Washington — Abbe Lowell, a criminal defense attorney who has represented a number of high-profile political clients, is launching a new law firm to push back on President Trump’s crusade against several major practices. Lowell & Associates has hired multiple attorneys who left firms that cut deals with the Trump administration as the president sought…
Following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of broad and steep tariffs in April, many fear that the world economy might slip into a recession. Amid the apprehensions, terms like ‘lipstick index’ and ‘longer hemline’ have caught a lot of attention. Several beauty & fashion trends are often linked to predicting recessions, though experts caution they’re…
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting. The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that they work to root out indirect…
The secretary of defense has ordered the Army secretary to cut programs, reduce the number of general officers in the ranks and consolidate offices, commands and headquarters, including a four-star command formed in the previous Trump administration designed to reform its acquisition process. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to “implement a…
May Day rallies to held in Chicago, Evanston against President Trump’s policies May Day rallies to held in Chicago, Evanston against President Trump’s policies 03:04 Many demonstrators at May Day protests around the world united in anger over President Trump’s agenda as they marked International Workers’ Day. French union leaders condemned the “Trumpization” of world…
The US Senate confirmed long-time China critic David Perdue as the new US ambassador to China on Tuesday, a key role amid escalated bilateral tensions and a high-stakes tariff showdown between the world’s two largest economies. Perdue, 75, a former US senator for the state of Georgia and a veteran business executive, was confirmed in…
China will hold off on entering serious trade talks with the US while it waits to see which of Donald Trump’s advisers will have his ear and how other countries will respond to the 90-day pause on tariffs, according to sources. The Trump administration was “too divided” and China was in no rush to negotiate…