Another busy week for President Donald Trump is continuing into the weekend with the opening of trade and tariff negotiations in Geneva between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. While considered just an ice-breaker, Washington and Wall Street are hoping that it will lead to a restructuring of the trading terms […]

President Donald Trump‘s new wave of firings at independent agencies could spark another legal firestorm over his attempts to leverage his executive branch power. Consumer Product Safety Commission Commissioners Richard Trumka Jr. and Mary Boyle, both of whom were nominated by former President Joe Biden, received notice of their terminations in an email late Thursday […]

For more than the past year, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has missed among the most votes of any senator, rarely attended committee hearings, and become increasingly isolated from his colleagues amid reports of lingering mental health troubles. The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat has missed 30 floor votes this year and had the third-worst attendance in 2024. […]

President Donald Trump‘s inaugural trip abroad is poised to be consequential as he tries to reshape the world order, with the Middle East in his sights amid his tariff war. Trump is scheduled to depart next week on a dayslong tour of the Middle East that is expected to include stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, […]