Elections
Confidence in Trump’s handling of the U.S. economy plummets, new polls show
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Americans’ confidence in President Donald Trump’s ability to manage the U.S. economy has plummeted since he regained the White House, new polls reveal. Just 37% of Americans approve of Trump’s […]
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Bessent says he expects ‘de-escalation’ in U.S.-China tariff fight in the ‘very near future’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told investors in a closed-door meeting Tuesday he expects “there will be a de-escalation” in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China in the “very near future,” a person in the room told CNBC. “No one thinks the current status quo is sustainable” with tariff rates at their current levels, Bessent […]
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Trump stands ‘strongly behind’ Hegseth, White House says
President Donald Trump stands “strongly behind” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday, despite new reports that he discussed highly sensitive military information on a Signal chat with family and friends. Hegseth is “doing a tremendous job, and he is bringing monumental change to the Pentagon,” said Leavitt. “There’s […]
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Trump to host Walmart CEO, Target and Home Depot execs for WH tariff meeting
President Donald Trump listens to reporters’ questions as he meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House on April 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images President Donald Trump will meet Monday afternoon with Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, a White House official told CNBC, as […]
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Sen. Van Hollen says trip to El Salvador was about defending the right of due process, not ‘defending the man’
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks to the media during a visit to El Salvador to advocate for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in San Salvador, El Salvador, April 16, 2025. Jose Cabezas | Reuters Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Sunday that his trip to El Salvador to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia […]
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Trump has talked to former Fed Gov. Kevin Warsh about firing Powell, report says
Kevin Warsh, former governor of the US Federal Reserve, during The Semafor World Economy Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump has spoken with former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh about possibly replacing the current central bank chairman, Jerome Powell, before his […]
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Trump administration threatens to bar Harvard from enrolling foreign students
U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her visiting officials in the Cabinet Room at the White House on April 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images The Trump administration is threatening to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, ratcheting up its clash with the Ivy […]
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Trump’s tariffs are ‘inviting corruption,’ Democrats tell Bessent, Lutnick
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., conducts a news conference in the U.S. Capitol to voice opposition to the Senate Republicans’ budget resolution on April 3, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are warning that President Donald Trump’s tariff-heavy trade agenda is quickly starting to resemble a “corrupt scheme […]
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Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt in deportation flights case
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a presentation of the Commander-in-Chief trophy to the U.S. Navy Midshipmen football team of the United States Naval Academy, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A federal judge found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for […]
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California suing Trump to stop his ‘unlawful’ tariffs
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 California on Wednesday is set to […]
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