Aug 07 Vance visiting Indiana as Trump urges GOP-led states to redistrict By Isabella Volmert, Associated Press As President Donald Trump pressures Republican states to reopen the process of redistricting mid cycle, Vice President JD Vance is set to meet with GOP leaders in Indiana. Continue reading
Aug 07 Funding freeze could set research back years, Harvard scientists say By Leah Willingham, Michael Casey, Associated Press “It's like we have been creating a state-of-the-art telescope to explore the universe, and now we don’t have money to launch it.”… Continue reading
Aug 07 Sen. Cornyn: FBI has agreed to help find Texas lawmakers By Associated Press The Texas Republican isn't saying just how the FBI might help state law enforcement find the legislators who left Texas to block a vote on new redistricting maps. He had requested federal help on Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 07 Trump says Intel's CEO must resign, sending its stock tumbling By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press President Donald Trump made a social media post after Sen. Tom Cotton sent a letter to Intel Chairman Frank Yeary expressing concern over CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s investments and ties to semiconductor firms that are reportedly linked to the Chinese Communist… Continue reading
Aug 07 Trump's broad tariffs go into effect just as U.S. economic pain is surfacing By Josh Boak, Associated Press The higher import taxes are part of his strategy to reduce the U.S. trade deficit and encourage foreign investment in America. Continue reading
Aug 07 U.S. applications for jobless benefits up modestly but remain at a healthy level By Matt Ott, Associated Press The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims for the week ending Aug. 2 rose by 7,000 to 226,000, slightly more than the 219,000 new applications analysts forecast. Continue reading
Aug 06 Trump says he plans to put 100% tariff on computer chips, likely increasing electronics costs By Josh Boak, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will impose a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely raising the cost of electronics, autos, household appliances and other goods deemed essential for the digital age. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch 7:51 Federal mRNA funding cut is 'most dangerous public health decision' ever, expert says By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas Many public health experts and scientists say they are stunned by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s decision to cancel nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding for future vaccine development. MRNA technology was central in the battle against… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch 10:18 How politicians are picking their voters with partisan redistricting By William Brangham, Kyle Midura Wednesday marks the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, the law that ended the era of Jim Crow voting laws that blocked Black Americans from exercising their right to cast a ballot. But 60 years later, there’s renewed effort to… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch 10:29 Former prosecutor and intel official questions legitimacy of Bondi's Russia probe By Stephanie Sy, Kayan Taraporevala, Eliot Barnhart, Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn Attorney General Pam Bondi directed federal prosecutors to launch a grand jury investigation into accusations that members of the Obama administration manufactured intelligence about Russia’s 2016 election interference. Stephanie Sy reports on the latest development in the lengthy saga and… Continue watching