Year: 2025
February 03, 2025
Politics
China readies to negotiate trade with Trump — and TikTok could be part of the talks: report
China is prepared to negotiate with the Trump administration on how it can make more investments in the US after the president's decision to impose 10% tariffs on the...
February 03, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Congress reacts to Trump’s tariffs, Musk’s power grab
Donald Trump is testing congressional power and Republican fealty on three major fronts this week as he steers the country into a backyard trade war, grants Elon Musk unprecedented...
February 03, 2025
Politics
USAID staffers told to stay out of DC headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to shut it down
WASHINGTON — Staffers of the US Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters on Monday, according to a notice distributed to them,...
February 03, 2025
Politics
NYC GOP slams effort to have its voters re-enroll as Democrats for mayor’s primary race
New York City Republican leaders are blasting a campaign to persuade its GOP voters to re-enroll as Democrats to vote in the Democratic primary for mayor on June 24. Voters have...
February 03, 2025
Congress
Lindsey Graham’s new challenge for Mike Johnson
Graham is ready and waiting if Johnson’s plan for the Trump agenda blows up.
February 03, 2025
Congress
RFK Jr. is persona non grata among Democrats
If the reception Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received from Democratic senators last week is any indication of how they’ll vote on his confirmation to serve as President Donald Trump’s...
February 03, 2025
Congress
Hard-liner rebellion forces House GOP leaders to scramble for deeper cuts
Budget Committee conservatives rejected the minimum targets outlined at least week’s Republican retreat.
February 03, 2025
Politics
Canadian toll deadbeats cost NY, NJ millions as Port Authority sees overall loss of $1.53B in 4 years
President Trump President Trump says Canadians aren't doing their fair share amid a tiff over trade. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey agrees, with receipts showing that...
February 03, 2025
Politics
Why Trump is digging in his heels on huge tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
Trump also suggested the tariffs were an attempt to level the playing field against three nations with which the US had a combined $450 billion trade deficit in 2023....
February 02, 2025
Politics
Republicans hold their breath as Trump ignites trade war with Canada, Mexico and China: ‘Tariffs are simply taxes’
Republican lawmakers are treading carefully as President Trump deviates from traditional party orthodoxy by slapping large tariffs against America's three largest trading partners in a simmering trade war. Republican...