A strong jobs report on Friday bolstered the GOP’s argument that the economy is humming under President Trump, raising Republican optimism for the midterms.
Trump hailed the numbers, saying the nation had “picked up a lot of value, a lot of wealth since I’ve been president.”
President Trump said Friday that his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place as scheduled on June 12, ending a week of uncertainty about the historic summit.
The top-ranking official at the National Park Service (NPS) apologized to the agency’s employees Friday for behaving “in an inappropriate manner in a public hallway” earlier this year.
A lobbyist whose wife rented a condo to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt lobbied the agency for three clients last year, apparently contradicting his claim that he hadn’t represented clients at the EPA during the Trump administration, according to new disclosure forms filed by his former employer.
MSNBC host Joy Reid apologized Friday afternoon for controversial content on her now-defunct blog. Reid, the host of "AM Joy" on weekends and a rising star at the network, addressed a photoshopped image posted of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) depicting him as the 2007 Virginia Tech shooter.
President Trump on Friday struck a defiant tone as he waved off concerns of a mounting trade dispute with the European Union and other U.S. allies over steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is urging President Trump to "pull back from the brink" from an international fight over tariffs, warning they could start a "trade war."
President Trump on Friday touted the monthly federal jobs report roughly an hour before the data was released, a breach with decades of protocol that could lead to accusations he was sending a signal to traders.
House Democratic leaders on Friday pressed the Trump administration to end the separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border, warning the practice is “unnecessarily inflicting trauma” on innocent children while ignoring the roots of the problem.
Officials with the Department of Homeland Security detected potential surveillance activity near “sensitive facilities” in Washington, including the White House, according to a study conducted last year.
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OPINION | Usually the monthly employment report is a mix of strong and weak indicators, as there can be a fair amount of random noise in the monthly statistics. The May data release was a rare case when practically everything pointed unambiguously toward strength.
As Californians prepare to go to the polls on Tuesday to choose candidates in primary elections, the state’s quirky electoral rules and a softening of support for Democrats among suburban voters could disrupt the party’s ambitious plan to wrest as many as 10 seats from Republicans in California.
If a trade war is coming, the cheesemakers of Wisconsin are standing in the line of fire. So are the farmers of the Great Plains and the distillers of Kentucky. And the employees of iconic American brands like Harley-Davidson and Levi Strauss.
President Trump is increasingly intervening in the economy, making decisions about corporate winners and losers in ways that Republicans for decades have insisted should be left to free markets — not the government.
U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are haggling over how to get Beijing to carry out recent promises to purchase more American farm and energy products, with Washington pushing for long-term contracts that Chinese officials are reluctant to commit to.
For Europe, the first move was easy. Officials swiftly announced plans to strike back with retaliatory measures against President Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum while vowing a legal challenge.
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