The president-elect’s campaign pledges are a ‘negotiating tactic’ for leverage in trade talks—and they may already be working, a think-tank analyst suggests. Economists near-universally warn that President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to impose “across-the-board” 20-percent tariffs on imports will trigger inflation, disrupt domestic industries, and spur global trade wars. Despite overwhelming critical consensus, Trump calls tariffs
The House Committee on Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources holds a legislative hearing at 2:15 p.m. ET on Nov. 19 on the following bills: H.R. 7662 (Rep. Houlahan) – “Critical Minerals Security Act of 2024” H.R. 7807 (Rep. Obernolte) – “Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task… Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For
The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement and Subcommittee on Oversight, Accountability, and Investigations hold a joint hearing titled, “Trafficked, Exploited, and Missing: Migrant Children Victims of the Biden-Harris Administration.” The hearing is scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m. ET on Nov. 19. Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For Office? Conservative
Trump has filed a motion based on presidential immunity. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has agreed to postpone sentencing for President-elect Donald Trump in his business records case. A Nov. 19 letter to New York Justice Juan Merchan showed Bragg stating that his office believed “further proceedings before this Court should be adjourned to
House Democrats also reelected Rep. Katherine Clark as House Democratic whip and Rep. Pete Aguilar as House Democratic Conference chairman. WASHINGTON—House Democrats reelected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) as their leader on Nov. 19, just weeks after falling short of reclaiming the lower congressional chamber. Jeffries, who also serves as House minority leader, said during a
‘There is now a broad, bipartisan understanding that we are dealing with an untrustworthy regime,’ an expert said. In his recent in-person meeting with outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping laid out four topics that he deemed off-limits for the incoming administration, which experts say the United States is
The outgoing attorney general said that the Department of Justice’s ’mission’ should be upheld. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday urged prosecutors to protect the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) “mission,” in his first remarks since President-elect Donald Trump announced his selection for attorney general under his incoming administration. Speaking at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for