President Donald Trump scored a significant win on Thursday after a federal appeals court reinstated his sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs. However, with the legal battle likely to reach the Supreme Court, the White House claims it will fight back on multiple fronts to ensure the trade policy remains in effect. The court drama began on Wednesday […]
A group of Catholic bishops and priests in Washington state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, challenging a new Washington law requiring priests to report suspected child abuse or neglect shared during confessionals. On May 2, Gov. Bob Ferguson (D-WA) signed Senate Bill 5375, which goes into effect in July, requiring all clergy to report suspected […]
The White House is calling on former first lady Jill Biden to “speak up” about her husband’s health condition before he left office. “The former first lady should certainly speak up about what she saw in regards to her husband, when she saw it, and what she knew,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “I think […]
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) warned judges seeking to interfere with President Donald Trump would have their opposition taken to the Supreme Court, suggesting that the judicial branch will soon “dig up more snakes than they can kill.” The Trump administration hit another legal speed bump on Wednesday night when the U.S. Court of International Trade […]
Former Lt. Mark Bashaw took a victory lap Wednesday night on social media following a pardon granted to him by President Donald Trump, which came three years after he was court-martialed for rejecting COVID-19 mandates. Bashaw was convicted in 2022 after he failed to provide negative COVID-19 tests and opted out of wearing a mask […]
In a significant shift, more Americans now believe COVID-19 vaccines may have caused heart problems in some patients, a sign of growing support for potentially removing the products from the marketplace. Following warnings from the Food and Drug Administration and a decision this week by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to […]
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie could lay off hundreds of workers and permanently eliminate hundreds more jobs in his effort to plug a massive $782 million budget deficit. The mayor, who will release his budget on June 1, is expected to permanently eliminate 1,000 jobs, though most are currently vacant or filled by employees who are expected […]
The Trump administration signaled Thursday that it may ask the Supreme Court as soon as Friday to step in and revive a sweeping tariffs policy blocked by the U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday evening. In a court filing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, government attorneys said they would seek “emergency […]
President Donald Trump met with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, as Trump and others in the administration have pressed the central bank to lower interest rates. The Fed announced the Thursday meeting in a brief statement. The central bank said the two discussed “economic developments including for growth, employment, and inflation.” “Chair Powell did not […]
President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of former gang leader Larry Hoover on Wednesday as part of a wider clemency effort involving over two dozen convicts. Other people who had their sentences commuted include rapper NBA YoungBoy, sentenced over his involvement in a 2019 fatal shootout outside the Trump International Beach Resort in Sunny Isles […]
