Month: April 2025
April 03, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: What’s next in the GOP budget saga
Senate Republicans have a new budget blueprint to jump-start President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, and Majority Leader John Thune wants to adopt it by Saturday. It’s looking like he’ll...
April 03, 2025
Congress
House proxy-voting mess threatens to jam up the GOP agenda
Speaker Mike Johnson showed no signs of backing away from a fight with fellow Republicans that has frozen legislative business.
April 03, 2025
Politics
Trump invites president of El Salvador to White House: ‘Your support of my efforts to combat illegal immigration is greatly appreciated’
Trump has invited Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to join him at the White House on April 14. Trump has invited Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to join him at the...
April 03, 2025
Politics
Trump imposes new tariffs on cheap Chinese goods sold by companies like Temu and Shein
Trump, 78, argued that the so-called de minimus exception allowed shippers from the People’s Republic and Hong Kong to “hide illicit substances” in packaging and products. Trump, 78, argued...
April 03, 2025
Politics
Senate passes bipartisan resolution to try to block Trump’s Canada tariffs
“There's two arguments,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said. “One is the constitutional argument, but the second argument is an economic argument – tariffs are just bad.” “There's two arguments,”...
April 02, 2025
Politics
Ex-Biden HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra launches Calif. governor bid – potentially putting him on a collision course with Kamala Harris
“It makes no difference to me who’s in or not,” Becerra said Wednesday. “It makes no difference to me who’s in or not,” Becerra said Wednesday.
April 02, 2025
Health Care
One takeaway from POLITICO’s Health Care Summit: Trump has broken open America’s partisan divide on health
Republicans painted a picture of a corrupt, broken system. Democrats said Trump’s cuts were putting millions of lives at risk. Republicans painted a picture of a corrupt, broken system....
April 02, 2025
Politics
Wall Street braces for wild ride on stock prices after Trump reveals tariffs on most imports
Stocks took a hit in after-hours trading after the commander-in-chief slapped a 10% baseline tariff on all exporters to the US as well steeper rates for nations he accuses...
April 02, 2025
Politics
Brad Lander tells Cuomo to ‘get the f–k out of here’ after ex-gov accuses NYC mayoral opponents of being antisemitic DSA ‘disciples’
Andrew Cuomo painted several of his mayoral opponents as antisemitic DSA "disciples" -- sparking outrage from the city's highest-ranking Jewish elected official, who told the ex-gov to "get the...
April 02, 2025
Politics
Senate Republicans finally unveil budget blueprint for Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ agenda
Senate Republicans moved ahead of the House to propose a $5 trillion increase to the debt limit and make 2017 federal tax cuts permanent. Senate Republicans moved ahead of...