Month: July 2025

The Trump administration claimed the Ivy League school’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives amounted to discrimination.

The president’s trip to the Federal Reserve ended in a showdown with the Fed chair over the falsely inflated cost of the building’s ongoing upgrade.

The choice to hold off on a rate cut will almost certainly result in further conflict between the Fed and White House.

While the “Indiana Jones” icon has long leaned liberal, he told Variety why he believes “the pendulum” should be able to move “in both directions.”

The Trump administration likely will defy the law and rebuff the request, as it has done in similar situations.

This is not the first time a Trump has made an uncomfortable comment about a family member.

Incredibly, Senate Republicans are finally standing up to Trump on something — and it’s over the judiciary committee’s arcane “blue slip” tradition.

The Justice Department (DOJ) in a Tuesday court filing said that just two witness testified for the grand jury during the trials of convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.  DOJ court filings revealed that an FBI agent and New York Police Department detective testified in front of a grand jury, according to The…
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The Department of Justice filed a misconduct complaint against U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Monday, in the Trump administration’s latest escalation of its pressure campaign on judges it views as blocking President Trump’s agenda. Boasberg has frequently found himself at odds with the president since ruling against the administration in March in a high-profile…
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Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said Wednesday morning that Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-N.J.) outburst on the Senate floor against colleagues in his own party illustrates that Democrats are “leaderless.”  “You have pragmatic Democrats that want to get things done, particularly policing bills that come out of committee unanimously, strong bipartisan support,” Cramer said during an appearance…
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said during a recent interview that there is still “plenty of horse-trading left to do” when it comes to certain aspects of the trade framework between the U.S. and the European Union (EU).  “And do I expect to continue to be talking to the European Commission’s trade people? Yeah, they called…
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will speak to reporters Wednesday afternoon about Democrats’ efforts to force the Trump administration to release more files on Jeffrey Epstein. Schumer will be joined by Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.), the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, and others who have spoken out about the controversy surrounding…
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The Secret Service is conducting a “personnel investigation” after an agent attempted to smuggle his wife on board a plane headed to Scotland for President Trump’s recent trip.  “The aircraft, operated by the U.S. Air Force was being used by the Secret Service to transport personnel and equipment,” a Secret Service spokesperson told The Hill.…
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The president is standing firm on his Aug. 1 deadline to slap a levy on countries without a trade agreement with the U.S.

NEW ALBANY, Ohio (WCMH) — Intel announced it will need to get external customers for its manufacturing division, or it may need to stop all work in Ohio. Last week, Intel announced it is further slowing construction at its $28 billion manufacturing site in Licking County. Intel also said if it is unable to find…
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TikTok, like several other major social media platforms, is now turning to users to help fight misinformation.  The popular video-sharing app announced Wednesday that users accepted into its pilot program can start providing additional context to short videos and rate other users’ comments as part of the new Footnotes feature.  TikTok first announced in April…
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I was never fortunate enough to attend Harvard. Yet after the school’s stunning surrender to President Trump’s $500 million shakedown on Monday, I’m not sure the nation’s most venerated university has much to teach anyone. Back in April, Harvard President Alan Garber drew praise from civil society groups for urging the university to “stand firm”…
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Vinay Prasad, the top vaccine regulator and chief scientific officer at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a critic of the agency’s COVID-19 policies, has departed after being on the job for less than three months.  “Dr. Prasad did not want to be a distraction to the great work of the FDA in the…
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President Trump on Wednesday indicated there would be no extensions of the deadline at the end of the week, when steep tariffs are set to go into effect on many nations. “The August first deadline is the August first deadline — It stands strong, and will not be extended. A big day for America!!!” Trump…
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“Shark Tank” celebrity Kevin O’Leary said it was a “bad idea” for Congress to consider tariff rebate checks, saying any money raised by higher tariffs should be used to reduce deficits and debt. “What should be happening now with any extra income is to pay down the national debt,” O’Leary said during a Tuesday appearance…
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LIVE Video: NTSB begins hearings on deadly DCA crash President Trump’s economy faces a big day Wednesday, with a second-quarter GDP report and the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision coming two days before new tariffs take effect. The Q2 gross domestic product data released early Wednesday showed the economy grew 3 percent, bounding back…
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President Trump’s job approval rating fell to 40 percent, the lowest of his second term, according to a new survey. The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted over the weekend, shows Trump slipped 1 point from the survey in mid-July, when 41 percent approved of his performance in office. The president’s net approval rating remains 16 points…
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President Trump on Wednesday said he will impose a 25 percent tariff on India, as well as a penalty for buying military equipment and energy from Russia amid the war in Ukraine. “Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too…
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The National Transportation Safety Board is beginning a series of hearings Wednesday morning looking into the January crash between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines passenger plane near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The Jan. 29 mid-air collision over the Potomac River killed all 67 people onboard both aircraft, marking one of the…
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President Trump late Tuesday pressed Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to end the panel’s “blue slip” tradition of allowing home-state senators to veto nominees to district courts and U.S. attorneys’ offices. “Chuck Grassley, who I got re-elected to the U.S. Senate when he was down, by a lot, in…
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