Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday said it's no "problem" for the U.S. to pay off tariff refunds if the Supreme Court rules against President Trump's tariffs. "It won't be a problem if we have to do it, but I can tell you that if it happens — which I don't think it's going to...
Thousands of protesters rallied across the country on Saturday against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after an officer shot and killed a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Minneapolis saw tens of thousands of people march the city streets, Time reported. Protests and vigils have been ongoing since Wednesday night. Minneapolis police said 30 people...
Trump says Venezuela releasing political prisoners 'in a BIG WAY' after U.S. military operation captured Maduro with least 18 freed so far from detention.
Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY COALITION TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S HEALTHCARE The Big Story It’s ACA subsidies week Lawmakers this week are scrambling to pass some kind of legislation that deals with expiring enhanced ObamaCare subsidies and an associated, looming premium spike. But Republicans, who control both chambers...
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) teased his annual Christmas party in a social media post Monday. “Everybody's asking about the Christmas party and asking, ‘This legit?’ You can Google it. It's 15 minutes long this year. Last year, it went to 16, but we thought it dragged on too much. But, 15 minutes,” Burchett said in...
Young voters are more likely to identify as liberal and are increasingly critical of President Trump's job performance, new polling conducted by the Yale Youth Poll found. Forty-six percent of voters under age 30 self-identified as liberal, the Monday poll shows. his marks an increase from spring polling, which found that 39.3 percent of voters...
Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Pamela Smith announced Monday she is stepping down at the end of this year, a little more than two years after starting the D.C. role. “I am deeply humbled, grateful, and deeply appreciative of my time with the District of Columbia,” Smith said in a statement. “Serving as Chief of...
The most elusive mystery of the days surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack has for years been the two pipe bombs planted outside the Democratic and Republican National Committee offices on the eve of the riot. Clues emerged, like the suspect’s height and the distinctive Nike shoes he wore, but pressure mounted on the FBI as nearly five years passed with no arrests — until the end of last week. Brian...
President Trump said Monday that he will allow Nvidia to sell its H200 chips to China in a key win for the chipmaker. “I have informed President Xi, of China, that the United States will allow NVIDIA to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China, and other Countries, under conditions that allow for continued...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) took a swing at House Republican leadership in a new opinion piece for The New York Times. “I came to Congress five years ago believing I could make a difference for my constituents, for South Carolina and for a country I love deeply. I was the first woman to graduate from...
European powers rallied behind Ukraine on Monday after President Trump lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a day prior, accusing him of not reading the U.S.-proposed peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war. "We stand with Ukraine," British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday as the leader was hosting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz,...
President Trump rolled out a $12 billion farm aid package Monday in an effort to take economic pressure off of the agriculture industry. "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the United States will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs,” Trump said, speaking from the...
President Trump cast blame on members of his own party Monday for halting some of his U.S. Attorney nominations — most recently for his former personal lawyer, Alina Habba. Habba announced earlier Monday she would step down as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor after a panel of federal appeals court judges ruled she was unlawfully...
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said inflation may persist through the coming year, but that the stock market could remain at near-historic highs as well. Dimon gave his assessment of the “broader macro story” for the 2026 economy in an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” this weekend. “In the short run, it looks...
A 31-year-old social worker was stabbed to death inside Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital late last week, a tragic incident that some officials have criticized as “predictable and preventable.”
