U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, supports legislation that would restrict President Donald Trump’s power over tariffs amid plunging stocks and rising fears of a recession.

Moran signed on as a co-sponsor of a bipartisan bill introduced last week that would require Trump to notify Congress when he imposes a new tariff. Congress ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court in Washington on Monday reinstated members of the Merit Systems Protection Board and National Labor Relations Board who had been fired by President Donald Trump, escalating fights over Congress’ ability to protect federal officials from removal.

The 7-4 order from the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democrat Christina Hines, a former special victims prosecutor in Wayne County, will launch her congressional campaign Monday for a suburban Detroit U.S. House seat held by two-term Republican U.S. Rep. John James.

Hines, 35, of Warren, is the second Democrat to join the race for Michigan's 10th Congressional District, which ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate’s newly adopted budget blueprint has triggered a fight over the merits of wiping away the cost of tax-cut extensions in a bid to make them permanent — a dispute that could bog down work on a GOP reconciliation package in coming months.

Democrats have attacked Republicans’ decision to use a “current policy” ...Read more

President Donald Trump Monday urged his supporters to stand firm and back his plan for sweeping tariffs amid a full-blown market meltdown and fears they could spark a recession.

As some of his backers and Republican lawmakers called for an urgent rethink, Trump signaled he has no intention of softening his stance.

“Don’t be weak! Don’t ...Read more

President Donald Trump Monday urged his supporters to stand firm and back his plan for sweeping tariffs amid a full-blown market meltdown and fears they could spark a recession.

As some of his backers and Republican lawmakers called for an urgent rethink, Trump signaled he has no intention of softening his stance.

“Don’t be weak! Don’t ...Read more

When American soldiers liberated the Mauthausen Nazi concentration camp in Austria 80 years ago this May, Spanish prisoners welcomed them with a message of antifascist solidarity.

The Spaniards hung a banner made from stolen bed sheets over one of Mauthausen’s gates. In English, Spanish and Russian, it read: “The Spanish ...Read more

Iran has sent a “generous and wise” proposal for indirect talks with the U.S. about its nuclear program that could involve Oman as a mediator, officials said.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he wants direct discussions with the Islamic Republic over a new nuclear deal to replace the one that he abandoned during his first term. Iran ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Republican budget debate shifts back to the House this week ahead of a two-week recess.

The House plans to take up the budget resolution amended by the Senate following last week’s vote-a-rama — that is, assuming the House floor is operational after last week’s standoff that led to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., sending ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Michael Newman, head of the civil rights enforcement section in California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office, was exhausted.

Newman and his legal team had just worked all weekend, straight through that Monday and overnight into Tuesday on a growing pile of legal challenges to the Trump administration, and were overdue for ...Read more

Margaret Mitchell was born in 1900, a quarter century after the beginning and subsequently abrupt end of Reconstruction.

She was a privileged daughter in a wealthy and politically prominent Atlanta family at the height of The Lost Cause myth, which argued that the South’s involvement in the Civil War was about states’ rights and heroism, ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s top economic officials dismissed investors’ fears of inflation and recession, offering no apologies for the market turmoil sparked by sweeping global tariffs and defiantly insisting a boom is on the horizon.

On the heels of huge global stock market falls, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s top economic officials dismissed investors’ fears of inflation and recession, offering no apologies for the market turmoil sparked by sweeping global tariffs and defiantly insisting a boom is on the horizon.

On the heels of huge global stock market falls, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard ...Read more

Vietnam offered to remove all tariffs on US imports after President Donald Trump announced a 46% levy on the Southeast Asian nation, according to an April 5 letter from Vietnam’s communist party.

The offer was made by party chief To Lam to Trump in a letter seen by Bloomberg. Lam requested that the U.S. not apply any additional tariffs or ...Read more

Sen. Adam Schiff, one of President Donald Trump’s toughest political opponents, is gearing up for another battle in Washington, D.C. — this time in support of California farmers.

In an interview with The Fresno Bee, Schiff spoke in defense of the state’s multibillion-dollar farming industry and the thousands of workers who harvest nearly ...Read more

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he’ll announce measures this week to support Britain’s economy and businesses amid the threat posed by Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Writing in the Telegraph, Starmer said, “The world as we knew it has gone. We must rise to meet the moment.”

The U.S. president last week announced sweeping global tariffs...Read more

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday struck a defiant tone in the face of global financial markets selling off sharply in response to new U.S. tariffs, arguing the duties were necessary and rejecting the idea that they would cause a U.S. recession.

“I see no reason that we have to price in a recession,” Bessent told NBC’s "...Read more

Big law firms that have offended President Donald Trump for representing a cause or client he doesn’t like are being forced to make a choice: Either cut a deal with him to protect their billion-dollar businesses, or sue him to assert their right to continue representing clients as they please.

It was extremely disappointing when Paul, Weiss, ...Read more

China pledged decisive action to defend its economy, a day after unveiling levies on American goods and export controls on rare earths in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Beijing will continue to take “resolute measures” to safeguard its sovereignty, security and other interests, the state-owned Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday....Read more

President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan has rocked global markets, with every single sector in the S&P 500 ending Friday in deep red. But one turgid addendum issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection just after his April 2 tariff pronouncement provided relief for those in the collectible car business: Vintage cars would be exempt.

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