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Trump bristles at ‘TACO’ trade that bets on him backing downVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump bristled at suggestions that Wall Street believes he’s ultimately unwilling to follow through on extreme tariff threats, saying his repeated retreats are instead part of a strategy to exert trade concessions. “It’s called negotiation,” Trump said Wednesday, adding that he intentionally would “set a number...
Elon Musk leaving the Trump administration after criticizing president’s ‘big beautiful bill’Video
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. The billionaire entrepreneur posted Wednesday about his decision on X, his social media website. “As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee...
Trump’s campaign against law firms dealt another setback as judge blocks executive order
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s campaign against the legal profession hit another setback Tuesday as a federal judge struck down an executive order that sought to sanction one of the country’s most prestigious law firms. The ruling in favor of WilmerHale marks the third time this month that a federal...
Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd, Julie Chrisley of fraud and tax evasion convictions
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he’s planning to pardon TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, famous for “Chrisley Knows Best,” a reality show that followed their tight-knit family and extravagant lifestyle that prosecutors said was boosted by bank fraud and hiding earnings from tax authorities. The Chrisleys...
As Trump cuts research money, Shapiro pitches $50M for science, innovation
While President Donald Trump yanks critical federal funding from universities and research institutions across the country, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro wants to invest tens of millions of dollars each year in life sciences and innovation. During a visit Tuesday to a University of Pittsburgh research facility in Bloomfield, Shapiro spoke...
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville announces 2026 bid for Alabama governor
AUBURN, Ala. — Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who entered politics after a successful career as a head football coach at Auburn and three other major college programs, announced Tuesday that he is running for governor of Alabama next year. His announcement on the Will Cain Show on Fox News...
Pa. Congressman issues warning to Big Ten, SEC about future of college football
The Big Ten and SEC are leading the way as the two conferences look to make changes to college football and the College Football Playoff. The leagues are reportedly interested in a scheduling partnership down the line, and they are also considering pushing for a new 16-team CFP model that...
Pa. is the last state to elect poll workers. Local officials say they’re short thousands of candidates
This article is made possible through Spotlight PA’s collaboration with Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting. Pennsylvania voters went to the polls last week to help carry on a centuries-old practice that no other state does: elections to choose their election workers. “It was a...
Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for HarvardVideo
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked federal agencies Tuesday to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, intensifying the president’s clash with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university. The government already has canceled more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants for the Ivy League school, which has...
Westmoreland GOP concedes endorsements had little impact on county primary
Days after two Republican row officers were ousted by former longtime Democrats who only recently switched to the GOP, party officials in Westmoreland County are looking for reasons why. The apparent primary victory of Katie Pecarchik over Register of Wills Jon Wian and John Ackerman’s defeat of incumbent Coroner Tim...
Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has died at age 94
NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, died Monday at age 94. His family confirmed the death in a statement provided by City...
Sen. John Fetterman says his mental health struggles have been ‘weaponized’ against him
Facing increasing scrutiny about his mental health and ability to perform his job, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman said he has been unfairly shamed into showing up for Senate votes and public hearings that he believes are a waste of his time, according to a New York Times article. The first-term...
Proposal requiring classroom displays of Ten Commandments passes Texas House
AUSTIN — A bill requiring classroom displays of the Ten Commandments in public schools passed the Texas House on Sunday. The 82-46 vote sends the proposal back to the Senate before it goes to Gov. Greg Abbott. Lawmakers in the House amended the legislation Sunday to include a provision saying...
Emails from Trump shooter show he was designing a bomb, report says
Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate now-President Donald Trump in July, was in the process of designing a bomb, according to documents obtained by CBS News. Crooks, 20, ordered more than two gallons of nitromethane from an online specialty fuel retailer using an encrypted email account. When the purchase...
Harvard sues Trump administration over ban on enrolling foreign students
WASHINGTON — Harvard University is challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students, calling it unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House’s political demands. In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Boston, Harvard said the government’s action violates the First Amendment...
Iran and U.S. hold 5th round of nuclear negotiations in Rome with enrichment a key issue
ROME — Iran and the United States prepared for a fifth round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program Friday in Rome, with enrichment emerging as the key issue. U.S. officials up to President Donald Trump insist Iran cannot continue to enrich uranium at all in any deal that...
Who were the Israeli Embassy staffers shot dead days before getting engaged?
They were colleagues, and they were a couple, days away from a marriage proposal. But the interwoven lives of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were brutally cut short Wednesday evening, when the two Israeli Embassy staffers were shot while leaving a young diplomats’ reception at the Capital Jewish Museum. The...
Budget cuts at Trump EPA become flashpoint at a heated hearing — and, Democrats say, may kill people
WASHINGTON — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency clashed with Democratic senators Wednesday, accusing one of being an “aspiring fiction writer” and saying another does not “care about wasting money.” Democrats countered that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s tenure will likely mean more Americans contracting lung cancer and other illnesses....
Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass layoffs at Department of Education
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from carrying out...
Why Kamala Harris could run for California governor and bypass another White House bid
LOS ANGELES — Many of Kamala Harris’ supporters and detractors alike think she’d have better odds running for California governor rather than president a third time. There are several reasons for Harris to make a bid to replace term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom. She would immediately become the early front-runner instead...
House Republicans pass Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after all-night session
WASHINGTON — House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump’s priority bill to approval Thursday. With last-minute concessions and stark warnings from Trump, the Republican holdouts largely dropped their...
Trump used a White House meeting to confront South African president over killing of white farmers
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing his country of failing to address the killing of white farmers. “People are fleeing South Africa for their own safety,” said Trump, who at one point dimmed the lights in the Oval...
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block watchdog access to DOGE documents
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to block court orders requiring Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to turn over documents about its operations to a government watchdog group. The Justice Department’s latest emergency appeal to the high court concerns whether DOGE, which has been...
Trump’s ‘beautiful’ bill spans more than 1,000 pages. Here’s what’s in it
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are getting closer to passing President Donald Trump’s tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security as Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to pass the package over unified Democratic opposition by Memorial Day. House committees have labored for months on the legislation, which exceeds 1,000 pages and...
Kristi Noem says habeas corpus lets Trump ‘remove people from this country’
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the constitutional provision that allows people to legally challenge their detention by the government is actually a tool the Trump administration can use in its broader crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border. She called habeas corpus “a constitutional right that the president has to be...
