Specific tariff levels will be disclosed by the president. The sweeping new tariffs promised by President Donald Trump will go into effect immediately after their formal announcement on April 2, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. During a press briefing on April 1, Leavitt said the administration was prepared to move quickly in
The victory gives Republicans one additional seat in Congress, bringing their majority to 219–213. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Republican state Sen. Randy Fine beat Democrat Joshua Weil in Florida’s 6th Congressional District in a special election on Tuesday to replace Michael Waltz, who is now President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. Fine’s win, which increases the GOP’s
Health and Human Services says it is evaluating the organization and others to make sure they have not violated their grant agreements. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has halted Title X government funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s top abortion provider. Title X provides funding for “natural family planning methods, infertility services,
Democrats countered during an April 1 hearing that Trump is threatening the judiciary’s independence and separation of powers. Republican members of Congress have been pushing for legislation that would prevent federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions—a form of court intervention that has drawn increased scrutiny in recent years. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who chairs the
Federal actions have already taken place against Ivy League schools Columbia and Harvard over harassment of Jewish students. The Trump administration has suspended several dozen federally funded research grants to Princeton University as part of its investigation into campus anti-Semitism, according to a Princeton University email published by the Daily Princetonian student newspaper. The email,
Trump nominated retired Lt. Gen. John D. ‘Razin’ Caine to be the next Joint Chiefs chairman after dismissing Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. in February. At his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 1, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John D. “Razin” Caine said he would provide apolitical military leadership if
Two congressional seats in Florida and a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court are decided by votes on April 1. Florida and Wisconsin voters took to the polls to decide races of national significance as well as state and local matters on April 1. In Florida, the First and Sixth congressional districts, recently vacated by