A Maryland judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees slashed from the federal workforce, stopping short of a nationwide injunction previously used against the White House. Maryland U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar ruled the workers must be reinstated by 2 p.m. on April 8, but only in the twenty specific […]
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) is headed for a competitive primary election next year after his former congressional staffer Jake Rakov launched a primary challenge on Wednesday. “I’m running for Congress against my former boss who’s been in office for nearly 30 years,” Rakov, 37, said on social media. “It’s time for a new generation of Democrats […]
Education Secretary Linda McMahon stepped out of the department’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., to offer her own remarks as Democratic lawmakers were airing their grievances regarding the Trump administration with reporters. The meeting between McMahon and about a dozen Democratic members of the House of Representatives comes weeks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to weaken the […]
The Senate is poised Wednesday evening to overturn the emergency declaration used by President Donald Trump to invoke Canadian tariffs. It is a bipartisan rebuke that would mark the greatest policy blemish of Trump’s second term and come just hours after he is set to announce new import taxes on what he has dubbed “Liberation […]
Tesla announced on Wednesday that its first-quarter deliveries were 13% lower than a year ago as the company faces a barrage of protests and attacks over CEO Elon Musk‘s work with the Trump administration. The company reported 336,681 vehicle deliveries in the first quarter of 2025, down from the 386,810 deliveries it reported in the […]
The future of state Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood remains uncertain following an intense oral argument session before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Justices heard Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a closely watched case that could determine whether Medicaid patients have a right to sue when states block access to certain healthcare providers. The […]
President Donald Trump is planning to reveal his most sweeping tariffs on Wednesday, a move he called “Liberation Day” because the tariffs’ goal is to free the United States from reliance on foreign imports. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent singled out what he called the “Dirty 15” countries that will face the steepest tariffs in an […]
Lawmakers in the California State Assembly rejected legislation Tuesday that would bar transgender athletes from participating in female sports. The bills, AB 89 and AB 844, would have banned athletes born male from taking part in girls’ and women’s school sports and reversed existing state law permitting transgender people to compete in those sports from […]
Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler says the main purpose of the Trump administration’s “Liberation Day” is to restore “fairness” to the United States in the global market. Liberation Day, taking place on Wednesday, is the day President Donald Trump vowed to implement tariffs on other countries, including Canada, Mexico, and China, on goods that […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) took a swipe over Republican state Sen. Randy Fine’s victory on Wednesday, accusing the “squish Republican” of overselling his margin of victory against his opponent. Fine’s race in Florida’s 6th District was called Tuesday evening, in which he led his opponent, Orlando teacher Josh Weil, by approximately 14% when 95% of […]
