President Trump believes that China would have suffered more harm than the U.S. in a prolonged trade war, and lowered tariffs on Chinese imports to 30% from 145% and Chinese tariffs on US goods to 10% from 125%.
President Trump is returning from a Middle East trip where he was feted by foreign leaders to find his legislative agenda on shaky ground on Capitol Hill. Republican lawmakers are squabbling over the details of the massive reconciliation package that contains key pieces of Trump’s agenda on taxes, border funding and spending. On Friday, four...
House Republicans are working to give their “big beautiful bill” a face lift as they try to appease warring factions of the party in hopes of sending President Trump’s legislative agenda to the Senate before Memorial Day. The broad outline of the megabill is already set, with committees completing advancement of all 11 portions of...
The Trump administration appears to be losing patience with Russian President Vladimir Putin, even as President Trump offers a face-to-face meeting in an effort to end the Ukraine war. Trump this week flirted with traveling to Turkey to meet with Putin on the sidelines of talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials, but the Kremlin, just...
Democratic Party faces record low favorability, but Democratic strategist James Carville highlights recent election wins and future prospects as signs of potential recovery.
In a recent political cartoon, artist Gary Varvel portrayed a Democrat lying on his therapist’s couch. When asked to name his greatest fear, he replied: “That Trump’s policies will make America great again.” In a single, simple drawing, Varvel exposed a political reality that few Democrats are willing to acknowledge. His cartoon wasn’t merely satire […]
Former President Joe Biden joked that he was a "young man" during his October 2023 interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur over his mishandling of classified documents.
Marc Elias, a lawyer who directed the creation of the Steele dossier that concocted false allegations to defeat President Donald Trump in the 2016 election, filed a lawsuit against Wyoming last week challenging its new law requiring people to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The challenge comes after Democrats sued to stop […]