Vice President JD Vance described Sen. Mitch McConnell's vote against confirming Elbridge Colby to Pentagon post as "one of the great acts of political pettiness I’ve ever seen."
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s personal visit to the family of a Texas girl who died of measles appeared to mark a slight shift for the former anti-vaccine activist, who has sought to downplay the seriousness of the outbreak. Public health and infectious disease experts who have sounded alarm over...
Republican lawmakers fear the defiant Chinese response to President Trump’s sweeping tariffs leaves the world’s two largest economies hurtling toward a trade war that could last for months. Republican senators agree with Trump’s claim that China hasn’t dealt fairly with the United States and acknowledge that China needs the U.S. market for its own economic...
The White House is arguing that revenue from President Trump's tariffs on U.S. importers is going to help pay for domestic tax cuts. “This time around, tariffs will help pay for both tax cuts and deficit reduction,” Stephen Miran, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), said Monday, distinguishing the incoming general...
As the White House presses ahead with sweeping tariffs on dozens of nations that could upend the global economy, President Trump's former Commerce secretary sees it as “typical Trump.” “This is probably the most important decision that he will make during his whole next term,” Wilbur Ross, who served as Commerce secretary for the entirety...
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is the target of new ire from President Trump’s most fervent supporters after she bucked his position on a key case earlier this week. Barrett joined — albeit only in part — a dissenting opinion penned by liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday. The case revolves around the highly...
Senate Democrats sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to call on the Trump administration to reverse its recent sweeping tariff actions, while raising alarm over the potential threats posed to small businesses. In the recent letter, led by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), a group of Democrats said the recent tariffs “are putting small...
While far from the only Republican defector from President Trump's tariff regimen, Elon Musk is among the most prominent. Here are a few others on Team Trump who have their doubts.
President Trump announced that pharmaceuticals will be the next target of his tariffs, which he says will bring pharmaceutical production back to the United States.