Waltz’s Signal chat woes snowball as Trump admin defends national security advisor
National security advisor Mike Waltz and his office have repeatedly come under fire since news broke on the Signal chat leak with a journalist.
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Trump confirms National Security Council firings as Waltz’s Signal chat woes snowball
President Donald Trump confirmed that multiple employees within the National Security Council were fired Thursday, adding to National Security Advisor Mike Waltz's recent political woes that have snowballed since Democrats first slammed him over March's Signal chat leak.
Lawmakers pursue avenues to counter Trump tariffs
Washington — Backlash to President Trump’s tariffs cropped up throughout Capitol Hill on Thursday, as Democrats, and some Republicans, expressed concern about the sweeping levies on foreign imports — while putting forward a handful of possible methods to counter them. On Wednesday, the president announced a 10% baseline tariff on all U.S. trading partners while
Al Sharpton, Critic of ‘Over-Policing,’ Threatens To Jail Anyone Who Disrupts NYC Mayoral Forum
‘I’ve instructed all our security to just remove you and hand you over to the po-po, and I will sign the complaint myself,’ says Sharpton Al Sharpton at the 2025 National Action Network Convention (YouTube) MSNBC host Al Sharpton, who has for years criticized law enforcement for the “over-policing” of “low-level crimes,” threatened to hand anyone who
Musk’s political baggage: Polls show Americans sour on Trump’s most visible advisor
Recent polls shows Elon Musk's approval ratings at a low mark as DOGE faces public backlash over federal cuts and efforts to elect a conservative to the Wisconsin Supreme Court faltered.
Bipartisan senators’ bill would require Congress to approve new tariffs
Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., introduced the Trade Review Act of 2025 after President Donald Trump's new tariff strategy.
Judge in Boston weighs case of detained Tufts Ph.D. student
A federal judge in Boston considered Thursday a case involving a Tufts University Ph.D. student taken into custody in Massachusetts and moved by Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities to Louisiana last week. The government claimed in a filing Tuesday that Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student and Fulbright Scholar, had already been removed from Massachusetts