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(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday will unveil in the White House Rose Garden what are expected to be broad-based “reciprocal tariffs” on imports as part of his “America First” agenda. It’s a moment months in the making for the president who has repeatedly billed it as “Liberation Day,” claiming it will free the […]
(NEW YORK) — Over the last month, the Trump administration has sent over 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador to be detained in a notorious mega-prison with a track record of human rights abuses. An official with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has acknowledged that “many” of the men lack criminal records […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Stock markets struggled into Wednesday morning as it became clear that President Donald Trump intended to announce a slew of tariffs on America’s trading partners, with the White House preparing to mark what it is calling “Liberation Day.” The S&P 500 and NASDAQ both posted their first quarterly […]
(WASHINGTON) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is launching a “Save Our Schools” campaign on Wednesday against President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s attempt to dismantle the Department of Education. “The federal government has invested in our public schools,” Warren said in an exclusive interview with ABC News. “Taking that away from our kids […]
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK) — A once-in-a-generation extreme weather event is expected to begin Wednesday, starting with a tornado outbreak and continuing into the weekend with the possibility of flooding in epic proportions — with all the severe weather devastating the same corridor. Overnight, two tornadoes were reported in Kansas. Hail larger than golf balls was […]
Val Kilmer, the star of ’80s and ’90s blockbusters including Top Gun, Batman Forever and Tombstone, has died, according to The Associated Press. He was 65. The actor’s daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, confirmed the death, saying he died Tuesday in Los Angeles of pneumonia, the AP reported. Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014, but recovered […]
Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The battle over taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood takes center stage at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in a dispute over South Carolina’s exclusion of the group from the state Medicaid program because it provides abortions. On the line is the ability of Medicaid beneficiaries to freely choose […]
(WASHINGTON) — As Democrats continue to express frustrations over Elon Musk’s outsized role in reshaping the federal bureaucracy, a new effort on Capitol Hill takes aim at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) while proposing guardrails to reassert congressional oversight authority over the executive branch. California Democratic Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove is proposing the Defending American […]
(DALLAS, TEXAS) — A woman and a teenager drowned during an alleged smuggling attempt after the driver of their vehicle drove into a canal while fleeing authorities following major flooding in Texas, authorities said. Now, two men face federal charges in connection with their deaths, the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday. The DOJ said […]
(WASHINGTON) — Civil rights groups, including the NAACP, filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump’s effort to overhaul the election system. The executive order, which Trump signed on March 25, requires stricter voting regulations in federal elections, including showing proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) […]
