The Trump administration and China have agreed to temporarily scale back tariffs as the two nations take tentative steps towards negotiating an economic ceasefire after over a month of escalation in a trade war that has threatened the global economy. The White House announced on Monday that “in reaching an …
Read More »Trump Claims Qatar Is Giving Him $400 Million Jet Out of Goodness of Their Heart
Donald Trump doesn’t see why everyone is so concerned that he accepted a $400 million jet from the Qatari government — one that will serve as the new Air Force Once, and which the president will reportedly retain through his presidential library fund after he leaves office. “So the fact …
Read More »Trump Is Trying to Take Control of Congress Through Its Library
Donald Trump’s administration is attempting a hostile takeover of the Library of Congress — an agency that is part of the legislative branch and functions as its research arm in addition to maintaining the world’s largest collection of books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and recordings. While the takeover has been framed …
Read More »Trump to Bring White South Africans as Refugees to U.S. While Cutting Everyone Else Out
Amid a widespread crackdown on immigration and refugee programs, the Trump administration is slated to bring white South Africans to the U.S. as refugees on Monday, multiple news outlets reported. They will now have a pathway to American citizenship. The move is the first in a “much larger-scale relocation effort,” …
Read More »Trump Administration Preparing to Accept Luxury Jet from Qatar's Royal Family: Report
The Trump administration is getting ready to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar to replace Air Force One until Donald Trump‘s second term ends, when ownership of the plane will be shifted to his presidential library foundation, ABC News reported, citing sources …
Read More »Trump Commerce Secretary to People Out of Work Due to Tariffs: 'Be Optimistic, the President Truthed It Out'
Dock workers and truckers who are out of work or worried about their jobs because China‘s trade with the U.S. is coming to a grinding halt “should be very optimistic and positive, because the president truthed it out,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said today. Since the punishing 145 percent tariffs …
Read More »'Children Will Die:' Democrats Raise Alarm About GOP Efforts to Cut Medicaid
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a stark warning that if Republicans in Congress and the Trump White House cut Medicaid, “People will die. Children will die.” She is joined by other Democrats who are raising the alarm about the planned cuts. Grisham was speaking from experience. When her …
Read More »Elon Musk's Regulatory Woes Are Conveniently Vanishing Under Trump
The Trump administration has been a boon for Elon Musk‘s companies’ regulatory issues. The billionaire who has run the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) responsible for gutting certain federal agencies is now enjoying less scrutiny over his businesses since Donald Trump took office, NBC News reported. An NBC News …
Read More »U.K. Activists Stage Mock Funeral for 1.5°C Climate Target
As President Donald Trump continues to bow down at the altar of the fossil fuel industry and decimates federal commitments to confront the worsening climate crisis, activist groups in the United Kingdom took to the streets to grieve over losses and organize for renewed action. Today, Extinction Rebellion Cambridge and …
Read More »Trump Takes Credit for India, Pakistan Cease-Fire as Fighting Continues
President Donald Trump took credit for a cease-fire between India and Pakistan that immediately fell apart Saturday. Fighting took place across the border between the two countries soon after leaders agreed to the cease-fire, The New York Times reports. Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
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