Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is moving to terminate Pentagon offices and positions that focus on preventing and responding to civilian harm during U.S. combat operations, […]
Category: Politics
Trump Says Tariffs Will Stop When Opioid Deaths Fall. They’ve Already Fallen.
One month ago, President Trump agreed to delay tariffs on Canada and Mexico after the two countries agreed to help stem the flow of fentanyl […]
Here’s How Democrats Are Protesting Trump’s Speech to Congress
Some are bringing fired federal workers. Others plan to hand out stickers accusing Elon Musk of “stealing Social Security.” Several will boycott President Trump’s speech […]
Fired CDC Scientists Are Reinstated for Now
Barely two weeks after they were fired, dozens of young scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were reinstated on Tuesday — at […]
Lincoln Díaz-Balart, a ‘Free Cuba’ Republican in Congress, Dies at 70
Lincoln Díaz-Balart, a staunchly anti-communist Florida Republican who helped enshrine into law the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba and who defended immigrants’ rights during his […]
U.S. State Department Shuts Down Pollution Monitoring Abroad
What’s the air quality in New Delhi, Jakarta or Buenos Aires? Until Tuesday, the United States Embassy in those cities could have told you. But […]
How Retaliatory Tariffs by China, Canada and Mexico Could Harm American Farmers
A trade war with China during President Trump’s first term hit American farmers hard. This time, it could be worse. On Tuesday, China’s Ministry of […]
Trump Administration Pushes to Slash I.R.S. Work Force in Half
The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to shed as much as 50 percent of its staff, according to four people familiar with the matter, a […]
Some Green Groups Are Running Out of Cash After Trump Freezes $20 Billion
Two weeks after their bank accounts were frozen amid a swirl of investigations by the Trump administration, nonprofit organizations that were supposed to receive $20 […]
Trump’s Latest Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Could Be His Biggest Gamble
President Trump made one of the biggest gambles of his presidency Tuesday by initiating sweeping tariffs with no clear rationale on imports from Canada, Mexico […]