"When McKinley put tariffs on in 1890, they lost 50 percent of their seats ... When Smoot-Hawley put their tariffs In the early 1930s, we lost the House and Senate for 60 years," Sen. Rand Paul said. "So not only bad economically, they are bad politically." read more
National security adviser Mike Waltz's team regularly set up chats on Signal to coordinate official work on issues including Ukraine, China, Gaza, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, according to four people who have been personally added to Signal chats. read more
President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 43%, the lowest since his return to office, as Americans soured on his tariff moves ... read more
A federal judge dismissed the criminal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The case was dismissed "with prejudice," which means the Department of Justice is permanently barred from resurrecting the charges against Adams based on the same evidence used in the case. read more
US Attorney General Pamela Bondi released the following statement: "Luigi Mangione's murder of Brian Thompson -- an innocent man and father of two young children -- was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America. After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump's agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again." An indictment is merely an accusation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. read more
Global markets on Thursday were severely rattled by President Donald Trump's historic tariff announcement, which threatens to throw the US and the rest of the world into a recession. read more
"It's the unmarked cars," a friend who grew up under an Argentine dictatorship said. He had watched the video of the Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil's abduction. In the video, which Khalil's wife recorded, she asks for the names of the men in plainclothes who handcuffed her husband. "We don't give our name," one responds. "Can you please specify what agency is taking him?" she pleads. No response. We know now that Khalil was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency of the Department of Homeland Security. Those of us who have lived in countries terrorized by a secret police force can't shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity. read more
More than 275,000 layoffs were announced last month, reaching a level not seen since the pandemic, according to a new report published Thursday. read more
An Idaho Republican has accused a GOP rival of harassment in an op-ed after he reported her farm to federal immigration authorities. read more
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there. read more
In what may be an American first, President Donald Trump pardoned a company sentenced to $100 million in fines for breaking money laundering laws. read more
European officials publicly and privately agree that Europe must do more to ensure its own defense, with wavering confidence in how reliable an ally the U.S., which has historically provided much of the continent's most expensive military capabilities, now is. read more
Xiaofeng Wang, a prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity, has gone incommunicado. read more
Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander urged the New York City Law Department to pursue securities litigation against Tesla on behalf of the the New York City pension systems. The basis of the potential litigation are the material misstatements from Tesla claiming that CEO Elon Musk spends significant time on the company and is highly active in its management, despite his helming the Trump Administration's DOGE initiative, spending little of his time actually managing Tesla, and promoting policies that are actively harmful to Tesla's business. read more
