Treasury Secretary Says Trade Deals Could Be Announced This Week

‘I expect that we can see a substantial reduction of the tariffs that we are being charged,’ he says. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said the United States has been receiving “good offers” in tariff negotiations with major U.S. trading partners and that some trade deals will be announced this week. During a House

Trump Wants to Reopen Alcatraz—Here’s What We Know so Far

Additional prison space is consistent with the president’s efforts to crack down on criminal activity in the United States. President Donald Trump says he wants to reopen a “substantially enlarged and rebuilt” Alcatraz prison, saying he wants to place violent criminals, repeat offenders, and possibly illegal immigrants in the facility. Speaking to reporters on May

USDA Says It’s Cracking Down on Food Stamp Fraudsters

The agency said it ’surveilled over 100 locations in southern California’ before making arrests. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking action against food stamps fraud in an operation that aims to collar “criminals engaged in defrauding American taxpayers,” the agency announced in a release. Along with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and

New York Asks Judge to Bar Transportation Department From Ending Congestion Pricing Program

The department announced in February that it was terminating the program. New York City and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) urged a judge late on Monday to block the Trump administration from pulling the plug on Manhattan’s congestion pricing program. Lawyers for the city’s transportation department and the MTA sought a preliminary injunction blocking Transportation

Speaker Johnson, House GOP Leadership Hold Weekly Press Conference

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and Small Business Committee Chairman Roger Williams (R-Texas) hold a post-meeting press conference at 10 a.m. ET on May 6. Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For Office? Conservative Campaign Consulting – Election Day Strategies!

LIVE NOW: House Judiciary Panels Hold Hearing on Federal Bureau of Prisons Oversight

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance and the Subcommittee on Oversight hold a joint hearing on the oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prisons at 10 a.m. ET on May 6. Witnesses include Cody Wilde of Prison Fellowship, Andy Potter of One Voice United, and Patrick Purtill of Unify.US. Original News