Trump tariffs pose danger for vulnerable Republicans |
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Vulnerable House Republicans are being put on defense amid the fallout from President Trump's sweeping global tariffs, which have stoked uncertainty about the economy.
Members of the party insist that short-term pain will be outweighed by the long-term benefits of the move, which Trump says is meant to usher in a new era of American prosperity.
But some Republicans in swing districts are already being pressed about the tariffs, raising concerns among some in the party that Trump's moves could haunt them into next year. |
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Republicans are largely dismissing concerns about Elon Musk's political liability in the wake of their loss in Wisconsin, where he played a central role.
Their views so far seem to be reflected by President Trump, who has stood by Musk even as the tech billionaire has emerged as Democrats' main foil amid sweeping anger over federal cuts made under his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). |
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BY LEXI LONAS COCHRAN AND LAURA KELLY |
Republican senators are brushing off concerns that high-profile arrests and deportations of foreign students may ostracize a group that is a major contributor to the U.S. economy. International students injected $43.8 billion into the U.S. last year, a key economic influx that has rebounded from a major downturn during the pandemic. California, New York and Texas are the states with the highest rate of foreign students. |
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Sen. Cory Booker's (D-N.J.) record-breaking Senate speech this week is putting him squarely in the political spotlight as Democrats wonder whether he could be a presidential contender in 2028. Booker's 25-hour speech aimed at combating President Trump's moves in the White House gave Democrats a boost, especially as the party did better than expected in two Florida House races and saw a liberal candidate easily win a Wisconsin Supreme Court contest. |
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Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) said he will bring articles of impeachment against President Trump in the next 30 days, telling protestors at an anti-Trump rally in Washington that he does not "deserve" to hold the executive office. "We need a Senate that will convict him this time, and I want you to know, from my heart, from my heart, I understand that he is a Goliath. He is a Goliath. He has control of the generals in the military. He has control of the Justice Department. He has control of the Republican Party, but my friends, my friends, for every Goliath, there is a David," Green said while addressing demonstrators at D.C.'s "Hands Off!" rally on Saturday. |
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House Republican leaders are urging their members to adopt the Senate's version of the budget resolution that will tee up President Trump's ambitious legislative agenda, arguing that major differences between the chambers' instructions on spending reductions do not prevent fiscal hawks from achieving their goals of historic cuts. In a "Dear Colleague" letter sent to members on Saturday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) are getting a head start on arguing in favor of the legislation as hardline conservative publicly balk at the Senate product. |
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Former second gentleman Doug Emhoff reportedly criticized his law firm, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, for striking a deal with the administration to avoid potential blowback from President Trump as the White House has targeted other large legal firms in recent weeks. Emhoff, who joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as a partner in late January this year, condemned the law firm while speaking at a Bet Tzedek's 2025 Annual Dinner Gala on Thursday night, CNN reported Saturday, citing sources familiar with the matter. |
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The United States is revoking visas for South Sudanese passport holders because the country's transitional government has not accepted citizens who were expelled from the U.S., according to the Secretary of State Marco Rubio. "As South Sudan's transitional government has failed to fully respect this principle, effective immediately, the United States Department of State is taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and prevent further issuance to prevent entry into the United States by South Sudanese passport holders," Rubio said in a statement released Saturday. |
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) placed one of its senior immigration lawyers, who criticized the Trump administration over mistakenly deporting a Maryland man to a prison in El Salvador, on leave. Erez Reuveni, who represented the U.S. government in court on Friday in the deportation case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was sent to El Salvador in March over a clerical error, was placed on indefinite leave Saturday, a DOJ official told The Hill's sister network, NewsNation. |
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OPINION | At the age of 31, Georgia Meloni was the youngest minister in the Italian government under former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. She was a young woman working in an alpha-male–dominated government led by Berlusconi's conservative Forza Italia party. The late Berlusconi was known for his unpredictable behavior, rhetorical arrogance and willingness to take on the Italian judiciary and other left-wing public institutions in Italy. He was the closest personality and politician to Donald Trump that we have seen in modern Europe, and Meloni had a front-row seat to the never-ending political chaos of the Berlusconi era in Italian politics. |
OPINION | I was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare neuromuscular disease that weakens muscles over time, making everyday tasks like walking, lifting and even breathing more difficult or even impossible. Until a few years ago, this disease was considered a death sentence for many, as the number one genetic cause of infant mortality in the U.S. There was no treatment, no hope — just the knowledge that my muscles would continue to deteriorate while researchers searched desperately for answers. |
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Free trade has been so beneficial to so many countries that the world may find a way to live without its biggest player. |
The economy was chugging along. Then came President Trump's dramatic tariff increase. |
Crowds of people angry about the way President Donald Trump is running the country marched and rallied in scores of American cities Saturday in the biggest day of demonstrations yet by an opposition movement trying to regain its momentum after the shock of the Republican's first weeks in office. |
BY ANNA PHILLIPS, JAKE SPRING, KEVIN CROWE AND DAN DIAMOND |
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is canceling plans to award states grants to help prepare against future disasters. Federal funds given to states after disasters strike could also be in jeopardy. |
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