Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent laid out multiple factors President Donald Trump is considering in the decision to implement reciprocal tariffs. Trump has pledged for months to implement reciprocal tariffs on other countries in response to import taxes and other trade policies on U.S. goods. The tariffs are set to go into effect on April 2. […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has called on local governments in the Sunshine State to agree to voluntary audits from the state’s Department of Government Efficiency task force as Florida looks to cut government waste and fraud. DeSantis announced the state’s DOGE efforts last month, including a task force aimed at 70 state boards and commissions […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi made it clear that acts of vandalism against Tesla would be fully prosecuted as domestic terrorism. Her comments followed multiple reports of vandalized Tesla vehicles and dealerships. In one case, a suspect set a Tesla service center in Las Vegas, Nevada, ablaze using Molotov cocktails, damaging five vehicles. Tesla CEO Elon Musk […]
Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu is facing detainment just days ahead of launching his campaign to become the president of Turkey. Imamoglu, the presumptive Republican People’s Party candidate and prominent rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was among more than 100 politicians, journalists, and other public individuals detained this week in a sweeping series […]
A new campaign ad in Wisconsin’s high-stakes Supreme Court race ties conservative candidate Judge Brad Schimel to Department of Government Efficiency enforcer Elon Musk by claiming the billionaire campaign donor is trying to buy Schimel a seat on the state’s high court. The 30-second ad, airing on YouTube, claims Schimel is corrupt in other areas as […]
Fresh from his SpaceX company’s rescue of astronauts stranded on the International Space Station, inventor Elon Musk is already looking at building a sustainable city of 1 million people on Mars by 2050, or before “civilization dies.” “I think the soonest would be 2029” when man lands on Mars, according to Musk. Then, over two […]
Republican lawmakers in Arkansas are pushing legislation that would mandate ICE cooperation and enhance penalties for criminal illegal immigrants in the state. The Defense Against Criminal Illegals Act, SB426, is being led by Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester and state Rep. Frances Cavenaugh, both Republicans. The legislation seeks to introduce three changes to the […]
The United Kingdom’s Labour Party cut welfare spending to boost the economy and save costs. The reforms, unveiled on Tuesday afternoon in a Green Paper, aim to save £5 billion, or $6.5 billion, a year by 2030. These savings will come through the tightening of eligibility for health and disability benefits, setting up identity troubles […]
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett asserted that the economy is improving in key ways as others stoke fears of an impending recession. Delayed tariffs against Mexico and Canada will likely result in “a little disturbance,” President Donald Trump said, which prompted concerns about a greater economic downturn. Hassett defended the threat of tariffs, which will begin […]
Minnesota Republicans called on GOP state Sen. Justin Eichorn to resign after he was arrested for allegedly soliciting a teenage minor for prostitution. Eichorn allegedly set out on Monday to meet up with someone he thought was a 16-year-old girl. Instead, he was met by a detective and was promptly detained by law enforcement, according to […]
