July 22, 2026, 1:34 p.m. ET The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation on Wednesday to toughen a U.S. government ban on Chinese automakers entering the American market that could bar German automaker Mercedes-Benz from selling vehicles in the United States. Senator Ted Cruz, the committee chair and a Texas Republican, warned the bill’s provision that would…
Updated July 17, 2026, 8:58 a.m. MT In a Thursday night address to the nation, President Donald Trump claimed China had meddled in U.S. elections. During the July 16 primetime address, Trump alleged that newly declassified documents would reveal Chinese efforts to interfere in multiple U.S. elections, including the 2020 election, when he lost to…
Updated Jan. 16, 2026, 5:39 p.m. ET A new Canadian trade deal with China allowing 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the country at a lower tariff rate was swiftly criticized by senior Trump administration officials as well as the leader of Canada’s main automaking province. “China now has a foothold in the Canadian market and…
State Rep. Brian Hodgers Jan. 7, 2026, 5:03 a.m. ET NASA’s announcement of its 2025 astronaut class underscores America’s renewed commitment to space leadership. These individuals will train for missions to the Moon and Mars as part of the Artemis program, a cornerstone of U.S. efforts to maintain its edge in an increasingly competitive space race with China. Their…
Updated Dec. 10, 2025, 10:59 a.m. ET President Donald Trump and his team of advisers spend all day, every day, seeking adversaries to tangle with, so they can assign blame for any problem in America that Trump cannot or will not fix. The truth is never an obstacle when Team Trump feels an acute need…
Dec. 2, 2025, 1:58 p.m. ET Washington — The United States should quit trying to compete with China on electric vehicles, Republican U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno said Tuesday. “We were ahead of them by a mile, by 10 miles, on the internal combustion engine. They went into EVs, and then they convinced the Western world…
President Donald Trump is exempting a wide range of agricultural items from his reciprocal tariffs amid concerns about consumer prices, slashing levies on beef, coffee, chocolate, bananas, tomatoes, oranges and other products as affordability has become a growing political issue. The White House announced Nov. 14 that Trump signed an executive order exempting certain products…
Former President Joe Biden, speaking to Democrats in Nebraska, criticized current President Donald Trump‘s administration for focusing on “billionaires and millionaires,” rather than working for “the American people.” Biden, 82, spoke to the 2025 Ben Nelson Annual Gala in Omaha, Nebraska, an event to honor the state’s former governor and senator, on Friday night, Nov….
CJ Pearson pulled up to the mic with a pressing question on a recent episode of his new podcast “Family Matters.” “Have y’all ever noticed that Black people on the left love to hate white people in the streets but love them in the sheets?” the Black Republican Gen Z breakout star asked. To prove…
WASHINGTON − A Supreme Court that has been largely deferential to President Donald Trump’s expansive claims of executive authority may be ready to pump the brakes. During nearly three hours of debate on Nov. 5, the justices questioned whether Trump has the power to impose sweeping tariffs on most imports. Several legal experts said the…