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Department cuts leak out in Friday news dump amid tariff shockwaves

Positions at the IRS, State Department, and Energy Department have been marked for cuts or planned cuts during the tariff firestorm, which has...

Abbott delays blue district’s special election, citing logistical challenges

He blamed Harris County’s abilities in conducting elections for his delay in announcing an election for the seat, which has been vacant for...

DHS had FEMA chief take lie detector test after leak of private meeting

The test was given two days after Hamilton met with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski, a key adviser to President...

Trump reverses Biden decision to cover weight loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid

The Biden administration previously put forward a rule aimed at reinterpreting a statute that prevented the federal government from covering drugs “when used...

Supreme Court gives Trump first win over teacher grants freeze

The Supreme Court on Friday sided with the Trump administration, granting an emergency stay that halts a lower court order requiring the Education Department to immediately...

Trump fired NSA director Tim Haugh after Loomer meeting

President Donald Trump fired National Security Agency Director Gen. Tim Haugh after controversial right-wing activist Laura Loomer raised concerns that there were possibly...

Tariffs test congressional GOP’s faith in Trump

Senate Republicans have voted to confirm not just Trump’s envelope-pushing nominees like FBI Director Kash Patel but also his outside-the-box ex-Democratic ones, such...

Trump tariff push comes with proposal to make car loan payments tax-deductible

President Donald Trump’s tariffs plan is likely to create some price hikes, at least in the short term. Car prices are among the...

Congress must take back the tariff power

This publication has for years urged Congress to take back the authority over tariffs that it needlessly delegated to the executive branch. Some...

Claudia Sheinbaum says ‘good relationship’ with US spared Mexico from new tariffs

Mexico and Canada were spared from Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs that he imposed on close to 200 nations. Sheinbaum credited the United...

John Kennedy compares tariffs to whiskey and bets ‘every foreign trade rep’ will negotiate

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said he viewed the “Liberation Day” tariffs as an artful negotiation tactic that would draw in “every foreign trade...

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