The world economy could face a crash similar to the Great Depression of the 1930s unless the U.S. rows back on its plans to impose steep tariffs on imports, a senior official at the International Chamber of Commerce warned. read more
Molly Jong-Fast: The public is frustrated with Trump and Elon's DOGE-ification of government. It's time for party leaders to stand up. read more
In Wylie, Texas a group of about 300 citizens booed and heckled Republican Representative Keith Self during a townhall meeting. read more
Today Trump set tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico and all those countries are or have announced they will impose retaliatory tariffs. If the paths continues, experts say the economic pain will be felt across the globe. In America the auto industry, which depends heavily on imports from Mexico, could increase prices by more than $10,000. Farmers will be especially hard hit. read more
When the local hospital warned of a brewing measles outbreak, Kaleigh Brantner urged fellow residents of this rural West Texas community to beware of vaccinating their children. read more
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau announced he's ready to escalate the trade war with President Trump if the US leader moves forward with 25% tariffs on products from the northern nation at midnight. Trudeau called America's impending action against Canada "unjustified" and vowed to not let it go "unanswered." He said if American tariffs begin, Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs against $155 billion in American goods also at midnight " starting with $30 billion worth of products right away and tariffs on the remaining $125 billion over a 21-day span. read more
President Donald Trump on Monday directed a "pause" to U.S. assistance to Ukraine after a disastrous Oval Office meeting as Trump seeks to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in peace talks with Russia. read more
The recent actions at the U.S. Social Security Administration by Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency are putting monthly benefit checks for more than 72.5 million Americans at risk, former commissioner and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley told CNBC.com. read more
Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, died at age 82. Dean was very private and stayed out of the limelight during their marriage, preferring to focus his attention on his asphalt-paving business in Nashville. read more
"Ultimately, you're going to see the system collapse and an interruption of benefits," O'Malley said. "I believe you will see that within the next 30 to 90 days." Ahead of any interruption in benefits, "people should start saving now," [former commissioner and former Maryland Gov. Martin] O'Malley said. read more
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist Maria Ressa was arrested after Rodrigo Duterte was elected president of the Philippines. She wrote the book 'How to Stand Up to a Dictator.' Ressa said Trump, like Duterte did, is quickly moving to get rid of government's checks and balances: "There is a dictator's playbook, and you can look first at Russia, actually, even before that, Turkey, Hungary, Russia, right, with Putin taking office. And the first step is really to get elected, once you're elected, to crush the systems of checks and balances, and then replace them with your own --- we're starting to call them the broligarchy, because it's far more potent, the tech guys are more potent than just normal oligarchies. This is political largess, political patronage. You have to decide the world you want to live in. You have to decide whether rule of law exists. You cannot normalize impunity. And if you don't, over time, we normalize that and you lose more and more of your rights. But here's a positive note. Rodrigo Duterte's term ended. He had one six-year term. He did try to extend. And perhaps if the military had supported him, I wouldn't be here. But we now have another president and those 10 criminal cases that I have had, I have now won eight of those 10 and two left. I still have to ask the Supreme Court for approval to travel, but we're here. It's alarming to see it happening all over again." read more
Heather Cox Richardson: Trump has made dismissing as a hoax what he calls "Russia, Russia, Russia" central to his political narrative. But Russian operatives did, in fact, work to elect him in 2016 ... . That effort was not a one-shot deal: Russians worked to influence the 2020 presidential election, too. read more
In the CNN poll released Sunday and conducted in the final five days of last month, 52 percent of respondents said they do not support "the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president"; 48 percent say they do support the president's performance. read more
Trump confirmed that tariffs against Mexico and Canada would begin tomorrow, and sent the stock market tumbling downward. read more
The $5 million "Green Card plus," as Trump and his Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick touted in the Oval Office last week, would allow holders to avoid paying U.S. tax on their overseas income -- an option not currently open to citizens or immigrants in the country. read more
Government employees have long protected the ballot from attacks. The president is preparing to fire many of them. read more
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