Aug 06 Sen. Marsha Blackburn jumps into race for Tennessee governor By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press Blackburn's announcement sets up a Republican primary clash in August 2026 against Rep. John Rose who is also a Trump backer. Continue reading
Aug 06 Trump to put additional 25% import taxes on India, bringing combined tariffs to 50% By Josh Boak, Rajesh Roy, Fatima Hussein, Associated Press The tariffs would go into effect 21 days after the signing of the order, meaning that both India and Russia might have time to negotiate with the administration on the import taxes. Continue reading
Aug 06 Trump envoy Witkoff meets Putin ahead of Russia-Ukraine peace deadline, the Kremlin says By Associated Press The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding talks with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff. A meeting between Putin and Witkoff lasted about three hours Wednesday. Neither side gave an immediate readout of the talks. … Continue reading
Aug 06 Trump threatens federal takeover of DC after attack on former DOGE worker By Alanna Durkin Richer, Mike Balsamo, Associated Press The incident happened early Sunday in Logan Circle. Police say a group of teenagers tried to carjack Coristine and his significant other. Continue reading
Aug 05 Trump administration cannot reallocate billions meant for disaster mitigation, federal judge rules By Jack Brook, Michael Casey, Associated Press Massachusetts and the other states that brought the lawsuit argued FEMA lacked the authority to end the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program and redirect more than $4 billion of its funding. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 6:31 News Wrap: Texas AG attempts to expel Democrats who left state to block redistricting vote In our news wrap Tuesday, the Texas Attorney General is ramping up pressure on Democrats who left the state to block a vote on a new congressional map, a central California wildfire exploded in size to nearly 130 square miles… Continue watching
Aug 05 RFK Jr. pulls funding for vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press The projects — 22 of them — are being led by some of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna to prevent flu, COVID-19 and H5N1 infections. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 6:25 Can Trump deliver on his energy export promises? Expert weighs in By Stephanie Sy, Azhar Merchant With new tariffs set to take effect on Friday, President Trump continued to battle and negotiate with several countries. He has said the new purchase of U.S. energy is a key to some of the biggest deals struck so far. Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 7:01 How Trump’s embrace of conspiracy theories kept the Epstein case in the spotlight By William Brangham, Kyle Midura President Trump has a habit of courting unfounded conspiracies. That includes QAnon, the belief that some hidden figure in the government is explaining how Trump is waging a secret battle against dark, nefarious forces. His amplification of QAnon has also… Continue watching
Aug 05 WATCH: Trump signs executive order on 2028 Olympic task force By Seung Min Kim, Meg Kinnard, Associated Press The 2028 Games will be the first Olympics to be hosted by the U.S. since the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Continue reading