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US senators seek to rein in Trump tariff authority

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee are introducing legislation seeking to rein in President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs and would require congressional approval for new levies within 60 days. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and ...
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US Senate panel advances Trump pick Paul Atkins as SEC chairman

(Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted on Thursday to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to run Wall Street’s top regulator as well as his picks for banking oversight and transportation roles. In a party-line vote, the committee voted 13-11 ...
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams will skip the Democratic primary and run for reelection as an independent

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday that he will pull out of the city’s Democratic primary and instead run for reelection as an independent, arguing that his recently dismissed federal bribery case had made it impossible to mount a campaign. In a video, ...
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Trumps targets for reciprocal tariffs include uninhabited islands but exclude Russia and Iran

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump's sweeping new set of tariffs impact friend and foe alike, but also on the list are uninhabited islands while some glaring omissions include Russia and Iran.Trump on Wednesday unveiled "kind reciprocal" tariff rates on certain nations that the administration's deemed the ...
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Musk still plans a major role in midterm elections despite loss in Wisconsin: Sources

(WASHINGTON) -- Despite billionaire Elon Musk’s repeated warnings that “Western Civilization” was at stake if the conservative candidate in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race lost, the Tesla CEO and senior adviser to President Donald Trump downplayed Tuesday's major election defeat, writing in an overnight ...
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Exclusive-Musk team issued inaccurate USAID firing notices, must send correct versions, say sources

By Jonathan Landay and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Termination notices sent by billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team to U.S. Agency for International Development staff were so rife with errors that corrected versions are being issued to avoid affecting pensions and ...
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Judge to weigh if Trump administration violated order not to deport Venezuelans

By Luc Cohen and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge will hold a hearing on Thursday over whether the Trump administration violated his order temporarily blocking the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a rarely-invoked 18th century law.  Washington-based ...
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For Trump, tariff gamble brings political risk

By Jeff Mason and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -He called it “Liberation Day,” but President Donald Trump’s Wednesday unveiling of reciprocal tariffs could cause political headwinds for his party and economic pain for his constituents if his promises to recast the economy do not work ...
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US Senate passes bill aimed at stopping Trump tariffs on Canada

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed legislation that would terminate new tariffs on Canada, just hours after President Donald Trump unveiled a raft of duties on foreign goods against countries spanning the globe. The Senate voted 51-48 to approve the bill ...
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Exclusive-Trump administration moves to more easily fire some agency employees

By Leah Douglas and Timothy Gardner (Reuters) – The Trump administration has begun the process of reclassifying workers at some agencies to a new job category with fewer protections, according to two sources familiar with the situation and an email seen ...
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Democrats vow to fight Trumps tariffs tooth and nail as they slam chaotic trade war

(WASHINGTON) -- Democrats on Wednesday vowed to fight President Donald Trump's tariffs "tooth and nail" and criticized his policies as having started an "absurd, crazy, chaotic trade war."Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer held a news conference just hours before Trump's big tariff reveal, where ...
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Trump announces historic tariffs as he says Americas been looted, pillaged

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a long-promised, sweeping set of baseline tariffs on all countries and what he described as "kind reciprocal" tariffs on nations he claimed were the worst offenders in trade relations with the U.S."My fellow Americans, this is Liberation ...
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