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US economy backtracked in first quarter as Trump tariffs loomed

U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) shrank during the first quarter of 2025 as a surge of imports ahead of President Trump's tariffs took a bite out of economic growth calculations. U.S. GDP fell at an annualized rate of 0.3 percent during the first three months of the year, according to data released Wednesday by the...

Trump is proving too incompetent to be an authoritarian

Instead of rolling the nation into a soft-serve autocracy while “the resistance” fumbled with its laces, he tripped over his own.

Trump says he ‘could’ return Abrego Garcia to US, but won’t

President Trump on Tuesday said he could facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador last month, but suggested in a recent interview that he will not. In an Oval Office interview with ABC News's Terry Moran, Trump was asked about Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who had been...

Trump’s war with judiciary dominates first 100 days 

President Trump has picked dozens of fights since returning to the White House, but few have been so unrelenting as his war with the courts. Amid nearly 250 lawsuits challenging his agenda in his first 100 days, Trump has made his focus the judges overseeing them. In courtrooms, his Justice Department has argued that the...

Trump should just declare victory on tariffs and pivot exclusively to China

President Trump should accept the "win" on tariffs, retreat from most of them, and focus all his energy on China, which was the real target all along, as the U.S. can afford to do this due to being the world's biggest consumer.

Why are more older Americans staying in the workforce?

Some older Americans say they are continuing to work in an effort to build their retirement savings.

Pennsylvania prosecutors push back on Luigi Mangione’s latest claims

Prosecutors deny any break in protocol during the arrest of Luigi Mangione at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Dec. 9.

Proof of life on K2-18b ‘not at all obvious’: Harvard professor

A Harvard professor questions whether research conducted at the University of Cambridge about life on K2-18b is accurate.

America loses no matter how many tariff deals Trump cuts

Americans should understand that becoming an international pariah has costs, even if the tariffs disappear and markets magically recover.

The Supreme Court can remove barriers to educational freedom 

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has fallen short of his promise to protect Oklahoma's parents and their right to choose their child's education, as he supported a lawsuit to cancel the state's charter school board agreement with St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, limiting parental rights in educational choices.

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