Responding to $75 billion in new tariffs on U.S. goods announced by China on Friday, President Donald Trump said he will increase previously announced tariffs on Chinese imports.
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From fiery protests outside detention centers in Texas, New Jersey and Rhode Island to a sit-in that blocked an Amazon store in New York, a coalition of liberal Jewish groups is increasingly making itself heard as it fights the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
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Rebuking the White House for giving some oil refiners a pass on the amount of ethanol they must mix into gasoline, U.S. Senator and Democratic hopeful Amy Klobuchar accused the president Thursday of breaking his promises to rural farmers.
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Planned Parenthood clinics in several states are charging new fees, tapping into financial reserves, intensifying fundraising and warning of more unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases in the wake of its decision to quit a $260 million federal family planning program in a dispute with the Trump administration over abortion.
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After 45 years of saving animals like the bald eagle and grizzly bear from extinction, new Endangered Species Act rules will weaken protections for thousands of plant and animal species, according to a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration Wednesday.
Read moreThough the public’s perception of the economy has gradually tilted increasingly positive since President Donald Trump took office in 2017, the number of Americans who say the economy is doing well dipped significantly for the first time on his watch this summer, according to a poll out Wednesday.
Read moreHauling the Environmental Protection Agency to court, New York blames a lack of pressure from the Trump administration on General Electric’s failure to clean up the river it polluted.
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President Donald Trump signed an order Wednesday canceling the federal student loan debt of thousands of permanently disabled veterans after addressing the 75th annual AMVETS convention in Kentucky.
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office predicted Wednesday that the federal deficit will average $1.2 trillion between 2020 and 2029, causing the federal debt to rise to levels not seen since just after World War II.
Read moreA ban on sex changes in the military will remain in place, but advocates praised a federal judge Wednesday for advancing their suit that contests the policy as transgender discrimination.
Read moreAn Iranian tanker that has sparked a diplomatic row pitting Tehran against Washington and London is too big to dock in Greece, the country’s junior foreign minister said Wednesday.
Read moreIn a move widely expected to face legal challenge, the Trump administration announced a new rule Wednesday that will remove limits on how long the government can detain immigrant children so that families who arrive at the southern border can be held together.
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Upping the ante in his unilateral war of words with Denmark, President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday the Danish prime minister was “nasty” to him in her rejection of his bid to buy Greenland – claiming that’s why he abruptly canceled a scheduled meeting with her.
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The United States envoy negotiating with the Taliban for an end to America’s longest war departed Tuesday for Qatar to resume talks, the State Department said, amid concerns about a growing threat by an Islamic State affiliate.
Read moreA senior correspondent for Playboy claims in a federal complaint that the White House suspended his press pass because he lacked “decorum” and “professionalism” when conservative social-media influencers shouted at him during a Rose Garden event last month.
Read moreTempers flared Tuesday at the trial of Greg Craig as both parties questioned a government witness who testified that the former White House counsel was ingrained in operations to craft U.S. media coverage on Ukraine.
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Casting an EPA memo that announced the policy as “all bark and no bite,” the D.C. Circuit rejected a lawsuit Tuesday from California and environmental groups challenging the EPA’s new scheme for classifying sources of air pollution.
Read morePresident Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that he is considering a temporary payroll tax cut to boost the economy, as more Americans grow concerned about the possibility of a recession ahead of the 2020 election.
Read moreWall Street stocks opened lower Tuesday, retreating after three straight positive sessions amid lingering unease over the U.S.-China trade war and low U.S. bond yields.
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The U.S. economy is on voters’ minds, and according to a poll Monday they’re worried a recession is looming on the horizon and the economy will slide downward in 2020.
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