Is there another Republican who can keep the Trump coalition together in 2028? Asked that question this week, the president wouldn’t say. He allowed that “we have a great cabinet,” suggesting that he prefers to see a member of his administration succeed him. “But you never know,” he concluded. “You never really know until they…
US lawmakers on Wednesday called for a change in Washington’s strategy to evade China’s chokehold on rare earth mineral supplies, arguing that new approaches are needed in parallel with President Donald Trump’s efforts to speed up domestic production. Proposals to dismantle the chokepoint – including new technologies and development of components that do not require…
By Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Utah judge has thrown out a new U.S. congressional map passed by the Republican-led legislature in favor of an alternative that appears likely to result in flipping one of the state’s four U.S. House seats to Democrats in next year’s midterms. In a decision late on Monday night, District…
By David Morgan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senate Democrats moved to center stage in the U.S. government shutdown drama on Thursday, as they met behind closed doors to consider what the chamber’s top Republican said was an offer to reopen shuttered federal agencies as early as this weekend. On the 37th day of the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday marks the nation’s first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, and his leadership and policies dominated the debate in almost every race — even though the Republican was absent from the campaign trail. The biggest contests are in Virginia and New Jersey, the only states…
Increasingly desperate US farmers, including many who voted for US President Donald Trump, are urging him to adopt a conciliatory approach rather than a confrontational one if a lasting soy deal can be reached when he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping this week. As the harvest season slips by with no orders from China and…
President Donald Trump employed his signature all-caps writing style to support Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli in the race for New Jersey governor on Monday—while also hurling his signature insults to denounce Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill. Why It Matters The 2025 New Jersey governor’s race has come under national scrutiny, partly due to its timing as…
A resolution from a Florida Senator calls Communist China and Dictator Xi Jinping an official U.S. adversary. U.S. Senator Rick Scott introduced a resolution condemning Communist Chinese Dictator Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as an adversary to the United States that seeks to undermine and destroy the American way of life to…
US President Donald Trump has expressed interest in an undersea tunnel connecting the American state of Alaska with Russia – a project floated earlier by a senior Russian official to billionaire Elon Musk. “A tunnel from Russia to Alaska. That’s … interesting,” Trump said on Friday, when asked about the idea by White House reporters…
The Trump administration suffered a major blow on Friday when an appeals court upheld an injunction that blocked the president’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. Newsweek contacted the Department of Homeland Security and the White House for comment on Saturday via email outside regular office hours. Why It Matters On January 20, hours…