Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing a risky vote in the House that will block resolutions to repeal President Donald Trump’s tariffs until July, with at least two Republicans firmly against the measure and a handful of others threatening to make passage difficult. A procedural vote, called a rule, on Tuesday to advance a slate […]

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke to President Donald Trump on Tuesday and reminded him that Ottawa paid to build the new Detroit-Ontario border crossing bridge.  “We discussed the bridge. I explained that Canada has paid for the construction of the bridge, over $4 billion,” Carney said. “The ownership is shared between the […]

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Todd Lyons on Tuesday declined to apologize for the Trump administration’s characterization of two U.S. citizens killed during ICE-related operations in Minnesota as “domestic terrorists.”  In response to a line of questioning during a Senate hearing from Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Lyons refused to comment on whether he would […]

Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, denied on Tuesday that he misled the public on his past interactions with the late Jeffrey Epstein and downplayed his association with the disgraced child sex offender. During questioning from Democrats at a Senate appropriations committee hearing on broadband, Lutnick, who for years lived next door to Epstein’s […]