Karoline Leavitt spars with reporter over whether tariffs are ‘taxes’ | News
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt sparred with an Associated Press reporter on Tuesday, 11 March, over Donald Trump’s use of tariffs. Ms Leavitt granted the outlet a rare question during the briefing after the White House blocked AP reporters and photographers from the presidential press pool and certain White House events, following the news […]
Lawmakers File Bills to Create Space National Guard, Taking Trump Up on Promise
The creation of a Space National Guard is getting a groundswell of support from Congress as bipartisan groups of lawmakers are submitting bills in both chambers to build it and eliminate an old proposal to move certain Air National Guard units from the states into the Space Force.Sens. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., […]
House passes bill to punish pandemic fraudsters; Dems balk, blame Elon Musk
The House on Tuesday approved legislation to double the statute of limitations for pandemic unemployment fraud to 10 years, brushing aside Democrats’ attempt to turn the bill into a referendum on Elon Musk and President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency. Source link
U.S. Inflation Shows Improvement Amid Worries About Tariffs and Trade Wars: Live Updates
European Union leaders have been clear that they want to negotiate with the United States on trade to avoid a full-blown conflict. But with no deal in sight, officials announced a plan on Wednesday that is meant to hit back hard as steel and aluminum tariffs come into effect.President Trump has imposed 25 percent tariffs […]
Canada to impose 25% tariffs on nearly $30bn in US imports as trade war flares – live | Trump tariffs
Canada to impose 25% tariffs on nearly $30bn in US imports as trade war flaresIn response to 25% tariffs imposed by Donald Trump on steel and aluminum imports, Canada’s finance minister, Dominic LeBlanc, says his country will tomorrow retaliate with levies of the same amount on almost $30bn in imports from the United States.“I am […]
RFK Jr. Pushes Measles Vaccine Skepticism in Fox News Interview
As a major measles outbreak spreads out of West Texas into other states, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to spread a confusing message about vaccine safety. In an interview with Fox News that aired on Tuesday, Kennedy touted the vaccine — but also suggested that the best way to get lifetime immunity from […]
RFK Jr. is targeting ultraprocessed foods. What are they, and are they bad for you? | National
In the Trump administration’s quest to “Make America Healthy Again,” there may be no bigger target than ultraprocessed foods. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health secretary, has cited “highly chemically processed foods” as a chief culprit behind an epidemic of chronic disease in the U.S., including ailments such as obesity, diabetes and autoimmune […]
Elon Musk’s DOGE team to close Bureau of Land Management Ukiah field office
Fact-checking Trump address claims Fact-checking Trump’s claims on Social Security fraud, DOGE cuts 06:19 The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, plans to close the Bureau of Land Management Field Office in Ukiah, Rep. Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, said last month. The proposed closure is part of a nationwide Trump administration goal to decrease government […]
RFK Jr.’s Fox News interview about beef tallow fries spreads false and contradictory messages
In a Fox News interview last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested that poor nutrition played a role in making an unvaccinated school-age child in West Texas’ Mennonite community the first person to die in the United States of measles in 10 years. “It’s exceedingly difficult for measles to kill […]
