Despite passing in the upper chamber, the bill will not make its way to the House. 4 Republican senators voted with Democrats to pass the resolution. Senate efforts to overturn President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods entering the United States succeeded in a symbolic move. S.J. Res. 37, legislation introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine
Senior Food and Drug Administration leaders are planning for cutbacks to the number of routine food and drug inspections conducted by the agency, multiple officials say, due to steep layoffs this week in support staff. Around 170 workers were cut from the FDA’s Office of Inspections and Investigations, according to two federal health officials who
Several European leaders reacted negatively to President Trump’s tariff announcement. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote on social media that she felt the tariffs were misguided and would not help either the U.S. or Italy. “We will do everything we can to work towards an agreement with the United States, with the aim of avoiding
Xavier Becerra joins a growing field of top-tier candidates vying to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom. President Joe Biden’s former health secretary, Xavier Becerra, wants to be California’s next governor, he announced April 2. “I watched my parents, a construction worker and a clerical worker, achieve the California dream,” Becerra said in a social media video
Wednesday’s order implements duties on de minimis packages starting May 2 at 12:01 a.m. President Donald Trump signed another executive order on Wednesday, directed at closing a previous loophole that postponed duties on low-cost made-in-China imports. In a Feb. 5 executive order, Trump paused tariffs on low-cost, or de minimis, packages from China and Hong
Washington — The Senate approved a measure Wednesday aimed at blocking the Canada tariffs, as a handful of Republicans bucked President Trump. In a 51 to 48 vote, four Republicans joined all Democrats in favor of the measure. But the House is unlikely to take up the resolution, making the vote largely a symbolic
‘Halfway through the session, the president excused himself and went off to sit by the pool,’ according to book Joe Biden, Ron Klain (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) In the days leading up to his disastrous June debate with Donald Trump, then-president Joe Biden appeared “extremely exhausted” and “unaware of what was happening in his own campaign,”