Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says Trump called him a week after arson attack
The president’s muted response after the attack was notable for how it differed from Shapiro’s actions in the hours following the attempt on Trump’s life in July.
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Paul Atkins sworn in as Trump’s SEC chairman
Paul Atkins delivered remarks after being sworn in as the Securities and Exchange Commission chairman. Atkins previously served as a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission member from 2002 to 2008.
Musk: time at DOGE will drop significantly starting next month
Elon Musk told investors during a Tesla earnings call on Tuesday that his time at the Department of Government Efficiency will drop significantly starting in May. Musk added he would be allocating more time to Tesla. NBC News’ Brian Cheung has more.
RFK Jr calls sugar ‘poison’ but says government probably can’t eliminate it
US health secretary says Americans should eat ‘zero’ sugar and announces plans to eliminate eight synthetic food dyes The US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr on Tuesday called sugar “poison” and recommended that Americans eat “zero” added sugar in their food, while acknowledging that the federal government was unlikely to be able to eliminate … Read more
‘Growing heat’: Sotomayor spars with Alito during LGBTQ classroom books case
Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor snapped at each other during Tuesday’s arguments over parental rights in LGBTQ curriculum after the liberal justice attempted to jump back into the questioning as Alito was speaking. The short quarrel happened as the high court listened to arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor, in which a coalition of parents … Read more
Trump says he has no plans to fire Fed chief Jerome Powell
President gives vote of confidence days after lashing out over central bank’s reluctance to cut interest rates Donald Trump has said he has no plans to fire the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, days after calling the central bank boss a “major loser” whose “termination cannot come fast enough!” “I have no intention of firing … Read more
As REAL ID rollout approaches, congressional privacy hawks largely silent on concerns
With President Donald Trump back in the White House and the final rollout of federal REAL ID requirements set to take effect in May, many of the loudest privacy advocates in Washington have been largely silent. While privacy-minded lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have spent years blasting the Patriot Act, among other measures, … Read more
School leaders ban together against Trump administration
More than 200 educational institutions joined together to sign a statement against the Trump administration condemning what they say is government overreach and political interference. The letter comes after Harvard University sued the federal government after the Trump administration said they will slash billions of dollars in research funds. NBC News’ Stephanie Gosk has more.
President Trump blasts courts for getting in the way of deportation agenda
Speaking at the White House Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump blasted courts standing in the way of his administration’s immigration agenda of deporting “some very bad people,” who he said include “killers, murderers, drug dealers.” The president touted his administration’s progress in shutting down the border and cracking down on illegal immigration, saying, “Honestly, it’s … Read more
Trump says China tariffs will drop ‘substantially – but it won’t be zero’
US president says tariffs on imported goods will come down from 145% rate but insists ‘we’re doing fine with China’ Donald Trump said during a White House news conference that high tariffs on goods from China will “come down substantially, but it won’t be zero”. Trump’s remarks were in response to earlier comments on Tuesday … Read more