The U.S. has turned sharply against free trade over the last two decades, shifting from an era in which members and presidents of both parties generally embraced one free-trade pact after another to one in which the forces of globalization are widely criticized, if not condemned. Former President Trump's recent campaign pledge to enact a general...
Former President Trump visited a gun store in South Carolina during a trip to the Palmetto State and bought a Glock firearm, according to a spokesperson. Trump is set to deliver remarks in Summerville, S.C., on Monday afternoon. Ahead of his visit, campaign spokesman Steven Cheung wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter,...
The event comes two days before the second GOP primary debate, which Trump has said he does not plan to attend. Trump has plans to speak to autoworkers Wednesday in Michigan amid the ongoing labor contract dispute between the nation’s largest automakers and their employees. Monday's event is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET. Watch the...
Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday agreed to a Justice Department request to hold hearings to examine potential conflicts of interest of two attorneys representing former President Trump’s co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago case. The move comes after the Justice Department warned the two attorneys are representing other clients who may be called as witnesses against Walt...
U.S. forces captured an Islamic State official during a helicopter raid in northern Syria over the weekend, U.S. Central Command announced Monday. American troops “successfully conducted a helicopter raid” on Saturday, capturing Abu Halil al-Fad’ani, an ISIS Syria operational and facilitation official “assessed to have relationships throughout the ISIS network in the region,” according to...
A federal appeals court on Monday sided with the Biden administration against the state of Utah in a lawsuit over the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “good neighbor” rule, which regulates the flow of air pollution across state lines. In a single-page ruling, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) postponed his annual Hispanic Heritage Month event, which was slated to take place just two days after the New Jersey lawmaker was indicted on federal bribery, fraud and extortion charges. An announcement posted to the website of Union High School in New Jersey said the 13th Annual Hospital Heritage Month Celebration was postponed without...
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) knocked Republican presidential candidates Monday for their stances on the economy ahead of the party’s second debate, which is set for Wednesday in Golden State. “I think when you look at the next debate, you look at the contrast between the two parties at...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a trio of bills supporting LGBTQ youth one day after vetoing a bill that would have required judges to consider whether parents have affirmed the gender identity of their children amid custody disputes. He signed three pieces of legislation that would support protections for LGBTQ residents in California, including setting implementation...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Monday threatened to withdraw support for Ukraine in its war against Russia over concerns about the treatment of ethnic Hungarians. Orbán told lawmakers in Parliament that he was protesting a 2017 law in Ukraine that limits ethnic Hungarians from speaking their own language, particularly in schools and said Hungary...