U.S. economic growth dipped below 2 percent during the first quarter for the first time in more than a year and a half, according to a new government reading released Thursday. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annualized rate of 1.6 percent during the first quarter of the year, according to the Commerce Department’s...
Former President Trump has a busy day in court on Thursday as his New York hush money trial collides with presidential immunity arguments before the Supreme Court. David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, is expected to retake the stand in Manhattan where he will continue providing a timeline of his agreement to...
Former President Trump on Thursday downplayed the severity of the deadly 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville compared to the mounting demonstrations on college campuses over the situation in Gaza. Trump noted in a post on Truth Social that President Biden frequently points to the Charlottesville rally, and Trump's response to it, as a reason...
Dozens of student protesters at the University of Southern California (USC) were arrested Wednesday night amid escalating tensions on college campuses throughout the country over the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. The demonstrators were arrested peacefully, after police gave them warnings to disperse or be detained, The Associated Press reported. Police officers...
Former President Donald Trump mocked William Barr, his former attorney general, on Wednesday despite Barr earlier this month backing Trump in the upcoming presidential election.
Dr. Anthony Fauci has agreed to testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in June, a House panel investigating the origins of COVID-19 and the government's response.
The Biden administration on Thursday cracked down on planet-warming emissions and other pollution from power plants, aiming to make these power sources more environmentally friendly. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Thursday it had finalized a suite of rules that aim to cut the plants’ pollution. One such rule, which regulates greenhouse gas emissions...
The Biden administration announced Thursday that it reached a preliminary agreement with Idaho-based semiconductor manufacturer Micron, the latest in a series of investments through the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act. President Biden will travel Thursday to Syracuse, N.Y., where he will tout the benefits of the agreement with Micron, which includes up to $6.1 billion...