The new secretary of state’s first official visit to Central America will include discussions on mass migration. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to make his first trip abroad next week, which will include a stop in Panama amid rising tensions over President Donald Trump’s vow to take back the Panama Canal. “China is
Trump’s top health nominee noted his resignation as part of his ethics agreement. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the president’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed in federal documents he had parted ways with his nonprofit Children’s Health Defense. In a Jan. 21 ethics agreement, the environmental lawyer and Make America
‘When you have protection, you can’t have it for the rest of your life,’ President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. President Donald Trump has revoked former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s security detail. Trump explained the move on Jan. 23. “When you have protection, you can’t have it for the rest of
President Trump signed 46 executive actions in the hours after his inauguration on Jan. 20 with many of them multi-pronged mixes of more than 200 executive orders, directives, and policy guidance designed to prompt a “whole-of-government” sea change in administration. At least eight relate directly to energy policy with four eliminating more than 200 rules,
While Trump didn’t specify what oil price level he thinks would justify an immediate interest-rate decrease, energy costs are known to impact inflation. President Donald Trump said Thursday that once oil prices drop, he will demand that the U.S. Federal Reserve lowers interest rates immediately, setting the stage for possible friction with policymakers at the
Democrats blocked the same bill in the Senate. The bill comes as thousands of pro-lifers are expected to flood the capital for the 52nd National March for Life. A bill to establish standards of care for babies born alive after failed abortions passed along party lines in the House on Jan. 23. The 217–204 vote
The United States has been the largest contributor to funding the organization. Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has pledged that Bloomberg Philanthropies will fill the funding gap for the United Nations’ climate body in response to anticipated cuts from the Trump administration. In a public statement on Thursday, Bloomberg Philanthropies said