Trump Ask Cabinet to Cut Next Year’s Budgets by 5 Percent
Dubbing it the ‘nickel plan,’ President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he’s asking every Cabinet secretary to cut their next-year’s budgets by 5 percent.
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Trump sets record, appoints the most federal appeals judges in first two years
President Trump is smashing the record for appointing judges to the powerful federal appeals courts with 29 picks confirmed, helping him put his stamp on the judiciary well beyond the Supreme Court.
Heated U.S. congressional races on pace to break fundraising records
This year’s U.S. congressional campaign season is on pace to break fundraising records, driven in part by unprecedented hauls by at least five candidates from both major parties, according to a Reuters analysis of campaign finance disclosures.
America’s budget deficit jumps by 17% as spending surges
The U.S. federal budget deficit rose in fiscal 2018 to the highest level in six years as spending climbed, the Trump administration said Monday.
More dead expected in destroyed Florida Panhandle towns after Michael
Dozens of people remained missing on Sunday in Florida Panhandle communities reduced to ruins by Hurricane Michael as rescuers said they expected the death toll to rise and survivors grappled with power outages and shortages of food and water.
House Dems to ‘ruthlessly’ open 5 Trump investigations if they win
President Trump is likely to face at least five new House investigations — plus a likely impeachment probe — if Democrats take the chamber in the fall elections and make Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaker.
Dow dives more than 500 points in another wild session
U.S. stocks were whipsawed for a second straight session Thursday, a day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average registered its third-largest point drop in its history.
Hurricane leaves Florida’s Mexico Beach in shreds
Hurricane Michael all but erased the tiny community of Mexico Beach on Florida’s Gulf Coast, reducing some homes to mere concrete slabs and leaving others in shreds.
Monster Hurricane Michael brings ‘unimaginable devastation’ as it slams Florida
Hurricane Michael roared ashore in Florida on Wednesday, flooding homes and streets and toppling trees and power lines in the Gulf of Mexico beachfront town where it made landfall as a raging Category 4 storm.
Dow Jones drops 832 points in third worst drop in history
The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced the third worst point decline in its history Wednesday, falling more than 800 points.
In shock move, Nikki Haley resigns as US ambassador to UN
UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is tendering her resignation, marking the latest shake-up in the turbulent Trump administration just weeks before the midterm election.
Michael Near Category 3 Strength as it Heads Towards Florida
Hurricane warnings and storm surge warnings are flying for much of the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend region as a steadily intensifying Hurricane Michael steams northward at 12 mph over the warm waters of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Michael is expected to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday afternoon as a Category 3 hurricane.
President Trump apologizes to Brett Kavanaugh and his family at ceremonial swearing-in as Supreme Court justice
Speaking at a swearing-in ceremony for Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the East Room of the White House Monday evening, President Trump apologized to Kavanaugh and his family ‘on behalf of our nation’ for what he called a desperate Democrat-led campaign of ‘lies and deception’ intent on derailing his confirmation.
Florida residents brace for impact as ‘monstrous’ Hurricane Michael gains strength
Residents are filling sandbags and boarding up their homes as Hurricane Michael gained strength over warm waters and barrels toward Florida’s northeast Gulf Coast.
Voters in 3 States to Consider Pro-Life, Anti-Roe Measures
Abortion may be legal nationwide, but voters in three states — Alabama, West Virginia and Oregon — will decide in November whether to curtail the right to end an unborn baby’s life.
Kavanaugh Sworn in as Protesters Chant Outside Supreme Court
Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, after a wrenching debate over sexual misconduct and judicial temperament that shattered the Senate, captivated the nation and ushered in an acrimonious new level of polarization — now encroaching on the court that the 53-year-old judge may well swing rightward for decades to come.
Mitch McConnell sets up final Kavanaugh vote for Saturday
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., took steps Wednesday that will set up a Saturday afternoon vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Debt Up $1,271,158,167,127; Feds Borrowed $8,172 Per Every American With a Job
The federal debt increased by $1,271,158,167,126.72 in fiscal 2018, according to data released today by the Treasury.
House Passes ‘Family Savings Act’: Savings Plan Bill for Unborn Children Goes to Senate
While the nation was riveted with the testimonies of Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh last week, the US House of Representatives was busy passing a legislative package known as ‘Tax Reform 2.0.’
Trump sees vindication in new trade deal with Canada, Mexico
President Trump on Monday checked off a major campaign promise that seemed impossible when he made it: rewriting the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico.