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Congress delays return to Washington due to winter storm
Congress delays return to Washington due to winter storm
The House and Senate have postponed their first votes of the week from Monday to Tuesday, giving lawmakers an extra day to return to Washington as a winter storm...
U.S. firms scramble for refunds after Supreme Court rejects Trump’s blanket tariffs
U.S. firms scramble for refunds after Supreme Court rejects Trump’s blanket tariffs
The Trump administration said Sunday it is in no rush to hand out refunds to companies that paid the tariffs nullified by a landmark Supreme Court ruling. U.S. businesses...
Never Trump Republicans are still issuing dire warnings. Is anyone listening?
Never Trump Republicans are still issuing dire warnings. Is anyone listening?
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Over and over, the Republicans and former Republicans who gathered just outside Washington this weekend warned that President Donald Trump and his allies in Congress...
Treasury Secretary Scott  Bessent: Tariff revenue projections ‘unchanged’ after SCOTUS ruling
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: Tariff revenue projections ‘unchanged’ after SCOTUS ruling
The U.S. is not projecting any changes to the tariff revenue it will take this year as President Trump is reissuing tariffs the Supreme Court struck down under different...
Trump says he’s sending U.S. hospital ship to Greenland; local officials say, ‘No thanks’
Trump says he’s sending U.S. hospital ship to Greenland; local officials say, ‘No thanks’
President Trump said he plans to send a U.S. hospital ship to Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory that he wants to acquire, so its medical staff can treat locals...
Trump un-endorses Rep. Jeff Hurd over opposition to tariffs, backs GOP primary challenger
Trump un-endorses Rep. Jeff Hurd over opposition to tariffs, backs GOP primary challenger
President Trump has withdrawn his endorsement of Rep. Jeff Hurd over the Colorado Republican’s opposition to his tariff policy, and is now backing his primary challenger. Mr. Hurd was...
U.S. says ambassador’s comments on Israel and the Middle East were taken out of context
U.S. says ambassador’s comments on Israel and the Middle East were taken out of context
TEL AVIV, Israel — An uproar continued Sunday after the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said Israel has a right to much of the Middle East, as more...
Homeland Security says airport fast-track services may be suspended amid partial shutdown
Homeland Security says airport fast-track services may be suspended amid partial shutdown
The Department of Homeland Security said Sunday that it was suspending its fast-track airport security services, TSA PreCheck and Global Entry, because of the shutdown of the department. The...
Man killed after trying to enter Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun, gas can
Man killed after trying to enter Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun, gas can
Two U.S. Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who had tried to enter President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate early Sunday with...
Trump tariff agenda tripped up by Supreme Court decision
Trump tariff agenda tripped up by Supreme Court decision
President Trump loves to take unilateral action, but the Supreme Court has delivered a stark message about clear limits to how far he can go without getting Congress on...
The U.S. deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal
The U.S. deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal
DAKAR, Senegal — Being gay in Morocco is illegal and punishable by up to three years in prison. But it was the violence from her family that forced Farah,...
Populism Is Having a Moment in Australia | National Review
Will it last? Only if the country’s One Nation party can avoid the pitfalls experienced by other populist parties. Source link