The president put himself at arm’s length from losing GOP candidates. Rank-and-file Republicans are left casting blame. Donald Trump attributed Republicans’ Tuesday night losses in part to his absence from the ballot. Some of his closest allies blamed poor candidate quality. One Republican said the GOP failed to address rising costs. It all added up … Read more
The high court’s conservative majority largely blesses broad executive power, but some justices are also wary of it in the economic realm. The looming Supreme Court showdown over President Donald Trump’s tariffs amounts to an epic clash between two of the most deeply ingrained tenets of the conservative legal movement. The first is that presidents … Read more
Lawmakers on the Agriculture panel are nearing a draft deal on its portion of a sweeping crypto bill. Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) plan to speak on a call Wednesday afternoon with White House crypto and AI czar David Sacks as the lawmakers look to finalize a discussion draft … Read more
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said the White House’s decision to end ASL interpretation illegally excluded deaf Americans from crucial updates from the government. A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore real-time American Sign Language interpretation at all press briefings conducted by President Donald Trump or press secretary Karoline Leavitt. U.S. District … Read more
The Lewiston shooting spurred calls for change. PORTLAND, Maine — Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, Maine residents voted Tuesday to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access to guns. A ballot question asked residents if they wanted to build on … Read more
Charles Munger Jr. spent upwards of $30 million in a failed effort to defeat Proposition 50. Charles Munger Jr., the good-government philanthropist and Republican megadonor who bankrolled the failed opposition to Gavin Newsom’s redistricting campaign in California, called Tuesday for a renewed push for independent map-drawing across the country. In a statement, the multi-millionaire and … Read more
Under pressure from the far right, Germany’s chancellor says his country will begin repatriating Syrians. The reality is more complicated. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has a simple message for many of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians who found sanctuary in Germany during their country’s long and brutal civil war: It’s time to go back to … Read more
It’s the first public offering on health care policy since the government shutdown began. A bipartisan quartet of House lawmakers released a “statement of principles” Monday for a potential compromise on an extension of Obamacare subsidies, which would include a two-year sunset and an income cap for eligibility. The compromise framework from Republican Reps. Don … Read more
Marco Rubio and JD Vance have become each other’s primary sounding boards in the West Wing. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance have become each other’s primary sounding boards in the West Wing as the pair work together to help shape and execute President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, according to five … Read more
The president previously said he had “an obligation to go” to oral arguments in the tariff case at the high court Wednesday. President Donald Trump said Sunday he won’t be in attendance at the Supreme Court this week for a pivotal legal showdown that could gut the tariff policy at the center of his economic … Read more