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President Trump on Sunday teased the public with renderings of the new White House ballroom he is building in place of the East Wing, which was demolished last year. “Our Great National Security Facility and Ballroom is moving along on schedule,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “When completed, there will be nothing...
President Trump’s firing tested a precedent that had insulated independent regulators. But the justices carved out the “unique role” of the Federal Reserve.
New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman on Sunday said Vice President Vance’s opposition to the war was unique among President Trump's advisers, and ultimately hurt his relationship with the commander-in-chief. “Vance was the only one who really vocally took issue with this with Trump. And it irritated Trump, it cost Vance with Trump,...
Special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are on their way to Qatar for Iran peace talks. "I just spoke with the president about it. Iran has requested a meeting this week, so, special envoy Witkoff and Jared Kushner will be flying to Doha for high-level meetings this week as we continue...
The Supreme Court blocked President Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook on Monday in a 5-4 vote, ruling she can remain on the job as her legal challenge moves forward. Trump became the first president to attempt to fire a Fed board member in its 112-year history when he sacked Cook last year over accusations of mortgage...
The Supreme Court strengthened President Trump’s control over independent agencies in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, overruling 91 years of precedent that allowed Congress to insulate certain executive branch officials with firing protections. In an expansion of presidential power, the ruling gives Trump the right to sack Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, a Democratic appointee who...
President Trump had asked the justices to intervene after a jury found that he had sexually abused and defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll.
The Supreme Court refused President Trump's request on Monday to overturn a jury’s verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s and defaming her. It leaves intact the $5 million award that became a dominant prong of Trump’s personal legal troubles as he plotted his way back to the...
Pope Leo XIV has become a popular political figure, with his opposition to Trump's policies and his emphasis on Christian values of concern for the poor, refugees, and peace, resonating with voters and potentially impacting the upcoming midterms.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who recently lost a primary for his seat, said in a new interview that President Trump occasionally treats the legislative branch as “merely an appendage.” Cassidy told CBS News’s Margaret Brennan in the interview, aired on Sunday on "Face the Nation," that “the Senate is a separate body, separate from the...
The Supreme Court is due to release orders and some of its final opinions on Monday morning, days after delivering wins for the Trump administration in major rulings on immigration. Follow along here for the latest rulings from the court, which should be released shortly after 10 a.m. President Trump said Monday on Truth Social...
Tension with unions shadows Moore's run-up to 2028 Axios
GOP lawmakers fear that President Trump is out of sync with them and many American voters on the economy, the biggest issue of the 2024 midterm elections. Trump’s refusal to sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is the latest troubling sign for GOP senators, who have pressed Trump for weeks to pay more...
President Trump and his Republican colleagues are in a race against time, hoping that inflation can be bent downward in time to revive their chances in November’s midterm elections. Seen through one lens, the picture is bleak. New data released late last week on personal consumption expenditures (PCE) showed inflation above 4 percent. Even excluding food...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has an ambitious legislative agenda this week, but it’s unclear whether he can move those priorities forward as a group of conservative hard-liners demand action on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. President Trump urged House Republicans last week to fall in line after conservative rebels brought most House...
It's an award fully focused on comedy, yet some serious drama surrounded the Kennedy Center as Bill Maher received this year's Mark Twain Prize. But the controversy about the name and future of the Kennedy Center didn't stop several stars and a bipartisan group of lawmakers from heading to the performing arts hub in a...
The justices will decide this week whether President Trump can end the guarantee of birthright citizenship and fire a leader of the independent Federal Reserve.
Raging internal debates over foreign policy threaten both parties’ fortunes in November — and in 2028. Is a major ideological shift underway?
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President Trump said Sunday that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool will be drained shortly after the country’s 250th anniversary celebrations wrap up, accusing criminals of both damaging the lining and creating algae. "The Reflecting Pool is now in full use after suffering great damage from Criminal, Radical Left Vandals, people that truly hate our Country,"...
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) said Sunday he has a “positive predisposition” towards acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, whom President Trump has nominated for the full-time post. “I'm going to go through the nomination process. I have got a positive predisposition towards Blanche,” Tillis, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told host Jake Tapper...
Josh Shapiro and Marco Rubio have got World Cup fever.
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President Trump on Sunday blasted Janeese Lewis George, the Democratic nominee for mayor of Washington, D.C., as a “communist” whose policies will harm the district. “Janeese Lewis George, the Communist who is almost certainly going to be elected Mayor of Washington, D.C., has stated that she wants to empty the prisons, make D.C. a Sanctuary...