Politics
California Republicans Uneasy Over Trump’s Threat to Condition Wildfire Aid
LOS ANGELES — California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires that ravaged Southern California should come with strings attached, possibly jeopardizing the president’s policy agenda in a deeply divided Congress at…
Read More »Trump Tells Davos Elite to Invest in U.S. or Face Tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used an address Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the U.S. and threatened to impose tariffs if they don’t. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Speaking by video from the White House to the annual summit in…
Read More »Trump’s Emergency Declaration at the Border Is an Abuse of Power
In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump issued a proclamation declaring a national emergency at the southern border. The proclamation authorizes the Secretary of Defense to move money within the department to fund construction of the border wall. It further authorizes the Secretary to call up reservists…
Read More »California Republicans Uneasy Over Trump’s Threat to Condition Wildfire Aid
LOS ANGELES — California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires that ravaged Southern California should come with strings attached, possibly jeopardizing the president’s policy agenda in a deeply divided Congress at…
Read More »Trump Tells Davos Elite to Invest in U.S. or Face Tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used an address Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the U.S. and threatened to impose tariffs if they don’t. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Speaking by video from the White House to the annual summit in…
Read More »Trump’s Emergency Declaration at the Border Is an Abuse of Power
In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump issued a proclamation declaring a national emergency at the southern border. The proclamation authorizes the Secretary of Defense to move money within the department to fund construction of the border wall. It further authorizes the Secretary to call up reservists…
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