news2shortsPresident tells Republicans to support measure boosting defense and deportation budgets before Saturday deadline Republican lawmakers are scrambling to avert a government shutdown set to begin on Saturday, with Donald Trump’s backing for a temporary funding measure having suddenly silenced the usual conservative opposition. The stopgap funding bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), would … Read more
Chris Wright signals abandonment of Biden’s ‘irrational, quasi-religious’ climate policies at industry conference The world needs more planet-heating fossil fuel, not less, Donald Trump’s newly appointed energy secretary, Chris Wright, told oil and gas bigwigs on Monday. “We are unabashedly pursuing a policy of more American energy production and infrastructure, not less,” he said in … Read more
Other major updates from second Trump administration’s first 100 days include cuts to intelligence-sharing and reports of infighting between Musk and Rubio Last week, Donald Trump shook global markets with his back and forth on tariffs, declined to rule out the possibility of a US recession because of his policies, and gave the longest-ever presidential … Read more
Republican faces backlash for saying Democrat shook ‘his pimp cane’ at Trump during congressional address The extremist Republican US House member Lauren Boebert has been accused of racism, ableism and hypocrisy in one fell swoop after criticizing a Black Democrat for “shaking his pimp cane” at Donald Trump during the president’s recent speech to Congress. … Read more
The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new postage stamp Thursday featuring conservative icon William F. Buckley, Jr., the founder of the conservative editorial magazine National Review. Buckley, a leading voice for the modern conservative movement, founded National Review in 1955 to publish conservative commentary and analysis focused on politics, current events and culture. The magazine … Read more
Saudi Arabia will host a key summit Tuesday between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In a seemingly peculiar bipartisan alliance, conservative House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., and Congressional Progressive Caucus member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., teamed up to push a measure that would cap credit card interest rates at 10%. “The annual percentage rate applicable to an extension of credit obtained by use of a … Read more
Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil a ‘targeted, retaliatory’ attack on his first amendment rights, say civil rights groups Free speech organizations and advocates are expressing outrage after a prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian protests last year, was arrested and detained over the weekend. Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent US resident with a green … Read more
Donald Trump’s brinkmanship and stop-start approach to tariffs rattle investors Business live – latest updates The risk that the US economy will enter recession this year is rising, according to economists, as Donald Trump’s chaotic approach to tariffs continued to hit markets. Shares on Wall Street fell sharply on Monday as investors bet the president’s … Read more
A progressive member of “the Squad” is reportedly planning to hold anti-Trump rallies in red districts in an effort to mobilize voters against the president. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., will organize events in red districts across Pennsylvania and New York to go “on the offense” against President Donald Trump’s second term, The Associated Press reported. … Read more
