Feb 25 Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico are 'on time' with more import taxes to come By Josh Boak, Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press Trump has claimed that other countries charge unfair import taxes that have come at the expense of domestic manufacturing and jobs. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 4:50 Trump picks loyalist Bongino to be second-in-command at FBI By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura President Trump has picked a loyalist to be second-in-command at the FBI. Dan Bongino grew a massive online following spreading lies about election security, including that the agency he’ll help oversee tried to rig the 2016 and 2020 elections. Lisa… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch 6:07 Retired rear admiral fears Trump replacing military leaders with those 'loyal to him' By Geoff Bennett, Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn The Trump administration fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General CQ Brown, breaking with decades of precedent as part of a broader purge of senior military leaders. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also said the administration… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch 7:32 Why a former IRS commissioner says Musk's mass layoffs are a huge mistake By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat The IRS is in the process of terminating more than 6,000 employees, around six percent of the agency’s workforce, as Elon Musk’s team continues its efforts to cut federal employees. Former IRS leaders who served under both Democratic and Republican… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch 8:27 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump's approval ratings after one month in office By Amna Nawaz, Ian Couzens NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including Republicans facing boisterous town halls amid President Trump's and Elon Musk's federal workforce cuts, Democratic lawmakers… Continue watching
Feb 24 Judge won't immediately restore Associated Press' access to White House By Matt Sedensky, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden urged the Trump administration to reconsider its two-week-old ban, saying that case law "is uniformly unhelpful to the White House.”… Continue reading
Feb 24 WATCH: Woman is forcibly removed from Idaho town hall meeting by plainclothes security workers By Rebecca Boone, Martha Bellisle, Associated Press The incident Saturday at Coeur d'Alene High School, first reported by the Coeur d'Alene Press, drew widespread attention after videos of the turbulence were posted online. Continue reading
Feb 24 Trump defends Musk's demand that federal employees summarize what they've been doing By Chris Megerian, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Attorneys representing unions, businesses, veterans and conservation organizations filed an updated lawsuit in federal court in California on Monday, arguing Elon Musk had violated the law by threatening mass firings. Continue reading
Feb 24 WATCH: Macron corrects Trump after he says European support for Ukraine was a loan By Associated Press Putting his hand on President Donald Trump’s arm, French President Emmanuel Macron said, “We provided real money, to be clear.”… Continue reading
Feb 24 WATCH: Trump says he believes Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine By Sylvie Corbet, Matthew Lee, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Donald Trump said he was hopeful that Russia's war in Ukraine was nearing an endgame as he met on Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron on the third anniversary of the invasion. Continue reading