{beacon} STOCKS FELL FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE DAY Monday as markets reel from ongoing uncertainty over President Trump's sweeping new tariffs and business leaders' warnings of potentially dire consequences. Monday's closing was more of a mixed bag for investors compared to steep drops late last week. The Dow fell 349 points, or 0.91 percent, and...
Rep. John James (R-Mich.) launched a bid for Michigan governor on Monday, becoming the latest Republican to jump in the primary. James said in a statement that Michigan is being "held back by a lack of strong, competent leadership" and that the state has been "dominated by radical, out of touch policies." "It's time to...
The Democratic sponsors of legislation empowering new parents to vote remotely are rejecting a recent alternative from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) designed to block the proxy vote legislation from reaching the floor. Over the weekend, Johnson cut a deal with GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.), who was leading the charge to force floor action on...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Monday that countries that don’t try to negotiate a trade deal with President Trump will “lose bigly.” The outspoken, far-right congresswoman echoed a sentiment expressed last week by the president’s son Eric Trump, who advised countries not to wait to try to make a deal on tariffs. The Trump...
The White House showed no signs Monday of backing off its implementation of sweeping tariffs on dozens of other nations, even as its approach rattled financial markets and raised the specter of an economic slowdown. President Trump was adamant that the aggressive tariffs, which are set to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, were...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says that a bipartisan bill to curb President Trump’s tariff power backed by seven Republican senators doesn’t have a future in Congress because Trump has already threatened to veto it. Thune dismissed the possibility of bringing the legislation sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.),...
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) said in a new interview that Ukraine is not positioned to keep some of its land in peace talks with Russia. “I just don’t see how they [Ukraine] can be positioned to demand to keep the land. If they would be winning the war, that will be very different,” the Ukrainian-born...
The eleventh-hour pause granted by Roberts gives the Trump administration additional time to comply with the court order requiring Abrego Garcia's return to the U.S.
Roughly 4,600 USAID employees will officially be terminated by September of this year as the agency restructures to fall in line with President Trump's "America First" policies.