WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from military service on Tuesday, the latest in a string of legal setbacks for his sweeping agenda. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington, D.C., ruled that Trump’s order to exclude transgender troops from military service likely violates…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has promoted two agents with the Internal Revenue Service who said they faced retaliation after blowing the whistle to Congress and speaking out to CBS News about political interference into their investigation of Hunter Biden’s tax crimes. IRS special agents Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler were assigned to Bessent’s office as…
Donald Trump shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping during a meeting in 2019 (File photo) US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping would likely be visiting the United States in the near future, amidst escalating trade disputes between the two largest global economies over Trump’s tariff policies.“He’ll be coming…
Washington — President Trump on Monday said he was revoking Secret Service protection for former President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, “effective immediately.” Biden’s daughter, Ashley Biden, will also lose her Secret Service detail, Mr. Trump said. “Hunter Biden has had Secret Service protection for an extended period of time, all paid for by the United…
The legal basis for his argument appears uncertain, but Donald Trump has sought to drum up outrage over his predecessor Joe Biden’s supposed use of autopen to sign presidential pardons and other documents. Autopen – a regular tool, but a Trump attack line Trump’s attack on auto-signatures ignores that they have been used by previous…
Washington — President Trump claimed late Sunday that preemptive pardons former President Joe Biden granted to members of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol are “void” and “vacant” because they were allegedly signed with an autopen. However, the Justice Department two decades ago said the president…
President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers under a centuries-old law to deport people associated with a Venezuelan gang. Hours later, a federal judge halted deportations under Trump’s order. The act is a sweeping wartime authority that allows non-citizens to…
Trump looking at tariffs on semiconductors, drugs, steel US President Donald Trump said he is considering potential tariffs on semiconductors, pharmaceuticals and steel at the House Republican Conference at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida. Bloomberg As President Donald Trump on Thursday contemplated extending a global trade war to imports from Europe, the health-care industry…
Former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today’s political acrimony, has died. He was 93. Simpson died early Friday after struggling to recover from a broken hip in December, according to a statement from his family and the Buffalo Bill Center of…
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump threw a curve ball at China by linking the fentanyl issue to his tariffs on imports. The Chinese government is swinging back. First it issued a report detailing its efforts to control the illegal trade in fentanyl, specifically the ingredients for the opioid that are made in China….