Elite Washington lawyers are pushing back against a campaign being waged by the brother of Attorney General Bondi to take over the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, the supposedly nonpartisan group that regulates lawyers in the nation’s capital. The campaign of Brad Bondi, 51, a partner at the District-based law firm Paul Hastings, […]
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 […]
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., […]
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
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
