Convincing Congress to pass the Farm Bill will be one of her early significant challenges. Brooke Rollins was confirmed by the Senate as secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Feb. 13 by a 72–28 vote. An advocate of family farms, Rollins was a Future Farmers of America state officer growing up. During
Musk said many government systems are running on old software and need to be updated. Elon Musk said on Feb. 12 that he is providing tech support to the White House, while criticizing outdated U.S. government systems and software that he said lack efficiency. Musk made the comments during a virtual appearance at the World
The Senate voted 52–48 to approve Trump’s nominee to lead the nation’s most prominent health department. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose nomination by President Donald Trump as secretary of health and human services was highly scrutinized by lawmakers, was confirmed to that post by the Senate on Feb. 13 in a 52–48 vote. Sen. Mitch
Patel, whose nomination has been vociferously opposed by Democrats, was approved by a vote of 12 –10. His nomination now heads to the Senate floor. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kashyap Pramod Vinod “Kash” Patel to be director of the FBI was advanced by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 13, setting up a
The Trump administration is aiming to remedy unfair global trade with reciprocal tariffs. President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order that raises U.S. tariffs to rates matching other countries. “Three great weeks, perhaps the best ever, but today is the big one: Reciprocal tariffs!!! Make America Great Again!!!” Trump wrote in all caps
The Trump administration is aiming to remedy unfair global trade with reciprocal tariffs. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Feb. 13 signed off on a plan to enact reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners, citing countries’ unfair barriers to trade against the United States. Trump said at the Oval Office that reciprocal tariffs mean “whatever countries charge
The world leaders are expected to discuss defense, energy, and trade during the bilateral meeting. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday at the White House. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since Trump returned to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue last month. Conversations will include defense, trade,