Happy Thursday and welcome to May! A Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas today ruled that the president unlawfully exceeded his authority in invoking the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to speed deportations of Venezuelan migrants…
Good evening. President Donald Trump's trade war has already had an effect on the U.S. economy, as we saw in GDP numbers released today. We've got details.
President Donald Trump is marking the 100th day of his second term in office with a speech in Macomb County, Michigan, this evening after taking steps to ease auto tariffs earlier in the day.
Happy Monday! Canadian voters are choosing a new government today in an election that may well be determined by ... U.S. President Donald Trump. The rising tide of Canadian anger at Trump, his trade war and his repeated insistence that…
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Happy Wednesday! On this date in 1635, the Boston Latin School was established, becoming the first public school in what would become the United States. Here's what's happening today.
Happy Tuesday! President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made comments today that might - just maybe - help momentarily calm some fears about the economic disruption they are unleashing. We've got details.
Tributes and remembrances poured in from around the world Monday for Pope Francis, who died this morning at the age of 88. Francis, whose previous name was Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was the 266th pontiff but the first from Latin America and…
The Trump administration is looking to slash the discretionary budget for federal health programs by about a third as it works to scale back and restructure the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a proposal first…
It's Tax Day Tuesday! This year marks the 70th anniversary of April 15 becoming the federal income tax filing deadline, which had been March 15 from 1918 until 1955. If you're one of the roughly 20 million taxpayers who waited until this…
Happy Friday! A relatively quiet end to a wild week, with Congress already out the door for a two-week spring recess and President Trump taking a day for his annual physical exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Trump's…
Good evening! On this date in 1912, the Titanic set out on its first and only voyage, departing from Southampton, England, en route to New York. And in 1971, nine U.S. table tennis players arrived in China for a historic visit that started…
What a Wednesday! President Donald Trump hit pause on his latest round of tariffs, and House conservatives hit pause - at least for a moment - on the budget outline for Trump's legislative agenda. Here's what's going on.
Good evening. President Donald Trump's massive new tariffs, including a 104% levy on Chinese imports, are set to take effect tonight. Meanwhile, House Republican leaders had been hoping to take the next step toward enacting more of Trump's…
The Trump tariff turmoil continues. Markets plunged for a second straight day after China retaliated against Trump's trade war by announcing its own tariffs on imports of U.S. products starting April 10. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell…
