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Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska has shown quiet support for President Trump’s tariffs. His brother, the head of their family business, has described the economic volatility as an enormous challenge.
Trump gives ‘hilarious’ three-word response to question about backing Vance for 2028 Indy100
President Trump on Sunday said Ukraine should hold off on its strikes on Russian oil refineries, citing the growing surge in diesel prices amid the Iran war and subsequent energy crisis. A reporter asked Trump while at his golf course in Ireland, during the Irish Open, whether he had talked to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...
President Trump on Sunday said $5,000 dividend checks will "happen 100 percent" if the GOP maintains its majority in Congress after the midterm elections. The president compared the potential payouts to the $1,776 checks that went out to U.S. service members, telling reporters outside Air Force One on Sunday that he's received the same type...
A new poll shows that Democratic voters are more driven to cast their ballots in the November midterms elections out of their opposition to President Trump more so than the party's platform. The CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday found that 54 percent of Democratic voters said they will vote for their Democratic candidate to Congress...
President Trump said Sunday that he plans to lift tariffs on Irish whiskey, an announcement he made while visiting the Emerald Isle. “Ireland itself has been so incredible, so inviting, and we're very honored by presenting you with a great course. It's been great,” the president said while speaking at a ceremony for the Amgen...
President Trump on Sunday floated the idea that the U.S. could "stay and keep the oil" in Iran, comparing the notion to the U.S.'s major oil deal with Venezuela. Trump told reporters while in Doonbeg, Ireland, that the conflict with Iran will "end after the midterm" elections and that the Iranian regime "wants to make...
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Sunday joined multiple Republican lawmakers in questioning the fiscal sense of President Trump’s proposal to send $5,000 to every American adult. During an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Lawler initially avoided the question of whether he supported Trump’s proposed dividend. “I support putting money back in the pockets of hard-working...
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, on Sunday played down President Trump's threat to begin a trade war if the Federal Reserve doesn’t drop interest rates. “I don't expect the trade's going to go to zero, but I do think that the president has a very strong opinion that interest rates could be...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday he has not ruled out pursuing the impeachment of President Trump if Democrats take back the House in November. “No, we haven't ruled anything in and we haven't ruled anything out in terms of impeachment,” Jeffries told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week,” when the host asked...
GOP Rep. Mike Flood (Neb.) said Sunday he supports providing the Pentagon with more funding amid the Iran war over passing legislation to implement President Trump’s $5,000 dividend proposal. “First thing, I think we need to see the proposal, but the priority, in my opinion right now, should be funding our troops and replenishing our...
The right to manage the coast should remain equal under the law for all coastal states.
President Trump on Sunday downplayed the growing concerns over artificial intelligence's rapid development and its implications for the future of humanity, saying guardrails can be placed on the technology but that the U.S. cannot lose the AI race to China in the process. "Well I say this, we're leading China on AI. We're the most...
House and Senate lawmakers will return to Washington this week with a packed agenda before much of their focus shifts to the fast-approaching midterm elections. The Senate is expected to continue talks over the budget resolution and hold a procedural vote on the cryptocurrency regulation bill, among other priorities. The House, meanwhile, will reportedly consider...
At the Republican party’s first-ever midterm convention, President Donald Trump called upon attendees in Dallas to support Ken Paxton in the upcoming Texas senatorial race.
Student loan borrowers are in a race against the clock to keep their payments as low as possible as they navigate upcoming deadlines to get out of old repayment plans, choose a new one and potentially receive a temporary reduction in their loans’ interest rate. The Trump administration's standard repayment plan and Repayment Assistance Plan...
President Trump has been in the forefront of the “what-me-worry?” crowd, refusing to engage on how to balance the risks and rewards of A.I.
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kans.) appeared to shift his opinion on President Trump’s $5,000 dividends announced earlier this week. In a debate at the Kansas State Fair against Democratic opponent Adam Hamilton, a moderator asked both candidates if they supported the dividends, citing the proposal’s $1.2 trillion cost amid the growing national debt. “I’m going to...
A federal judge determined Friday that the Trump administration broke the law when it attempted to cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) workforce, a ruling which coincided with America's hurricane season. In her order, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “unlawfully usurped the authority” of FEMA “to make...
President Trump’s New York City childhood home sold for $1.93 million following renovations that transformed the previously damaged property. The Tudor-style house was bought by an undisclosed buyer through a contract in July though the home has changed hands multiple times since the president resided there. The seller Tommy Lin bought it last year for...
Republican leaders traveled to Dallas this week for the GOP’s midterm convention, fueling the party's President Trump-forward midterm strategy, as the party fights to maintain control in both chambers of Congress this November. The two-day event featured keynote speeches from Trump and Vice President Vance, tributes to the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk and warnings...
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico brushed off President Trump's nickname for him, "Talafreako," in an interview posted online by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. “I think his nicknames are getting cornier and cornier,” Talarico told Kimmel, who earlier this week said ABC decided against airing the interview over what Kimmel called threats from the Federal Communications...
A top political adviser to President Trump said he is “cautiously optimistic” that Republicans can keep control of Congress in November, despite political headwinds for the party and the president’s sinking approval ratings. "I won’t predict, you know, how many seats are going to be in either chamber come November," James Blair told NBC News's...
President Trump’s upcoming midterm campaign blitz is risking dragging down Republicans facing tough reelection bids as his approval rating plummets ahead of November. Trump will head to battleground North Carolina to campaign with Senate nominee Michael Whatley on Wednesday in an effort to boost Republican efforts in the fight to keep the seat red. The...