Senate GOP’s blueprint for Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ agenda includes tax cuts, border security and more — here’s what’s inside
Senate Republicans are poised to kick off the voting process for advancing the blueprint on President Trump’s “big, beautiful” agenda package on tax cuts, border security, energy production and more later Thursday evening.
Senate confirms Dr. Oz to oversee Medicare and Medicaid
The former TV host has secured the votes needed to lead CMS.
With TikTok Deadline Looming, Details of a Potential Deal Emerge
The video app is barreling toward a Saturday deadline to change its ownership under federal law or face a ban in the United States.
FDA Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety
Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who advance generic drug approvals were also dismissed.
Pentagon watchdog launches probe of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over Signalgate leak
The Pentagon’s official watchdog revealed Thursday that it is conducting an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s role in Signalgate.
Trump’s De Minimis Order Could Raise Costs on Clothes and Goods From China
The loophole has allowed retailers to send goods from China directly to U.S. shoppers without paying tariffs. Closing it could raise consumer prices.
Alina Habba wins bid to drop foreign bribery case citing Trump EO — after judge refused pause
The bribery case dismissed Thursday was brought in 2019 against two executives at Teaneck, NJ-based technology outsourcing company Cognizant who allegedly authorized $3.6 million in bribes to an Indian official to facilitate construction of a large office complex in Chennai.
Why Russia was left off Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs list
The Kremlin was among a handful of countries noticeably exempt from Trump’s decision to slap a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the US, as well as higher duties on some of its biggest trading partners.
Trump’s Pick to Argue at Supreme Court Made His Career in Culture Wars
President Trump’s choice for solicitor general, D. John Sauer, has long pushed for restrictions on abortion and access to contraception.