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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 that these new duties would usher in a wave of jobs […]

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 Health Insurance Program (CHIP), including directing decisions related to how the […]

The House and Senate are a long way from approving President Trump’s "big, beautiful bill" to cut spending, slash taxes and likely raise the debt ceiling.But the next step in the process begins unfolding this afternoon and over the next 48 hours.The Senate likely votes between 4 and 6 p.m. ET Thursday to actually "proceed" to a retooled budget framework. The framework is necessary under special budget rules the Senate […]

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 a decorated combat Green Beret, has come under fire from Democrats and […]