News of President Donald Trump pulling back on sweeping tariffs Wednesday gave Republicans on Capitol Hill something to cheer for — quite literally. The surprise announcement was applauded by Senate Republicans when the news was revealed during a closed-door lunch, according to several lawmakers in the room. REP. JEFF HURD EXPLAINS HIS RARE BREAK WITH […]
Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) criticized U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer for appearing to learn of President Donald Trump’s decision to put a 90-day pause on his global tariff agenda at the same time as the rest of the country. Greer was two hours into testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday when […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily reversed a lower court’s decisions to block President Donald Trump from firing two members of independent boards, marking the latest move in a case that has raised fundamental questions about presidential power. Chief Justice John Roberts issued the temporary pause on the lower court’s orders minutes after the Trump administration asked […]
The Washington Examiner’s Joe Concha argued that the latest controversy from Disney’s Snow White puts the company’s “hypocrisy” of protecting the environment in the spotlight. A new report showed Snow White’s carbon emissions were 62% higher than those of the average movie, which puts it beyond those of the most recent Fast & Furious film, […]
The Treasury Department published a “first-of-its-kind” investigation into the financial angle of the proliferation of fentanyl in the United States. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network released a report detailing the different legs of the fentanyl trade. According to the report, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is staying neutral in a bitter primary for Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) Senate seat, a race that has already begun to splinter Texas’s congressional delegation. In a striking departure from Senate tradition, Cruz won’t endorse Cornyn, his home state colleague, as he faces a fierce challenge from Ken Paxton, the Texas […]
A bipartisan group of three freshmen Senators introduced legislation Wednesday to give President Donald Trump’s administration the authority to halt investments from foreign companies, notably China, in the United States. Sens. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) sponsored the Providing Rigorous Oversight Through Evaluation of Concerning Transactions Act. If passed, it […]
The House voted to cancel a rule finalized under former President Joe Biden that capped overdraft fees at large banks and credit unions, sending it to President Donald Trump for final approval. The House voted 217-211 on Tuesday to pass the joint resolution, introduced by House Financial Service Committee Chairman French Hill (R-AR), that would rescind the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule. The […]
Apple customers have been panic buying iPhones out of fear the company may hike prices by hundreds of dollars in the coming days to offset the costs of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. They aren’t the only ones. Across the country, people have been rushing to stores or going online to buy everything from iPhones to […]
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) is deploying the state’s National Guard to Albuquerque after declaring a state of emergency for the city. Sixty to 70 New Mexico National Guard soldiers will be deployed to the city starting in mid-May after Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency for the city due to a significant increase […]
