Tag: politics
Banishing a reporter: Trump escalates battle with Wall Street Journal over Epstein story
President Donald Trump on Monday followed up his lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over last week's Jeffrey Epstein story by banishing one of...
Budget office says Trump’s tax law will add $3.4 trillion to deficits, leave 10 million uninsured
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's tax and spending law will add $3.4 trillion to federal deficits through 2034, the Congressional Budget Office reported Monday,...
Trump ‘caught off guard’ by recent Israeli strikes, White House says
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was “caught off guard” by the recent Israeli strikes in Syria and on a Catholic church in Gaza, White...
Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s...
Trump’s Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them
Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company led by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is creating a way for investors to bet...
Sentencing hearing set for ex-Kentucky officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A federal judge prepared Monday afternoon to sentence an ex-Kentucky police officer convicted of using excessive force during the deadly Breonna...
The Latest: Harvard heads to court in $2.6B lawsuit against Trump administration
Harvard University is in federal court Monday to make the case that President Donald Trump’s administration illegally cut $2.6 billion from the storied college....
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers ask judge to delay release from jail over deportation fears
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Tennessee to delay releasing him from jail in order to prevent the Trump...
Better testing, less vaccine messaging among lessons learned from historic Texas measles outbreak
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Republicans can’t stop talking about Joe Biden. There are risks for both parties in that approach
ATLANTA – It’s been six months since Joe Biden left the Oval Office. Republicans, including President Donald Trump, can’t stop talking about him.The House...