Democrat Abigail Spanberger has been sworn into office as Virginia’s first female governor. Spanberger was sworn in at noon Saturday amid a cold drizzle outside the state Capitol after centuries of men holding the state’s top office. Spanberger defeated Republican Winsome Earle-Sears to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin, also a Republican. During the election, Spanberger, a
President Trump said Saturday that he would impose 10% tariffs on countries that have sent military forces into Greenland amid his push to annex the Arctic island. Mr. Trump said in a Truth Social post that the tariffs will be levied against Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland and take effect
A bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation sought to reassure Denmark and Greenland of their support following President Trump’s threat to punish countries with tariffs if they don’t support the U.S. taking over the strategic Arctic island. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, said that Greenland needs to be viewed as a U.S. ally, “not as an
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed President Trump for the deaths and injuries of protestors during recent demonstrations that shook the Middle Eastern country. “We hold the American president guilty for the casualties, damages and accusations he has levelled against the Iranian nation,” he said, according to the Agence France-Presse news agency. Khamenei was
As President Trump prepares to nominate a new Federal Reserve chair in the coming months, he hasn’t been shy about his goal for the powerful economic posting: lower interest rates. “I want somebody that when the market is doing great, interest rates can go down because our country becomes stronger,” the president said during a
The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans. The Education Department announced Friday that involuntary collections on federal student loans will remain on hold as the agency finalizes new
A Minnesota federal judge put limits Friday on the tactics that federal law enforcement are permitted to use in their handling of the ongoing protests in Minneapolis over the Trump administration’s surge of immigration resources to the city. In an 83-page order, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez blocked federal agents who are deployed to Minnesota