Politics Apr 08 WATCH: White House says Trump looking to strike 'tailor-made trade deals' with individual countries The administration has yet to articulate its goals for any talks with trading partners, other than to suggest that negotiations could take several months and that nations might also need to dramatically overhaul their tax systems and regulations to satisfy…
Politics Apr 02 WATCH: Senate passes resolution to undo Trump's Canada tariffs in rare Republican rebuke The Senate’s legislation has practically no chance of passing the Republican-controlled House and being signed by Trump, but it showed the limits of Republican support for Trump’s vision of remaking the U.S. economy by restricting free trade.
Politics Apr 02 Trump pressures Senate Republicans to oppose Democratic resolution that would nullify Canada tariffs Senate Republicans are facing pressure Wednesday from President Donald Trump to oppose a Democratic resolution that would nullify the presidential emergency on fentanyl he is using to implement tariffs on Canada.
Politics Apr 01 WATCH: Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech protesting Trump It set the record for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber’s history.
Politics Mar 27 Bipartisan senators overseeing military request Pentagon investigation into use of Signal app Republican committee chair Sen. Roger Wicker and top Democrat Sen. Jack Reed signed onto a letter to the acting inspector general at the Defense Department for an inquiry into the potential use of unclassified networks to discuss classified information.
Politics Mar 27 The White House says nothing classified was shared on Signal. Democrats say that strains credulity “I think it’s all a witch hunt,” President Donald Trump said as reporters repeatedly questioned him about the matter during an Oval Office appearance to announce new tariffs.
Politics Mar 24 Veterans becoming face of Trump's government cuts and Democrats' resistance Former service members have been acutely affected by the Republican president's actions, including layoffs at the Department of Veterans Affairs and a Pentagon purge of archives that documented military diversity.
Politics Mar 14 Senate approves bill that would increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers The Senate on Friday passed a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers as both Republicans and Democrats seek to show they can act to rein in distribution of the deadly drug.
Politics Mar 13 Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva dies of complications from cancer treatment at 77 Democratic U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona, who championed environmental protection during his 12 terms in Congress, died Thursday of complications from cancer treatments, his office said.
Politics Mar 05 Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to AP report The VA's chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, told top level officials at the agency that it had an objective to cut enough employees to return to 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000.