President Trump on Thursday touted how a trade agreement with the United Kingdom would benefit the British car industry, particularly luxury brands like Rolls-Royce and Bentley. As part of a trade deal announced in the Oval Office, the U.S. agreed to lower tariffs on British car imports from 25 percent to 10 percent. "We took...
Most California voters say Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has focused more on a potential bid for the White House than his work in the governor’s mansion, according to a new poll. In Wednesday's poll from the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) at the University of California, Berkeley, 54 percent of respondents said that amid Newsom’s...
A freshman Democrat has introduced legislation to protect land-grant universities in an effort to block some of the White House’s steps to reduce federal funding for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Ala.) on Thursday introduced the Land-Grant Institution Parity Act, which would prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture or any other federal...
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 running mate, Nicole Shanahan, said late Wednesday that someone is “controlling” his decisions after President Trump named chronic disease entrepreneur Casey Means as his new surgeon general nominee. In a post on X, Shanahan called the announcement “strange,” adding that she was “promised” neither...
Former President Biden on Thursday denied accusations that his mental acuity took a slide toward the end of his presidency and called reporting that he was urged to drop out of the race over those concerns unfounded. "They are wrong, there is nothing to sustain that," Biden said during an appearance on ABC's "The View,"...
Former President Biden on Thursday said that President Trump is “vacant," in a jab at Trump's claims that some Biden-era pardons are void. Trump is “obsessed with the fact that you used an auto pen to sign the pardons you issued right before you left office,” said “The View” co-host Joy Behar. “Now, he's calling...
Former President Biden denied reporting that he advised former Vice President Harris to allow "no daylight" between her positions and his as she ran for president last fall. "First of all, I never advised her against that," Biden said during an appearance on ABC's "The View," on Thursday, his first major television interview since President...
The Supreme Court's decision in Lackey v. Stinnie has made it harder for Americans to vindicate their constitutional rights, and Congress must enact a simple, clarifying change to ensure access to justice for all.