In This Story President Donald Trump announced his plans for reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday afternoon, just after financial markets closed. DraftKings CEO on March Madness, AI, and the future of sports gambling The president said his tariffs will be applied on a country-by-country basis, with the U.S. calculating the combined rate of tariffs, non-monetary barriers, … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called his party’s presidential nominee, Donald Trump, a “stupid,” “ill-tempered,” and “despicable human being,” according to his own records. McConnell made the withering assessments in a series of private “personal oral histories” that he gave to Michael Tackett, the deputy Washington bureau chief of the Associated Press, who has a … Read more
Legal officials associated with one national group are urging people from the United States to reconsider traveling internationally because of growing ambiguity in immigration laws. Why It Matters The Trump administration has been aggressive in its revamping of the immigration system, which in recent weeks has resulted in various countries advising caution to citizens traveling … Read more
UNAR Photo/Sipa USA/Newscom Argentina’s poverty rate fell sharply in the second half of 2024, according to official data released this week, marking a major milestone for President Javier Milei’s sweeping economic reforms. According to the country’s official statistics agency, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC), the poverty rate fell to 38.1 percent between … Read more
Lily Jamali North America Technology Correspondent Reporting fromSan Francisco Getty Tesla sales have plummeted to their lowest level in three years after a backlash against its boss Elon Musk. The electric car maker delivered almost 337,000 electric vehicles in the first three months of 2025, a 13% drop from a year ago. Tesla shares tumbled … Read more
Marine Le Pen has for years been a superstar of Europe’s far-right movement. That was until this week, when a spectacular court ruling banned her from running in France’s 2027 presidential election — a vote she looked well placed to win. Now, the future looks difficult for Le Pen, 56, who was found guilty of … Read more
WASHINGTON — Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego announced Tuesday he will block the confirmation of top leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs, raising the stakes in Democrats’ bid to get the Trump administration to back off plans to cut jobs from the sprawling agency that serves millions of military veterans. Gallego, a Democrat and Marine Corps veteran, … Read more
Democrats just won the first big election since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, while running well ahead of their 2024 numbers in two special congressional races – early signs that liberals’ white-hot fury at the president may help their chances in next year’s midterm elections. Liberal Judge Susan Crawford won a race … Read more
President Trump is scheduled to announce the details and implementation of his tariffs on Wednesday, a day he has named “Liberation Day,” despite warnings from economists over increased prices. What new tariffs will Trump announce today? The president hasn’t yet said what the tariff rates on foreign goods will be and whether they will be … Read more
The US has sensitive nuclear technology at a nuclear power plant inside Ukraine, and is warning Russia not to touch it, according to a letter the US Department of Energy sent to Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy firm Rosatom last month. In the letter, which was reviewed by CNN and is dated March 17, 2023, the director of … Read more
