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Musk Appears to Significantly Drop Cost-Cutting Target
“While stumping for Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign, Elon Musk said he could cut $2 trillion from the federal budget. After Mr. Trump took office and placed Mr….
Trump Team Races to Cut Piecemeal Tariff Deals
“The Trump administration has embarked on a high-speed effort to negotiate ad hoc deals with more than 70 countries hoping to escape higher tariffs, with any agreements likely to fall…
Space Force Commander in Greenland Broke with Vance
“Just days after Vice President J.D. Vance’s March visit to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, the installation commander sent out an email to the base distancing it from Vance’s criticism…
Justices Tell Feds to Return Man Mistakenly Deported
“The Supreme Court told the Trump administration to seek the return of a migrant mistakenly sent to a Salvadoran prison, rebuffing government claims that it need do nothing to remedy…
Trump Is Still Waiting for Xi to Call
“A tariff reprieve from President Donald Trump sent global markets soaring on Wednesday, with the White House saying it’s been in touch with dozens of countries about striking deals, lining…
Michael Bennet to Run for Colorado Governor
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) is running for governor of Colorado next year, NBC News reports. “Bennet is expected to announce his campaign as soon as Friday and will look to…
Johnson Told Budget Holdouts They Could Remove Him
“Speaker Mike Johnson told Republican holdouts on the party’s crucial budget plan in a private meeting Wednesday night that they could oust him from the speakership if he doesn’t follow…
The Retribution Is Here
As Donald Trump once told his supporters: “I am your retribution.” Now he’s making good on that promise. Join now to continue reading. Members get exclusive analysis, bonus features and…
Risky Business
Jonathan Last: “The United States economy has been the center of global finance for 80 years for one simple reason: Year in and year out, we have been the safest…
What’s Next for Trump’s Agenda?
Punchbowl News: “After months of preliminary jockeying, now comes the really hard part – drafting a bill. Johnson’s challenges in juggling concerns from the center and right of his conference…
Michelle Obama Addresses Public Absences
The former first lady said on a podcast that people “couldn’t even fathom that I was making a choice for myself, that they had to assume that my husband and…
‘The Worst Self-Inflicted Wound Ever’
Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said President Trump’s shifting tariff policy has increased the odds the U.S. will enter into a recession, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Yellen said…
Trump Won’t Rule Out Extending Tariff Pause
President Trump is declining to rule out the possibility of extending the 90-day pause he placed on his “reciprocal” tariffs yesterday, CNBC reports. Save to Favorites
China Reaches Out to Others as Trump Layers on Tariffs
“China is reaching out to other nations as the U.S. layers on more tariffs in what appears to be an attempt to form a united front to compel Washington to…
U.S. Market Tumbles Again
“U.S. stocks tumbled about 4 percent in early afternoon trading on Thursday as investors assessed the worsening trade war with China, and President Trump clarified that he had raised tariffs…
The Era of Frictionless Trade Is Over
“There is now sand — a lot of it — in the gears of global commerce, and it won’t be going away in the foreseeable future,” Axios reports. “President Trump…
Trump Wants Federal Oversight of Columbia University
“The Trump administration is planning to pursue a legal arrangement that would put Columbia University into a consent decree, an extraordinary step that could significantly escalate the pressure on the…
House Adopts Budget Blueprint for Trump’s Agenda
“Speaker Mike Johnson muscled a revised budget blueprint needed to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda through the House on Thursday, beating back a conservative rebellion that had threatened to sink…
China Acknowledged Role in U.S. Infrastructure Hacks
“Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December meeting that Beijing was behind a widespread series of alarming cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, underscoring how hostilities between the two superpowers are continuing…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“You have been watching the greatest economic master strategy from an American president in history.” — Trump adviser Stephen Miller, on X. Save to Favorites
