White House Wants To Make People Pay To Sue Them In Emergency Cases
The White House issued a memo Thursday urging various agency heads to begin applying regular use of a rule that would make those who want to sue the government in an emergency lawsuit pay up front.The memo was released just a day after a…
Trump Administration Throws Hundreds Of Affordable Housing Projects Into Limbo After Contract Cuts
The Trump administration has stalled at least $60 million in funding intended largely for affordable housing developments nationwide, throwing hundreds of projects into a precarious limbo, according to information and documents obtained by…
Wall Street Ends Wild Week With More Crazy Ups And Downs
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is higher in late trading on Friday, but only after careening through another wild day. It’s a fitting ending to a brutal week of scary swings dominated by worries about the U.S. economy and uncertainty about…
DOGE Flamethrower Lights Up IRS
At a hastily assembled meeting of the IRS procurement office on Wednesday, a top official had a troubling message for the team. “We have DOGE,” he said. “They are down here in our office.” Within a day, IRS procurement employees were told…
Worried About A ‘Trumpcession’? Here’s What Finance Experts Say You Should Do Now.
With every announcement that the Trump administration makes lately, it can feel like the U.S. economy is strapped onto a never-ending rollercoaster. Take the ongoing saga of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Just this week, Trump said he was going…
Trump Golf Weekends’ Cost To Taxpayers Hits $18.2 Million
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s insistence on playing golf at his Florida courses has now cost American taxpayers more than $18 million since he regained the presidency, setting him on a pace to exceed the $151.5 million he spent in his first…
Growing Fear Of ‘Trump Recession’ Amid Tariff Whiplash And DOGE Chaos
WASHINGTON (AP) — With his flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes, there are growing worries President Donald Trump may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to fix it.The labor market remains healthy with a 4.1%…
Unions File Emergency Motion To Stop DOGE From Accessing Social Security Data Of Millions
WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of labor unions are asking a federal court for an emergency order to stop Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the sensitive Social Security data of millions of Americans.The motion for…
Iran’s Top Leader Rejects ‘Bullying’ Trump Call For New Nuclear Talks
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he rejects a U.S. push for talks between the two countries because they would be aimed at imposing restrictions on Iranian missile range and its influence in the…
Top New Zealand Diplomat Fired Over Winston Churchill Question About Trump
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s most senior envoy to the United Kingdom has lost his job over remarks he made about U.S. President Donald Trump at an event in London this week, New Zealand’s foreign minister said Thursday.Phil…
Jimmy Fallon Names The Oscar Winner Who Perhaps Admired Trump’s Speech
The “Tonight Show” host noted its record length, quipping: “Adrien Brody was watching like, “Game respect game. Hold my gum.” (Watch the video below.)While the actor’s politics may not be aligned with Trump’s, his disdain for brevity sure…
Randy Rainbow’s ‘Defying Gravity’ Spoof Casts Its ‘Wicked’ Spell On…
The comedian spoofed “Defying Gravity” from “Wicked” to riff on Trump’s “chaotic AF” second term.“It time to cry buh-bye democracy,” Rainbow sings. “And watch this guy defy democracy. Would someone stop this clown!?”He later tweaks the…
Veterans Fired From Federal Jobs Say They Feel Betrayed, Including Some Who Voted For Trump
Nathan Hooven is a disabled Air Force veteran who voted for Donald Trump in November. Barely three months later, he’s now unemployed and says he feels betrayed by the president’s dramatic downsizing of the federal government that cost him…