The Trump administration announced Thursday that a 90,000-square-foot ballroom with a capacity for 650 people will be constructed in the White House’s East Wing. The approximately $200 million project will be funded by President Trump and other private donors, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said. “The White House is one of the most beautiful and
Justice Brett Kavanaugh defended how the Supreme Court is handling an unprecedented number of emergency appeals from the Trump administration, saying that as presidents push the limits of their power, courts will have to respond. Speaking before a group of lawyers and judges Thursday in Kansas City, Missouri, Kavanaugh said presidents in both parties, stymied
Washington — A federal appeals court on Thursday sharply probed President Trump’s use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly every U.S. trading partner, as higher duties are set to snap into place Friday for countries that have not yet reached trade deals with the administration. The U.S. Court of Appeals for
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure — the Personal Consumption Expenditures, or PCE — ticked higher last month, signaling that President Trump’s tariffs are pushing some prices higher. Prices rose 2.6% in June compared with a year ago, the Commerce Department said Thursday, up from an annual pace of 2.4% in May. Excluding the volatile
Washington — A federal appeals court is considering Thursday President Trump’s use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly every U.S. trading partner. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is hearing arguments in the Trump administration’s appeal of a ruling from a trade-focused lower court that found the president
Washington — A federal appeals court is set to convene Thursday to consider President Trump’s use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly every U.S. trading partner. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will hear arguments in the Trump administration’s appeal of a ruling from a trade-focused lower
Most of the more than 109,000 arrests carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the first five months of President Trump’s second term took place in border and Southern states, according to a CBS News analysis of government data. States in the southern U.S., as well as those along the border with Mexico,