The Oval Office blowup last Friday was not some sort of “ambush” or setup. Nor was it a temper tantrum. The deal between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky collapsed amid recriminations because the minerals deal Trump was offering and the implicit security it would provide Ukraine wasn’t what Zelensky came to Washington […]
The stock market has suffered through a two-day selloff after President Trump went forward with imposing steep new tariffs on Canada and Mexico. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday with a loss of 670 points, or 1.6 percent, as Trump's 25-percent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods took effect. Trump also boosted tariffs on...
The General Services Administration (GSA) on Tuesday released a list of nearly 450 federal buildings it may seek to sell — including major real estate like the headquarters of the Justice Department, FBI and the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as federal buildings across the country. The list of 443 “non-core assets” comes as GSA...
Hardline House conservatives are signaling an openness to supporting a continuing resolution to keep the government open later this month — a notable shift from their usual stance against stopgaps that is changing the playing field for GOP leaders are they look to keep the lights on in Washington. For years, members of the House Freedom...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Tuesday revealed he was behind a social media campaign involving nearly two dozen Democratic senators after tech billionaire Elon Musk offered a Tesla Cybertruck to the first person to provide "proof" of who wrote the script, which he called "propaganda." The social media campaign was launched Tuesday morning, with at...
Conservative media figure Ben Shapiro launched a petition calling on President Trump to pardon former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd. “We write to urge you to immediately issue a pardon for Officer Derek Chauvin, who was unjustly convicted and is currently serving a 22-and-a-half year...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that President Trump may announce a compromise with Canada and Mexico on Wednesday, the day after he imposed 25 percent tariffs on the two neighboring countries. Lutnick told Fox Business that he has spoken to the Canadians and Mexicans on the phone on Tuesday and that both countries told him...
Liquor bottles are flying off the shelves in Canada, but not because they are being sold. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario says it is pulling American-made spirits in response to the U.S. and Canada's escalating tariff feud. "As part of Ontario's response strategy to U.S. tariffs, the government of Ontario has directed LCBO to...
Senate Republicans are defending President Trump's decision to pause aid for Ukraine as a negotiating tactic days after his public spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. GOP lawmakers are still feeling the aftershocks of Friday’s blowup, which shelved a minerals deal between the two leaders. However, many of the GOP's ardent...