President Trump’s new global tariffs based on forced labor violations have already drawn lawsuits and criticism from U.S. allies, but experts say the legal basis could make them harder to reduce than previous tariffs. Trump’s previous “Liberation Day” tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) were struck down by the Supreme Court earlier…
President Trump took aim at the press, Democrats and some of his celebrity critics in his speech at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner on Friday evening. Trump had taken the stage just months after a gunman reportedly attempted an attempt on his life at the association’s annual… Source link
Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas, who served under both President Trump and former President Biden, criticized the federal government’s handling of the Cyclospora outbreak, which has affected thousands of Americans. In an interview with Politico, Yiannas called for an independent review of the government’s response to the outbreak and cited……
{Beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment Big Story Grant cancellations based ‘entirely’ on politics: The Trump administration said in a recent court filing that federal green grants canceled last year were chosen “entirely” based on state political affiliations. Greg Nash In the filing, Department of Energy (DOE) attorney Jeff Novak said… Source link
President Trump issued an executive order on Friday directing disclaimers to be posted outside the Smithsonian Museum of American History to warn passersby that some of the museum’s exhibits do not reflect their views on the country’s past. In an executive order titled “Restoring Confidence in the Smithsonian Institution”, the President cited a recently released…
Federal green grants canceled last year were selected “solely” based on state political affiliation, the Trump administration said in a recent court filing. In the filing, Department of Energy (DOE) attorney Jeff Novak said the department has come up with a list of 624 grants scheduled for potential termination. Novak said the White House… Source…
{Beacon} Technology Technology Big Story The OpenAI, Hugging Face breach has stoked fears over what’s next for AI. Washington and the technology industry are on high alert this week after OpenAI revealed that some of its AI agents went rogue and hacked into the systems of technology startup Hugging Face. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File… Source…
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is investigating two stabbings as a possible hate crime, police said Thursday. An Asian man and a Jewish man were injured in separate attacks Thursday afternoon on the Upper West Side. Both men were taken to Mount Sinai-St. Luke Hospital will treat his injuries and… Source link
Ex-federal prosecutor Andrew Weissman called House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)’s recommendation of criminal charges for former special counsel Jack Smith “preposterous.” In an interview with Jen Psaki on MSNOW, Weissman said, “You cannot read this letter and in any way view it as perjury.” He is referring to Jordan’s allegation which Smith had…
A Romanian fighter jet on Friday shot down a drone that entered the country’s airspace, the first time a NATO state has done so. The drone was detected through a radar surveillance system when it was traveling 20 km east of the Black Sea border town of Sulina, which also shares borders with Russia and…
