Among critics of President Donald Trump‘s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs was top administration adviser Elon Musk. In a Saturday interview, Musk expressed his hope that the U.S. would become a “zero-tariff” nation with Europe. “I hope it is agreed that both Europe and the United States should move, ideally, in my view, to a zero-tariff […]
Taxpaying American parents have been hit with a tax hike yearly since 2018 because inflation has eaten up 25% of the value of the $2,000 child tax credit, or CTC. In response, Freshman Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) is taking up the pro-family banner in the Senate, introducing a bill to increase the CTC to $3,000 […]
Michelle Obama on Tuesday appeared to open up publicly for the first time about her decision to skip President Trump's inauguration, saying she's at the point in her life where she's choosing "to do what was best" for herself. "I get to look at my calendar, which I did this year, with a real big...
Financial markets soared on Wednesday after President Trump issued a 90-day pause in almost all the tariffs that had roiled the global economy during the past week. The key exception was China, which had notably declined to back down from Trump’s threats and had issued its own retaliatory tariffs in response. The president announced a...
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is looking to raise prices of first class main stamps by five cents, increasing it from 73 to 78 cents, which would go into effect this summer. USPS said on Wednesday that it filed a notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission, looking to hike the price by 7.4 percent,...
President Trump's decision to lift hefty tariffs on most U.S. trading partners with a 90-day pause even while keeping in place a 125 percent on China is a significant reversal from his previous stance that relieved Republicans and led stock markets to spike. The Dow Jones, rocked since Thursday morning by Trump's tariff announcement, rose...
Nearly a ton of salted butter is being recalled because, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the product is "contaminated with elevated levels of coliform," a bacteria found in animals' digestive tracts and waste.
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Democrats are looking to force Republicans to advance a review of the Trump administration's use of Signal after discussing a pending airstrike on Houthi targets over the app. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) introduced a resolution of inquiry that would require the Trump administration to turn over plans for monitoring officials'...