National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett said on Sunday that a market reaction to President Trump’s tariff policies will not deter him from proceeding with his plans to levy fees on imports. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Kristen Welker asked the White House economic adviser whether Trump could change the…
The waitlist to borrow this book at the D.C. Public Library is over 300-people long for a hard copy, over 500-long for an eBook and over 800-long for an audiobook.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is targeting a little-known but crucial program that underpins all childhood vaccinations. Kennedy took to social media and the show of conservative activist Charlie Kirk this week to rail against the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) and pledge significant changes. “The VICP is broken, and…
Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), whom President Trump fired following a dismal jobs report, said it was the “honor of my life” to serve in the position. “It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a…
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) blasted Republicans for undertaking a mid-decade redistricting effort in Texas, saying the move reveals concerns about the party’s economic message ahead of the midterms. “If Republicans were confident on their policy agenda, they’d be eager to defend it with the people and to defend at the ballot box next November,” Padilla…
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin said on Sunday that the party will begin deliberating the 2028 primary calendar later this month at a meeting in Minneapolis. “We’re going to start that conversation actually this month in August at our DNC meeting in Minneapolis,” Martin said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,”…
The Trump administration should have submitted its Elie Wiesel Act annual report to Congress by July 15 — this didn’t happen.
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin said on Sunday that Democrats are “absolutely” well positioned to fight back against Republicans redistricting efforts. Martin was asked in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” whether Democrats are “really in a position to fight back on this,” considering states like California would likely need to change…
Florida Republicans are increasingly pushing to redraw the state’s congressional lines following a similar move by the Texas GOP. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Wednesday he is “very seriously” looking at asking the state Legislature to redraw the state’s congressional map, arguing the 2020 census is flawed. Rep. Jimmy Patronis (R-Fla.) came out in…
President Trump’s economy reverberated this week amid tariff uncertainty, the weak job report on Friday and the subsequent firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner, Erika McEntarfer. The Department of Labor (DOL) on Friday reported that the U.S. added just 73,000 jobs in July. Additionally, the job numbers for May and June were…
