‘No more woke handouts based on race,’ the president stated on social media, announcing the move. President Donald Trump said on May 8 that he would end the Digital Equity Act as part of his administration’s cost-cutting efforts, noting that the funding provided under the Biden-era law was illegal. Trump said he discussed with Secretary
What’s at stake for U.S., China trade talks What’s at stake for U.S., China trade talks 03:48 President Trump signaled Friday that the U.S. may be open to lowering tariffs on China. “80% Tariff on China seems right!” he wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform. “Up to Scott B.” The conciliatory tone of
Washington — A group of House and Senate Democrats is urging top Trump administration officials to use the recent designation of Latin American cartels and gangs as foreign terrorist organizations to take action to curtail the flow of American-made guns across the southern border. The 14 Democratic lawmakers said in a letter to Homeland Security
The Federal Reserve voted on May 7 to leave interest rates unchanged for the third straight meeting. President Donald Trump says the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates would be “jet fuel” for the U.S. economy. Throughout May 8, Trump took aim at Fed Chair Jerome Powell on social media and at a White House event
Trump conquers the Vatican.Biden speaks, removes all doubt.Progressive participation trophies.Hot ballerina in the White House. It’s Friday, May 9, 2025 Finally, an American pope. This never would have happened on Joe Biden’s watch. Pope Francis, who was not American, died last month a few hours after meeting Vice President J.D. Vance. On Thursday, the American
UCLA in the crosshairs: Already under scrutiny from the Trump administration, UCLA medical school is now the latest university sued for racial discrimination, according to a complaint filed Thursday and obtained by our Aaron Sibarium. It argues that Latino and black applicants are held to a lower standard in the admissions process than their white and
Washington — A federal judge is holding a bail hearing Friday for Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts doctoral candidate who was detained by immigration authorities after the Trump administration revoked her student visa. Ozturk is currently detained at an immigration facility in Basile, Louisiana, where she was transferred after she was taken into custody in Massachusetts