The president, who has suffered few consequences for his conviction, seeks to quash the verdict — and his status as a felon. NEW YORK — President Donald Trump on Monday asked a New York appeals court to overturn his criminal conviction in the Manhattan hush money case that made him a felon as he plotted … Read more
The lawsuit comes as the Trump administration has promoted unproven claims linking Tylenol use to autism. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the makers of Tylenol on Tuesday, alleging the companies irresponsibly marketed the medicine to pregnant women despite risks to children. At the center of the lawsuit is the claim that … Read more
The world’s most valuable company holds a D.C. mega-meeting, and gets political. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang turned his company’s annual artificial intelligence conference into a chance to lavish praise on President Donald Trump on Tuesday. In his keynote remarks at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Huang said Trump “deserves enormous credit” for recognizing the … Read more
An effort to find executive branch money for the aviation system’s frontline safety workers appears to have run aground. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy suggested Tuesday that a Trump administration effort to scrounge together money to pay air traffic controllers during the federal shutdown is dead. During a news conference at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, Duffy … Read more
The vice president spoke after a Senate GOP lunch where he got an earful about the administration’s plan to import Argentinian beef. Vice President JD Vance said military members will continue receiving their pay amid the government shutdown, suggesting to reporters Tuesday that President Donald Trump has identified new funding to avoid a first-ever lapse … Read more
A bipartisan group of lawmakers sought unanimous consent approval for a bill that would stop the changing of the clocks. Sen. Tom Cotton wasn’t fast enough in 2022 to block Senate passage of legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent. Three years later, he wasn’t about to repeat that same mistake. The Arkansas Republican … Read more
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to keep food aid flowing during the shutdown. It rivals a plan from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) Senate Democrats are preparing to introduce their own bill to keep food aid benefits flowing for millions of Americans during the government shutdown ahead of a Nov. 1 funding cliff. The … Read more
The vote comes while the president is in Asia touting his trade agenda. The Senate once again rebuked President Donald Trump on tariffs, a vote that comes as the president is in Asia touting tariffs and notching progress on trade agreements. Senators on Tuesday voted 52-48 to terminate the national emergency Trump declared in order … Read more
The planes have been flying into Hurricane Melissa as part of monitoring the monster storm. The NOAA pilots and scientists flying aboard hurricane hunter aircraft into Hurricane Melissa’s 185-mile per hour winds are not being paid during the government shutdown, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed Tuesday. “Due to the ongoing federal government shutdown … Read more
The White House and South Korean government continue to haggle over the details of Seoul’s $350 billion investment commitment. The United States and South Korea still can’t agree on a key plank of the tentative trade agreement they inked over the summer, despite U.S. pressure to finalize the deal during President Donald Trump’s visit to … Read more