House funding vote puts Senate Democrats in a bind: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, we dive into the next steps on Capitol Hill after the House passed a short-term funding bill with […]
Education Department prepares to lay off roughly half its workforce
The Education Department on Tuesday announced a drastic reduction in its workforce, saying it’s preparing to cut about half of its staff. About 2,100 career employees will receive termination notices and will be given an opportunity to return to office to turn in government property and clean out desks on Wednesday, according to two officials. Secretary of […]
Washington state sues rural county for helping ICE round up undocumented immigrants
The Washington attorney general claims in a new lawsuit that the sheriff in rural Adams County has been breaking state law for at least three years by helping federal immigration officers round up and collect information on suspected undocumented residents. And since the election of President Donald Trump, Sheriff Dale J. Wagner has taken the […]
Congressional Dems, ACLU slam Trump’s ‘invasion’ immigration proclamation, preview legal challenge
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and three other leading Democrats in Congress wrote in a letter to the White House on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day proclamation declaring that illegal immigration is an invasion of the U.S. is a “troubling and misguided interpretation of the Constitution,” which could be a precursor to legal action if Trump goes further. The congressional Democrats who signed the letter — Sens. Durbin and Alex Padilla, […]
USAID employees told to burn or shred classified documents
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Agency for International Development is instructing its staff in Washington to shred and burn documents, according to an email obtained by NBC News. The move comes as President Donald Trump’s administration faces legal challenges over its attempt to shut down the federal agency. The document destruction was set to take place […]
White House says U.S. economy is in a period of transition amid recession fears
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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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