White House Defends Trump’s Tariffs After Stock Market Sell-Off
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Pregnant federal employees who were fired grapple with stress of losing insurance and looking for work
Emily Erroa was eight months pregnant when she found out she was being fired from her human resources job at the Department of Energy. “It stressed me out to the point where I did have to go into the hospital because I felt as though I caused too much stress to the baby,” she told […]
Trump says he’ll double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum in response to electricity duties
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will double the tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum imported from Canada, an escalation of the brewing economic feud between the U.S. and its largest trading partner. Trump posted to his Truth Social platform that the tariffs would go from 25% to 50% starting Wednesday, a move that comes […]
The White House is using tariffs to restore manufacturing. Data suggests it will take time.
Tariffs ignore that economic reality, leaving consumers with higher prices for basic goods and less to spend in the areas in which our economy excels, Hoffman said: Cheap goods mean “more money to save, to invest, to allocate elsewhere — we’re far better off because of access to international trade.”Deficits are not necessarily negative. “If […]
Former Rep. Katie Porter launches run for California governor
Democratic former Rep. Katie Porter is running for governor of California, injecting another well-known name into the race to succeed Gavin Newsom. “What California needs now is a little bit of hope and a whole lot of grit, fresh blood and new ideas, leaders with the backbone to fight for what’s right,” Porter said in […]
Dow and Nasdaq plummet as fears of recession, trade war grow
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon warns 60 colleges over antisemitism on campus
Dozens of universities across the country received a federal government warning Monday over their obligation to protect Jewish students on campus, just as President Donald Trump’s administration clamps down on pro-Palestinian protesters. Education Secretary Linda McMahon wrote to 60 institutions — many of which were the site of lengthy, and at times fractious, protests last […]
Bipartisan pair of senators reintroduce bill to expand fentanyl testing in hospitals
WASHINGTON — Nearly seven years after Tyler Shamash, a 19-year-old from California, died following a fentanyl overdose, a bill that his mother says could have prevented his death is getting renewed focus nearly 3,000 miles away in Washington, D.C. Shamash overdosed a few days before he died while he was living at a sober living […]
DOJ official says she was fired after opposing the restoration of Mel Gibson’s gun rights
The former U.S. pardon attorney, Elizabeth G. Oyer, was terminated Friday after she opposed restoring actor Mel Gibson’s rights to carry a gun, her spokesperson and two Justice Department officials familiar with the matter told NBC News. A spokesperson for Oyer said that she was not told why she was terminated but that because of the sequence of events she believes her refusal […]
Musk says DOGE is in almost every federal agency and plans to double staff
Trump adviser and tech billionaire Elon Musk said Monday that he plans to double the size of his staff in the Department of Government Efficiency, which he noted is already working inside nearly every federal agency. Musk’s comments about DOGE came in an interview on Fox Business as his budget-cutting team has faced growing pushback […]
Thefts at homes of NFL and NBA athletes underline anti-terrorist program’s weakness
Some of the people suspected of being members of a theft ring charged with slipping into the homes of famous athletes to rob them entered the United States legally. But their arrests have underscored problems with a post-9/11 program that is supposed to vet certain travelers to keep out criminals and terrorists. Authorities in Florida […]
Trade partners impose new tariffs on U.S.
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