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Complaining that negotiations are “going nowhere,” President Donald Trump threatened to ramp up his trade war with Europe late last week, saying on Friday that he is “recommending a straight ...
Happy Monday. This will be another big week for Republicans as they try to enact the Trump domestic agenda. Here's the latest. House Republicans cleared a big hurdle Sunday night as they work to ...
Habemus papam! We have a new pope - and for the first time, he is American. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old who grew up in the Chicago area, was elected Thursday and took the name ...
As Republican lawmakers scramble to find ways to offset the revenue losses from their massive but still unfinished package of tax cuts, President Trump has signaled that he would support raising ...
Happy Wednesday! The conclave to elect a new pope began today at the Vatican, and the first round of voting resulted in black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pontiff was chosen.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that the debt limit may prevent the federal government from meeting all its obligations starting at some point in August. The current debt limit is $36 ...
Happy Monday! This is bound to be a wild week, as House Republicans scramble to finalize key elements of their big bill containing much of President Trump's domestic agenda. Trump is heading to ...
Defying concerns about tariff-driven price increases, the 12-month inflation rate fell to 2.3% in April, the Labor Department announced Tuesday. The results were better than expected by a tenth of ...
President Trump called for the reopening of Alcatraz, a small federal prison on an island near San Francisco, to serve as a symbol of “Law, Order, and JUSTICE.” “When we were a more serious ...
Happy Tuesday! On this date 90 years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration via executive order. Here's what's happening today. President Donald Trump's ...
Happy Friday - and a Happy Mother's Day this weekend to all the moms out there. Here's your fiscal update. President Donald Trump said Friday he would be fine with a significant drop in the tariff ...