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House GOP budget is in danger as holdouts dismiss Trump’s outreach

House GOP leaders are turning to President Donald Trump to convince holdout Republicans to pass a budget resolution this week, though fiscal conservatives say a White House pressure campaign may not be enough. At least 30 House Republicans are standing firm against the Trump-backed budget resolution coming back from the Senate over concerns that the […]

Supreme Court halts order to rehire federal workers removed by Trump

The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a federal judge’s sweeping order requiring the Trump administration to rehire thousands of fired federal employees, marking an early legal win for the president’s plan to slash government bureaucracy. In a brief, unsigned order, the high court sided with the administration and froze a March 13 injunction from U.S. District Judge William […]

Navarro promises the market is finding the bottom: ‘I guarantee no recession’

White House senior counselor Peter Navarro said to Laura Ingraham on Monday evening that there would be “no recession” following the implementation of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Navarro told Ingraham that the market, which tanked last Thursday in response to Trump’s reciprocal tariffs enacted on nearly 200 countries, is “finding a bottom” and that the […]

Rand Paul argues Trump tariffs are based on ‘fallacy’ that trades rip off US

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) claimed that a key problem with the tariffs recently implemented by the Trump administration is based on a “fallacy” that the U.S. does not benefit from trade with other nations. The Kentucky senator said that Trump’s argument for tariffs is “fundamentally backwards” because it is based on the idea that when […]

Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice to give up law license after 2020 election probe

Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Michael Gablemen agreed to suspend his law license for three years following his probe of President Donald Trump’s loss in Wisconsin in 2020.  He will surrender his license to settle multiple misconduct violations, conceding he violated state ethics rules for lawyers. He was hired by Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, […]

Dave Portnoy warns of ‘blue wave’ in midterm elections if stock market doesn’t improve

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy warned Monday there could be a “blue wave” in the midterm elections if the stock market looks the same in a year. “If the stock market sucks, there’s gonna be a blue wave,” Portnoy said during a Monday livestream. “If the stock market is like what it is right now, […]

Beijing scolds Vance for ‘Chinese peasants’ comment as tariff feud escalates

The Chinese Communist Party is upset with Vice President JD Vance after he asserted that his country is borrowing money from “Chinese peasants.” Beijing’s complaints stem from an interview the vice president gave to Fox News last week in which he defended President Donald Trump’s tariff policy as a method of deglobalizing the U.S. economy. […]

WATCH LIVE: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a press briefing

KAROLINE LEAVITT ASSURES GOODS ‘MADE WITH FOREIGN HANDS’ WILL RECEIVE TARIFFS White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is holding a press briefing at 1 p.m. ET. Reporters will likely ask her about President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” he enacted on nearly every nation last week. Stock markets around the globe have nosedived since.

Mike Johnson backs bill to keep activist judges ‘in their constitutional lane’

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) joined in celebrating the Supreme Court’s most recent decision by announcing soon-to-be-introduced legislation to stop another “activist judge.” The court’s ruling in Trump v. J. G. G. found that because deportees were “confined in Texas,” it was “improper” for Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to issue […]

Capitol Police cite Jan. 6, ‘staggering’ threats, for $1 billion budget

Years ahead of schedule, the new U.S. Capitol Police budget has soared to nearly $1 billion, and officials are blaming the increase on a “staggering” number of threats against House and Senate members and security measures raised by the Jan. 6, 2021 riots. In prepared testimony for its House budget hearing later Tuesday, Capitol Police […]
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