Tag: Washington D.C.

In this May 10, 2019, file photo, a container ship is unloaded at the Virginia International Gateway terminal in Norfolk. A Chinese state news agency said U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators promised to create “favorable conditions” for carrying out a truce in their governments’ tariff war during a phone call.

Fairness and Justice

Why Trump’s tariffs are harmful

James Rogan · April 9, 2025 8:00 am

Police officers guard inmates during a security operation at the Izalco prison in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, April 25, 2020.

What to expect after Supreme Court clears way for Trump’s Alien Enemies Act deportations

Ashley Oliver · April 9, 2025 7:00 am

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson child tax credit.

GOP child tax credit push gets boost from center-left group

Zach Halaschak · April 9, 2025 7:00 am

JD Vance is a leader in the New Right movement.

JD Vance, Oren Cass, and more: The key players in the New Right movement

Haisten Willis · April 9, 2025 6:00 am

Energy and Environment

Trump mounts second attempt to revive coal, with stakes higher than in first term

Callie Patteson · April 9, 2025 6:00 am

Trump tariff measure scores endorsement from Senate Democrat Tammy Baldwin

Ramsey Touchberry · April 9, 2025 5:00 am

Federal courts should block Trump’s illegal tariff regime

Washington Examiner · April 9, 2025 12:01 am

President Donald Trump's slate of "reciprocal" tariffs went into effect Wednesday at 12:01am, as the vast majority of U.S. trading partners look to head off the barrier taxes with last-minute deals with the White House.

Clock strikes midnight: Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs take effect

Christian Datoc · April 9, 2025 12:01 am

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

Trump teases tariffs on pharmaceuticals: ‘I know what the hell I’m doing’

Brady Knox · April 8, 2025 11:05 pm

President Donald Trump could expand his tariff negotiating strategy to Arab nations if they continue to resist his demands to resettle Palestinian refugees ahead of the Gaza cleanup effort, according to Trump's national security adviser, Mike Waltz.

Trump open to tax on millionaires to pay for second-term agenda

David Sivak · April 8, 2025 7:37 pm

Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kan., a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, testifies as the House Rules Committee prepares the debt limit bill, The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, for a vote on the floor, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Some House GOP budget holdouts cave after White House meeting, but not enough

Lauren Green · April 8, 2025 6:58 pm

House leaders are refusing to budge their positions on how to address expiring healthcare subsidies at the end of this year.

Johnson ‘happy to debate’ Jeffries on GOP budget resolution after Democrat challenges speaker

Brady Knox · April 8, 2025 6:27 pm