Republicans’ Planned Medicaid Cuts Draw Protests at House Hearing
Lawmakers bickered, protesters shouted and senators came to take in the moment as a House committee weighed a critical portion of a bill to enact President Trump’s domestic agenda.Read More
In High-Stakes Negotiations, Trump’s Opponents Are Learning His Patterns
President Trump often takes maximalist positions, only to back down and declare a win. His opponents are catching on.Read More
George Clooney and Denzel Washington Power Broadway to Prepandemic Heights
Elphaba helped too. But the good news comes with caveats.Read More
Trump Welcomes White South African Refugees as He Shuts Out Afghans and Others
The Trump administration carved out an exception to its refugee ban for white South Africans. But other groups, including Afghans who helped U.S. forces during the war in their country, are being shut out.Read More
Tiny Company With China Ties Announces Big Purchase of Trump Cryptocurrency
The firm, which produces content for TikTok, recorded no revenue last year, but it announced this week that a mysterious stock sale would allow it to invest heavily in the $TRUMP memecoin.Read More
As Trump Hails Plan to Accept Qatari Jet, Congress Sits on the Sidelines
Republicans on Capitol Hill seem unlikely to challenge President Trump as he pushes ethics guardrails around profiting from the presidency to the breaking point.Read More
DOGE Removes Dozens of Resurrected Contracts From Its List of Savings
Elon Musk’s group is no longer claiming credit for canceling those contracts after The New York Times reported that they were revived.Read More
Trump to Lift Sanctions on Syria and Meet With New President
President Trump, on a state visit to Saudi Arabia, said he made the decision after speaking to the Saudi crown prince. The president is trying to drum up Saudi investment in the U.S.Read More
Money Talks (and Listens) at Saudi Investment Forum Attended by Trump
The wealthy and the powerful gathered in Saudi Arabia with the goal of becoming even more so. “They’re going to walk away with a lot of checks,” President Trump said.Read More
The Stock Market’s Boomerang Month Has Put Investors in a Bind
Although they long for more clarity about tariffs, investors feel they can’t sit on the sidelines as stocks climb.Read More