Elections
Trump could ask Supreme Court to halt tariff block as soon as Friday
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event announcing new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 2, 2025. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The Trump administration said it may ask the U.S. Supreme Court as soon as Friday to immediately pause a federal court ruling blocking many of President […]
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Trump says he’s not ‘chickening out’ on trade: ‘It’s called negotiation’
President Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed back against an emerging critique of his on-again, off-again tariff threats, which has been derisively summed up as the “TACO trade.” The term coined by a Financial Times columnist — which stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out” — describes a pattern in which Trump announces heavy new tariffs, sending […]
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Trump to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, convicted of fraud and tax evasion
Reality TV Personalities Julie Chrisley (L) and Todd Chrisley (R) visit Hallmark’s “Home & Family” at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 18, 2018 in Universal City, California. Paul Archuleta | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will pardon reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted of tax evasion and […]
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Trump threatens to withhold California’s federal funding over transgender athlete
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are greeted by California Governor Gavin Newson upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 24, 2025, to visit the region devastated by the Palisades and Eaton fires. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened […]
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House budget bill draws Senate GOP pushback: ‘They’re going to explode the debt’
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., is seen in the U.S. Capitol during a series of votes on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sen. Ron Johnson said Sunday that he thinks he has enough GOP colleagues on board with his opposition to the House’s “big, beautiful bill” to stall […]
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House Speaker Johnson downplays deficit concerns as budget bill faces skeptics in Senate
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to a reporter, as he leaves for a meeting at the White House on the budget, on the day of the House Rules Committee’s hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for extensive tax cuts, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. Nathan Howard | […]
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Trump touts changes to military in campaign-style West Point graduation address
US President Donald Trump prepares to sign executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 23, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump touted his administration’s changes to the military during a commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday […]
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Elon Musk’s X down for tens of thousands of users
Elon Musk looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Elon Musk-owned social media platform X experienced outages on Saturday morning, with tens of thousands of users reportedly unable to […]
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Firm tapped to modify Qatar jet for Trump admin agrees to $62 million settlement in false claims case
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Defense contractor L3Harris Technologies will pay $62 million to settle allegations that it lied about the prices of equipment it sold to the U.S. military years earlier, the Justice Department said Thursday. L3Harris was recently tapped to help modify a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar’s royal family that President […]
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Trump’s $600 million war chest: How he plans to wield his power in the midterms and beyond
Behind bulletproof glass, former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport in Gastonia, North Carolina, on November 2, 2024. Peter Zay | Afp | Getty Images Between a barrage of executive orders, foreign trips and norm-shattering proclamations, Donald Trump has also been busy […]
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