Anxiety and uncertainty over U.S. tariffs and economic retaliation from China have caused foreign markets to plunge on Monday. European and Asian stock markets were the first to experience the economic fallout this week. Asian markets were hit particularly hard. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng dropped 13.22% to 19,828.30 on Monday, the Associated Press […]
Billionaire Mark Cuban feels that people in the country “aren’t ready” for transgender athletes, specifically men who claimed they were women, to participate in female sports. The Dallas Mavericks owner and “Shark Tank” host made the assertion in an interview on an episode of “The Stephen A. Smith Show” last week. “The whole sports — […]
The U.S. Air Force is changing its policies regarding pregnant pilots and their authorization to fly. The new policy restricts pilots from flying jets during the early weeks of their pregnancies due to certain health risks. The new rules focus on service members in their first trimester of pregnancy. One of the most significant changes […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington, D.C., on Sunday night, where he met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as Israel faces a steep reciprocal tariff set to take effect on April 9. Last week, President Donald Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs on countries that tax U.S. goods, of which Israel was a […]
President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday night that the United States was “pretty close” to a TikTok divestment deal until China dodged on a sale of the platform because of the tariffs Trump announced against the country on his “Liberation Day” rollout. The Washington Examiner previously reported that a deal was finalized between American investors […]
President Donald Trump indicated on Sunday night that the sweeping reciprocal tariffs he levied just last week are staying in effect, as the markets continue to plunge. In comments to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump pointed to U.S. trade deficits with other countries in his defense of the tariffs, singling out China, which was […]
The artist of a 2019 portrait of President Donald Trump hanging in Colorado‘s state Capitol claimed on Sunday that her career and art business is “in danger of not recovering” after Trump accused her of “purposefully” distorting the portrait and called for its removal. In a release posted on her website, Sarah Boardman defended the […]
Billionaire Mark Cuban revealed that his support for former Vice President Kamala Harris stemmed from how “she wasn’t Donald Trump” when asked in a new interview why he campaigned for Harris in 2024. Cuban was one of several celebrities to support Harris in her presidential campaign bid against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, which included an […]
Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) expressed enthusiasm for President Donald Trump prioritizing U.S. energy, arguing that the president is working to cut “red tape” hampering the energy industry. The president just signed Pfluger’s Congressional Review Act that sought to reverse former President Joe Biden’s natural gas tax, which Pfluger argued is the first step that is […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) have reached a deal to end her effort to ensure new parents can vote by proxy. Last week, Luna and Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) succeeded in their efforts to sink a measure designed to disable new parents from voting remotely. Luna and Petterson designed […]
