Oct 27 Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow it to fire head of U.S. Copyright Office By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The case is the latest that relates to Trump’s authority to install his own people at the head of federal agencies. Continue reading
Oct 27 After courts hampered earlier efforts, Trump wants to cancel more funding during shutdown By Rebecca Boone, Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s administration has canceled, or threatened to cancel, billions of dollars of previously approved federal spending and wants to go after even more funding during the shutdown. Continue reading
Oct 27 Mamdani rallies NYC voters with support from Bernie Sanders and AOC By Associated Press New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has rallied supporters with heavyweight support from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Continue reading
Oct 27 Biden warns of ‘dark days’ and urges Americans to stay optimistic By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Former President Joe Biden urged Americans not to check out in response to what he says are attacks on free speech and tests on the limits of executive power by President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Oct 27 Indiana Gov. Mike Braun calls a special session to redraw the state’s congressional boundaries By Isabella Volmert, Associated Press It’s unclear whether enough of the state's GOP majority Senate will back new maps. Continue reading
Oct 27 WATCH: Johnson says Republicans ‘have a long list of ideas’ to address health care costs By Joey Cappelletti, Ali Swenson, Associated Press House Speaker Mike Johnson told a news conference Monday that the enhanced health care tax credits are “subsidizing bad policy." Republicans "have a long list of ideas" to address health care costs, he said, and are “grabbing the best ideas… Continue reading
Oct 26 No federal food aid will go out Nov. 1, Trump administration posts on USDA website By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1, raising the stakes for families nationwide as the government shutdown drags on. Continue reading
Oct 26 U.S. and China say trade deal drawing closer as Trump and Xi prepare for high-stakes meeting By Chris Megerian, David Rising, Eileen Ng, Associated Press A trade deal between the United States and China is drawing closer, officials from the world’s two largest economies said Sunday as they reached an initial consensus for President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to aim to finalize during their high-stakes meeting. Continue reading
Oct 26 Fact-checking claims that a Canadian ad was misleading about Reagan’s tariff warning By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact The one-minute ad included some of Reagan’s remarks out of chronological order and omitted that Reagan recorded the address after imposing duties on some Japanese products. However, the ad’s overall message doesn’t misrepresent Reagan’s views on tariffs. Reagan said he believed that… Continue reading
Oct 25 Trump threatens Canada with 10% tariff increase for not pulling down critical ad sooner By Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario. Continue reading