Donald Trump has promised to impose tariffs on imported goods as part of his economic agenda in his second term. While China stands to be punished the hardest, other countries, including U.S. allies, are also set to be impacted. The president-elect ran on a pledge to use tariffs to boost American businesses, with up to […]
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Colleges are ‘shaking in their boots’ over Trump
Educators and university leaders are on the edge of their seats as President-elect Trump makes his return to office with an aggressive posture toward K-12 and higher education. Trump has threatened multiple times to take away funding from schools if they do not align with his views on subjects such as diversity, equity and inclusion […]
GOP criticize Trump’s cabinet picks as ‘Reckless’
President-elect Donald Trump‘s first few choices to join his administration drew widespread approval within the GOP. But that sense of unity cracked on Wednesday as Trump announced more controversial figures to fill his Cabinet. The initial unease came after Trump tapped Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his secretary of defense on Tuesday. […]
Trump & Biden to meet for 1st time since debate
Just over a week after his sweeping election victory, former and future President Trump returns to the White House on Wednesday. Trump is returning to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., his first time back in nearly four years, at the invitation of the man he knocked out of the 2024 White House race: President Biden. The two […]
Can Trump really pull off mass deportation?
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to carry out the nation’s largest deportation operation, removing more illegal immigrants from the United States than any of his predecessors. To oversee the effort, Trump tapped former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leader Tom Homan as his administration’s “border czar.” Homan, soon-to-be the deporter in chief, gave a new […]
Trump’s GOP skeptics in Congress are few
President-elect Trump’s resounding victory last week threatens to further isolate his few remaining GOP critics on Capitol Hill. The shrinking group of Republicans who have bucked the president-elect underscores Trump’s dominance over the party and raises questions about how this GOP faction will navigate the new political reality in Washington. Only a handful of vocal […]
Will Biden or Trump pardon Hunter?
As President Joe Biden gathers his personal affairs from the White House in preparation for his departure, he’ll also have to grapple with a huge elephant in the room: whether to pardon his son Hunter. Ahead of his exit, Biden will at some point meet with Donald Trump, the President-Elect – who appears, at least […]
Does Trump election = a “get out of jail card”?
The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it is seeking to wind down two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his second term. With two other cases outstanding and the legal jeopardy expected to diminish in the months ahead, here’s a timeline of Trump’s legal troubles after his first departure from the Oval […]
Trump elected 47th President of the U.S.
President-elect Donald Trump addressed his supporters in the nation early Wednesday morning after earning more than 270 electoral votes, vowing he will lead the “golden age of America” after launching the “greatest political movement of all time.” “This was, I believe, the greatest political movement of all time. There’s never been anything like this in […]
Migrants in Mexico terrified of a Trump win
“I love Kamala Harris,” a young Venezuelan man declared as he rested on the side of a highway in southern Mexico last week. His belongings were heaped at his feet. Hundreds of fellow migrants stretched out along the roadway in both directions. They’re headed for the U.S. and nearly all of them have an opinion […]
Whoever loses will face political party upheaval
The Republican and Democratic parties are both facing a crossroads in Tuesday’s election, which is likely to determine the direction each takes over the next few years. If former President Trump defeats Vice President Harris, he would secure the transformation of the GOP from the pro-trade, pro-immigration and globalist party that former President Reagan epitomized […]
Whoever wins is sure to face a divided nation
In a race to the wire, Vice President Harris will return to Pennsylvania today after focusing on younger voters in Michigan Sunday where she touted “momentum.” Former President Trump returns today to North Carolina, Michigan and Pennsylvania after campaigning Sunday in the Tar Heel State and Georgia. The usually-jaunty former president conceded Sunday to ABC […]