President Donald Trump confirmed that multiple employees within the National Security Council were fired Thursday, adding to National Security Advisor Mike Waltz’s recent political woes that have snowballed since Democrats first slammed him over March’s Signal chat leak. ‘Always, we’re going to let go of people we don’t like, or people we don’t think can do the job, or people ...
Tad DeHaven Where does one begin? Well, in no particular order, and certainly not a complete listing, here are five absurd aspects of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tax hike on American consumers and businesses. And, yes, the entire situation itself is absurd. Penguins Better Stop “Ripping Us Off” The Heard and McDonald Islands are remote volcanic islands in the southern ...
Colin Grabow, Scott Lincicome, and Kyle Handley For all of President Donald Trump’s talk about reciprocity, it turns out that he just wanted higher tariffs. After weeks of threatening “reciprocal” tariffs to match the higher tariffs and trade barriers of US trading partners, Trump announced yesterday that the United States was slapping a 10 percent tariff on everyone. Dozens more countries face still higher tariffs—up ...
President Donald Trump laid out his plans for imposing a host of new tariffs on imports to the U.S. Wednesday — a day his administration touted as ‘Liberation Day’ and vowed would restore the American dream. Trump unveiled the new tariffs in a ceremony at the White House’s Rose Garden for a ‘Make America Wealthy Again’ event, where he declared ...
Dr. Mehmet Oz will serve as the next administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services after the full Senate voted along party lines to confirm his nomination on Thursday. The former daytime TV doctor turned politician will be in charge of nearly $1.5 trillion in federal healthcare spending. His duties will entail overseeing Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s ...
President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, Mike Waltz, has repeatedly landed in hot water in recent days, beginning with an uproar from Democrats over a Signal chat leak with high-ranking national security officials that has since snowballed. Trump and his administration, however, repeatedly have defended the national security leader publicly. Waltz, who previously served as a Florida congressman and as ...
Two senior lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill that would reassert Congress’ powers over U.S. tariffs, a day after President Donald Trump announced a new wide-ranging tariff strategy during his ‘Liberation Day’ speech on Wednesday. Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., on Thursday introduced the Trade Review Act of 2025, which would require the president to notify Congress ...
A 1947 agreement outlining obligations as host of the United Nations continues to give employees and their family members relatively unfettered access to the U.S. At a time of increased national security fears and immigration enforcement by the Trump administration, experts are urging a re-examination of the host nation agreement with an eye to the functional immunity granted to U.N. ...
When you meet Nupen Patel, he doesn’t lead with his success. He talks about hard work. He talks about people. And he talks about the long days spent learning the business from the ground up. That’s because Nupen didn’t come into the hotel industry from the outside. He grew up in it. “I’ve been in this industry since I was ...
With the S&P 500 and Nasdaq dropping quickly after this week’s tariff announcements, investors are scrambling to identify areas of the market demonstrating strength despite broad market weakness. The good news is that I was able to easily find strong charts with improving relative strength using the StockCharts platform. As much as it feels like “everything is down” after Wednesday’s ...