Politics
- by: Tobias Burns
- Source:
The Hill
- 05/08/2025
Fed holds rates steady despite pressure from Trump
The Federal Reserve’s interest rate setting committee held rates steady Wednesday at a range of 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent, despite calls from President Trump to lower borrowing costs amid price pressures from his trade war.
- by: Danielle Wallace
- Source:
Fox News
- 05/07/2025
Trump teases 'very, very big announcement' ahead of Middle East trip, Carney says he's 'on edge of my seat'
President Donald Trump teased a "very, very big announcement" ahead of his upcoming trip to the Middle East.
- by: Patrick Smith and Gary Grumbach
- Source:
NBC News
- 05/02/2025
Trump signs executive order to stop federal funding for NPR and PBS
The president said public funding of the media networks was "outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence."
- by: Zac Anderson
- Source:
USA TODAY
- 04/30/2025
Trump defends first 100-days agenda amid sliding polls: 4 takeaways from Michigan rally
President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office have spooked financial markets, tested legal bounds and turned the federal government upside-down, denting his poll numbers in the process.
- by: Malcolm Ferguson
- Source:
Yahoo
- 04/25/2025
Trump Prepares to Take Revenge With Order Targeting ActBlue
Donald Trump is targeting a massive Democratic fundraising tool in an upcoming presidential memorandum banning foreign donations in U.S. elections, according to reporting from Politico.
- by: Jason Easley
- Source:
PoliticusUSA
- 04/25/2025
Indian officials say troops exchanged fire with Pakistani soldiers in disputed Kashmir
A federal judge has issued an order blocking the key piece of Trump's voting executive order from being implemented, because Trump lacks the authority.
- by: Eric Mack
- Source:
News Max
- 04/21/2025
Trump: 'Hopefully Russia, Ukraine Will Make Deal This Week'
President Donald Trump said Easter Sunday he hopes Russia and Ukraine will make a deal this week to end the conflict in Ukraine.
- by: John T. Bennett
- Source:
Roll Call
- 04/18/2025
Trump puts Italy’s Meloni in high-pressure role as bridge to EU on tariffs
“America first” met “Italy and Italians first” on Thursday at the White House, with tariffs atop the agenda as President Donald Trump huddled with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni — suddenly a key European leader who could help close the trans-Atlantic trade chasm.
- by: Neil Munro
- Source:
Breitbart
- 04/17/2025
Democrat Van Hollen Travels to Deported Migrant in El Salvador
Democrats and their media allies are portraying a deported illegal migrant from El Salvador as a martyr of U.S. migration policy, so helping President Donald Trump’s deputies spotlight the Democrats’ sympathy for criminal illegals.
- by: Lauren Gambino
- Source:
The Guardian
- 04/16/2025
Joe Biden accuses Trump and Musk of taking ‘hatchet’ to social security
In first speech since leaving office, ex-president spoke of ‘destruction’ current administration has wrought
- by: Cybele Mayes-Osterman
- Source:
USA TODAY
- 04/14/2025
Trump in good health, doc says, citing 'frequent victories' at golf
Donald Trump, the second-oldest president ever to serve, "remains in excellent health," thanks to an "active lifestyle" including "frequent victories in golf events," the White House physician wrote in a memo released Sunday after Trump's annual physical exam.
- by: Ismail Shakil and Cassandra Garrison
- Source:
Reuters
- 04/11/2025
Trump threatens sanctions, tariffs on Mexico in water dispute
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Mexico with sanctions and tariffs in a dispute over water sharing between the two countries, accusing Mexico of breaking an 81-year-old treaty and "stealing the water from Texas Farmers."
- by: Kinsey Crowley
- Source:
USA TODAY
- 04/10/2025
China hits back at JD Vance's 'peasants' comment ahead of 104% tariff deadline
A Chinese official criticized Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday for referring to its people as "peasants," as trade tensions escalate between the two countries.
- by: Rebecca Falconer
- Source:
axios
- 04/10/2025
Hegseth says U.S., Panama will "take back" canal "from China's influence"
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Panama Canal faces "ongoing threats" as he singled out China during a visit to the key trade route on Tuesday.
- by: Joseph MacKinnon
- Source:
The Blaze
- 04/08/2025
'Incredible blessing': JD Vance celebrates his mom's sobriety at White House
Vance did his best to refrain from shedding tears over the occasion, expressing gratitude that his mother lived to meet his children.
- by: HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and MIKE STOBBE
- Source:
AP News
- 04/08/2025
RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. Kennedy said he’s assembling a task force of health experts to study the issue and make new recommendations.