California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) addressed his decision to feature conservative populists on his new podcast “This is Gavin Newsom” in an interview with the New York Times amid recent blowback. The California Democrat said recent guests, including Charlie Kirk, co-founder of the right-wing advocacy organization, Turning Point USA, Steve Bannon, host of the War...
The whiplash from President Trump’s fresh tariff agenda has persisted into the weekend as the president's approval rating takes a dip and Republicans on Capitol Hill work to carry out his domestic agenda. After implementing a flat 10 percent tariff on all goods coming into the country, alongside steeper reciprocal tariffs against dozens of nations,...
Texas Republicans are bracing for an explosive Senate primary next year in the latest chapter of an ongoing civil war that has divided the state party. Members of the GOP raced quickly to endorse their respective candidates this week after Attorney General Ken Paxton, an ally of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, launched a primary challenge...
A new photo of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D-Mich.) surprise visit to the Oval Office emerged in a Saturday New York Times report showcasing the lawmaker covering her face while President Trump spoke to the press. The Michigan Democrat said she was unexpectedly whisked into the room for the president's order signing on Wednesday ahead of...
Democrats slammed the Trump administration for allegedly favoring sector-specific companies by giving them the ability to bypass the fallout from new trade policy with a Saturday exemption of electronics from “reciprocal” tariffs imposed on countries across the globe, including China. Smartphones, computers, routers and semiconductor chips were all excluded from the president’s heightened taxes, leaving...
The Department of Homeland Security doesn't plan to renew the protected status of thousands of Afghans who fled the country in 2021, when the U.S. withdrew and the Taliban took over.
A New York judge has relaxed a ban she'd put on Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency preventing it from accessing sensitive Treasury Department information related to millions of Americans.