In April, President Trump, who has expressed concerns about the US’s low fertility rate, was asked about a proposal to provide a $5,000 “baby bonus” to every American woman who…
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Last week, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell delivered his semiannual monetary policy report to Congress. Fed watchers will find lots to chew on, but the really interesting material comes in his…
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Trump sends special message to stranded astronauts, jokes he may go along for rescue: ‘We love you’
President Donald Trump, while signing executive orders Thursday in the Oval Office, vowed to bring home two NASA astronauts who have been stuck in space for eight months. ‘Elon [Musk]…
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A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to pay at least a portion of the nearly $2 billion in owed foreign aid for previously completed projects by 6…
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President Trump on Thursday exempted most goods from Canada and Mexico covered under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) from his 25% tariffs for the next month. The tariffs went into effect…
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Two moderate Democrats who voted against censuring Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, suggested they did not believe Congress should be focused on such matters. Ten Democratic lawmakers broke from their party…
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that would rescind security clearances and access to certain federal resources for Perkins Coie. It’s the law firm that hired the company…
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Hamas’ treatment of the hostages it has been holding in captivity in the Gaza Strip is ‘intolerable,’ U.S. envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said Thursday, warning that ‘it’s…
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President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) flipped a question about vaccine processes around on a top Democratic senator during his confirmation hearing on Thursday,…
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President Donald Trump signed a memo Thursday directing government agency heads to ask federal judges to require financial guarantees to hold ‘activist’ groups that sue the government financially responsible if…