The Trump administration has scaled back its plans to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, laying out a plan for an agency that would be significantly smaller than it was under President Joe Biden but still bigger than the one President Donald Trump envisioned right after he took office.
A recent inspection at the nation's largest immigration detention facility found dozens of violations of national standards that potentially exposed detainees to excessive force, disease, and other unsafe conditions.
Sen. John Cornyn is trying to convince Texas Republicans that Attorney General Ken Paxton is too big a gamble for the GOP in November, but he's making that case without the 800-pound gorilla who could settle the argument instantly: President Donald Trump.
Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has acquired the technology streaming show "TPBN" in a surprise move for Silicon Valley. The acquisition was announced online by both brands Thursday, though no official cost for the deal was disclosed. OpenAI CEO of AGI Deployment Fidji Simo said in a blog post the decision comes after the company mulled...
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday targeting imported brand name drugs with a 100 percent tariff, citing the U.S.'s "import reliance" as reason for the decision. "I have determined that it is necessary and appropriate to impose a 100 percent ad valorem duty rate on the import of patented pharmaceuticals and associated pharmaceutical...
A federal law requiring presidents to preserve and hand over presidential records to the government at the conclusion of their term is unconstitutional, according to a legally nonbinding Justice Department opinion. The 52-page opinion, first reported by Axios, found that the Presidential Records Act of 1978 exceeds congressional authority and “unconstitutionally intrudes on the...
President Trump revamped his tariffs on steel, copper and aluminum in an executive order Thursday to ensure that they align with the “full value” of the imported metals. The value is based on the amount the U.S. pays for the import, not how much it cost to produce in its country of origin. A senior...
Democrats are jubilant over the sudden ouster of Pam Bondi as head of the Department of Justice, with leading party members taking to social media to wish her “good riddance."