President Trump says he’s “terminating all discussions on trade with Canada, effective immediately,” after Canada announced a digital services tax on large foreign and domestic technology companies. Posting on Truth Social on Friday afternoon, the president said the U.S. will let Canada know what their tariff rate will be in the …
Read More »Hegseth tells Senate panel he’s giving Trump “options” amid intensifying Iran
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to elaborate on potential U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, telling a Senate panel Wednesday his job is to ensure President Trump “has options and is informed of what those options might be.” Hegseth and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine testified …
Read More »Appeals court won’t rehear Trump’s appeal of E. Jean Carroll defamation, sexual abuse case
President Trump on Friday lost his latest effort to get a retrial in the case in which a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation of the writer E. Jean Carroll. After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied Mr. Trump’s appeal of the case …
Read More »Trump threatens to cut off Elon Musk’s federal subsidies. That could cost Tesla and SpaceX billions.
President Trump on Thursday suggested cutting off federal subsidies and contracts to Elon Musk’s companies, escalating a feud between the president and the world’s richest person. “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts,” Mr. Trump …
Read More »Georgia’s top court spurns Trump bid to block election probe
Georgia’s highest court on Monday rejected a request by former President Donald Trump to block a district attorney from prosecuting him for his actions in wake of the 2020 election. The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously shot down a petition that Trump’s attorneys filed last week asking the court to intervene. Trump’s …
Read More »Judge to unseal identities of 3 people who backed George Santos’ $500K bond
A federal judge in Central Islip, New York has agreed to unseal the court records showing the identities of the people who helped Rep. George Santos, Republican of New York, make bond in his federal criminal case. The court’s opinion says the “the aforementioned documents shall be kept under seal …
Read More »Vice President Kamala Harris to be a “leading voice” on gun violence heading into the 2024 cycle
Washington — The Biden-Harris campaign plans to make addressing gun violence a key focus of President Biden’s reelection effort, and Vice President Kamala Harris will be a “leading voice” on the issue, according to senior Democratic sources. On Friday, Harris will mark National Gun Violence Awareness Day with a speech …
Read More »Kari Lake’s last election loss claim dismissed by Arizona judge
A judge on Monday dismissed the only remaining legal claim in Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her loss in last year’s race for Arizona governor, affirming the election of Democrat Katie Hobbs. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter A. Thompson said Lake failed to prove her claim that Maricopa County …
Read More »Muslim mayor from New Jersey turned away from White House Eid event
Mohamed Khairullah, the mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey, was not allowed onto the White House grounds on Monday night for the annual Eid celebration to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Khairullah, the longest-serving Muslim mayor in New Jersey, told CBS News that he received a …
Read More »Hunter Biden’s attorneys meet with the DOJ
Hunter Biden’s lawyers met with Justice Department officials on Wednesday to address the ongoing investigation into the president’s 53-year-old son, two sources familiar with the meeting tell CBS News. Hunter Biden’s attorneys met with officials from the Justice Department representing the tax division and the U.S. attorney in Delaware for …
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