The White House, meanwhile, has a Rapid Response team that actively works to respond to contesting narratives and explain the administration’s accomplishments. The National Democratic Party has launched a new initiative called the “People’s Cabinet” to counter the Trump administration. Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), said the goal is to “cut
The president rejected the EU’s proposals for a ‘zero for zero’ tariffs on cars and industrial goods. U.S. President Donald Trump said late on April 7 that the European Union would need to buy $350 billion worth of American energy to secure relief from tariffs. Trump was responding to European Commission President Ursula von der
In waving through planned 2025 sale, the Trump administration clears deck for more, bigger lease offerings. Bidding for nearly 100 million acres of offshore oil and gas leases off Louisiana and east Texas will begin in June in a sale similar to one offered by the Biden administration in April 2024. The U.S. Department of
President Trump has endorsed the idea of new mothers being able to vote by proxy. Democrats leading the charge on an effort to allow new parents in Congress to vote by proxy rejected a deal between House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) that would have watered down the proposal. A
Kennedy joined EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for a MAHA tour in Utah, which banned fluoride in public drinking water last month. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on April 7 that he will tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop recommending fluoridation in municipal water nationwide. Kennedy
News Analysis As reciprocal tariffs on U.S trading partners are set to take effect on Wednesday, President Donald Trump has focused much of his attention on the Chinese regime. In response to Trump announcing 34 percent in new tariffs on China—bringing total additional U.S. tariffs to 54 percent—Beijing responded with incremental 34 percent tariffs on
An appeals court had rejected Trump’s request to stay Judge James Boasberg’s orders blocking deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. The Supreme Court granted President Donald Trump’s request to halt a federal judge’s orders preventing his administration from using the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport suspected members of a Venezuelan gang. “We grant the application