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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Thursday that the $5,000 dividends President Trump promised U.S. adults earlier this week would not come from taxpayer money. In an interview with NBC News at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Lutnick said, “It’s not tax money.” “Together we’re going to deliver that plan and we’re going to...
President Trump said Friday he’s "99 percent" sure he could have given a speech at the New York City 9/11 ceremony if he wanted to, while pushing back on reports that said he didn’t attend because he wouldn’t be able to give a speech. “It’s just not true. I didn’t demand to speak,” he told...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a prominent conservative voice in the Senate GOP conference, says he’s willing to support President Trump’s proposal to give $5,000 dividend payments to U.S. adults provided that they are structured as tax refunds and go to people who work and pay taxes. Asked about Trump’s proposal, Cruz told Fox News’ Jesse...
The House is set to take up legislation next week aimed at imposing tougher sanctions on Russia, after the measure cleared the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support last month. The House Rules Committee will meet Monday to consider the Russia sanctions bill, championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and backed by President Trump,...
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board on Thursday slammed President Trump’s proposal to dole out $5,000 checks to every U.S. adult if the GOP wins control in both chambers of Congress in November. The board noted in its opinion that the plan would amount to about $1.2 trillion when applied to the country’s roughly 240...
🐘Plus: What you missed at RNC night 2 {beacon} It’s Friday. Let us hold a moment of silence for those who lost their lives 25 years ago. In today's issue: Former presidents reflect on 9/11 GOP convention Day 2 Trump’s dividend vow faces scrutiny Inflation is steady; gas prices are not Programming note:...
Terry Strada, the widow of a 9/11 victim, called on the Trump administration Friday to recognize Saudi Arabia’s alleged ties to this terrorist attack — an accusation that the kingdom has repeatedly denied. Strada’s comments at the 25th anniversary memorial service at Ground Zero in New York City elicited loud applause from the crowd. All...
Trump's chief negotiator, Steve Witkoff, visited Kyiv in September 2025, yet critics argue that further diplomatic pressure and a shift in strategy are necessary to break the ongoing impasse between Russia and Ukraine.
President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tied the Iran war to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in their anniversary remarks Friday at the Pentagon, suggesting the conflict is a continuation of the war on terror. “We salute the service members working right now to ensure the world's number one sponsor of terror, the...
Fox News host Bret Baier questioned Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican Senate nominee, on Thursday over his support for President Trump’s new controversial “Trump dividend” proposal. At the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas this week, the president floated the idea of disbursing $5,000 checks to every American adult if Republicans maintain their majority...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday President Trump’s latest round of tariffs is “relatively modest” compared to the United States' past moves. When talking with reporters at a cabinet retreat in Banff, Alberta, Carney was asked if Canada was going to retaliate to added U.S. tariffs. Carney said that this government was analyzing the...
The long, odd two-night TV production hoped to reach a select audience of die-hard voters (if football didn’t intercept them).
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said President Trump’s proposal to give $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans win the midterm elections “would be extraordinarily costly” and questioned providing it to everyone regardless of financial need. “From the few details we have, it seems that the proposed $5,000 dividend would not have an income cap and...
Donald Trump is shifting focus from the ongoing conflict with Iran toward several major architectural renovation projects across Washington, D.C.
Joe DiGenova, a Trump ally tapped to lead a sprawling investigation into many of the president’s perceived enemies, resigned from the post late Thursday, indicating concerns over the strength of the case. The so-called grand conspiracy investigation was led out of a U.S. attorney office in Florida where prosecutors issued dozens of subpoenas in a...
Online media stars eager to promote President Trump and Republicans worked to find a message that would resonate with an audience that is struggling with an affordability crisis.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday criticized President Trump’s controversial proposal to pay out $5,000 checks to every U.S. adult if Republicans win the midterms. “What I would say is, if you are getting surplus revenue, you should cut people’s tax and return it to the people,” DeSantis said during a press conference in...
President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will attend a remembrance at the Pentagon, while Vice President Vance joins past presidents at Ground Zero in New York City on Friday morning, as America pauses to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Twenty-five years after four jets took down the World Trade...
President Trump will speak at the Pentagon on Friday morning to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, Arlington, Va. and Pennsylvania. A total of 2,977 victims died in the tragic incidents. At the Pentagon alone, 184 lives were lost after American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into...
In today's issue: ▪ A somber anniversary ▪ Conclusion of the RNC midterm convention ▪ Supreme Court rejects Missouri GOP map ▪ Kimmel accuses FCC of threat Americans all around the country today are commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that changed the course of the 21st century. President Trump...
President Trump's gains with Hispanic voters helped catapult him to the White House in 2024, raising questions about whether the key voting bloc had left the Democratic coalition. But less than two years later, Democrats appear to be making inroads with those voters, who are expressing dissatisfaction with Trump, the state of the economy and his immigration policies....
Five years after top Trump officials were found in violation of the Hatch Act over their appearances at the 2020 Republican National Convention, President Trump's Cabinet is once again taking the stage to boost Republicans ahead of the midterms. Administration officials have notably been introduced without their official titles for their speeches at the GOP...
The 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks falls as the Trump administration has scaled back expanded security measures put in place at airports across the nation to prevent terrorists from using planes against the U.S. ever again. The hijacking of planes ushered in a new era of screenings, while even more restrictive measures...
Our politics reporter Reid Epstein explains how the Trump administration is using the Postal Service to intervene in mail-in voting in state elections.