President Trump said Thursday he would allow another 90 days for trade talks with Mexico, punting a 30 percent tariff that was set to go into effect on Friday. Trump spoke Thursday morning with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ahead of the announcement. The president said Mexico would continue to pay existing tariffs, which includes a...
Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.), the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Thursday that appropriators did not include funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in a fiscal 2026 spending bill after Republicans successfully yanked back previously approved dollars for public media at President Trump’s request. “One thing this bill does not do,...
A Delta Air Lines flight encountered “significant turbulence” Wednesday that forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing and sent 25 people to the hospital, the airline said in a statement. The flight, DL56, departed Salt Lake City and was headed for Amsterdam when it was diverted to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for the emergency...
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., criticized Republicans for confirming President Donald Trump's former defense attorney Emil Bove, after his own mortgage fraud allegations surface.
Senate Republicans mull shortening debate time or packaging together nominees to speed up the confirmation process, but Senate Democrats warn that they too could take advantage of any precedent changes.
White House confirms Trump's willingness to engage with North Korea's Kim Jong Un on denuclearization despite previous failed summits and stalled negotiations.