Trump Announces Reciprocal Tariffs to Counter Global Trade Barriers

The Trump administration is aiming to remedy unfair global trade with reciprocal tariffs. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Feb. 13 signed off on a plan to enact reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners, citing countries’ unfair barriers to trade against the United States. Trump said at the Oval Office that reciprocal tariffs mean “whatever countries charge

Watch Live: McMahon appears at confirmation hearing for education secretary

Washington — Linda McMahon, President Trump’s nominee to become secretary of education, is appearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Thursday as the future of the agency that she could potentially lead hangs in the balance.  “I would like to thank President Trump for his confidence in me to lead a

Trump to Host Indian Prime Minister Modi at White House

The world leaders are expected to discuss defense, energy, and trade during the bilateral meeting. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday at the White House. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since Trump returned to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue last month. Conversations will include defense, trade,

Senate voting on RFK Jr.’s confirmation as HHS secretary

Washington — The Senate appears poised to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday, following weeks of questions surrounding whether the controversial nominee would win the Senate’s approval.  After all Republicans voted to advance Kennedy’s nomination in a procedural vote Wednesday, the Senate is taking

LIVE NOW: Senate Homeland Security Committee Hearing on Foreign Aid Waste

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs holds a business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine eliminating waste by the foreign aid bureaucracy. This meeting is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m…. Original News Source Link –

Senate Homeland Security Committee Hearing on Foreign Aid Waste

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs holds a business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine eliminating waste by the foreign aid bureaucracy. This meeting is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m…. Original News Source Link –

Some CDC health data and webpages still offline after judge’s order

Some data and webpages taken down by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal health agencies to comply with President Trump’s executive order remained offline Thursday, after a judge ordered health officials to put some back online. Agency officials had scrambled last month to scrub all mentions of “gender” from their websites,