by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa),...
President Trump's administration has taken its fight with the Ivy Leagues to new heights, detaining student activists, launching investigations, pulling hundreds of millions in funding and giving even some conservatives pause. Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Brown University and others are all feeling the heat over their alleged inaction over campus antisemitism...
What does victory look like in the tariff wars? If you ask Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, it’s already happening. “More than 50 countries have approached … the administration about lowering their nontariff trade barriers, lowering their tariffs, stopping currency manipulation,” he said Sunday. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett sounded a similar note, suggesting that...
