China will fight "to the end" if the U.S. presses forward with its tariff plans and a trade war erupts, a top official said Tuesday.

President Donald Trump has announced high tariffs on every country in the world and plenty of not-quite countries. The administration calls these “reciprocal tariffs,” implying that we will tax other countries’ exports to us the same way they tax our exports to them. As Trump said, “Reciprocal: That means they do it to us, and […]

Public battling between House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) over proxy voting in Congress has come to an end, but its implications are only beginning to emerge. The question that animates them: What does it mean to “represent” another? For Luna and others, especially bill co-sponsors Reps. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), […]

The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee warned Monday that President Trump’s additional extension for TikTok’s parent company to divest from the app, as well as a potential divestment deal on the table, may violate the law. In a letter to Trump, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said he has "deep reservations with how you...

A small private plane attempting to land at an Oregon airport skidded off the runway and into a body of water, leaving 5 people injured.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday urged Americans to call on House and Senate Republican to act against President Trump’s aggressive tariffs. In an appearance on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki,” Warren pushed for more congressional action against the tariffs, stating that “Congress has the power, under just a resolution … that takes away his...

Another day, another mega-law firm takes a knee before President Trump (that makes four and counting).

A new sapling is putting down roots at the White House, following the removal of a historic tree named for former President Andrew Jackson. President Trump helped mark the planting of the new tree on Tuesday near the South Portico of the White House. The newest greenery added to the White House grounds came the day...

Hardline House conservatives say that personal appeals from President Trump will not be enough to sway them to support a Senate budget resolution to advance the White House’s legislative agenda. A group of House Republicans critical of the Senate’s framework for advancing Trump’s legislative agenda are set to meet with the president at the White...

GREENBELT, Md. — A California man pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh outside his home in 2022.  Nicholas Roske, 29, wearing a yellow jumpsuit and flanked by his two public defenders in the Greenbelt, Md., courtroom, told the judge he desired to plead guilty despite not reaching a plea deal...