Nation and World Politics
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Vernon Hills companies behind effort to block Trump tariffsMay 31, 2025 10:47 am - A federal judge’s decision last week to block President Donald Trump’s tariffs stems from a challenge filed by a pair of Northwest suburban companies.
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White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say
May 30, 2025 8:18 pm - Some of the citations that underpin the science in the White House’s sweeping “MAHA Report” appear to have been generated using artificial intelligence, resulting in nume...
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Supreme Court says Trump for now can revoke ‘immigration parole’ for 530K migrants
May 30, 2025 7:14 pm - A divided Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way, for now, for the Trump administration to revoke the provisional legal status of potentially hundreds of thousands of im...
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US communities spanning from red to blue blast Trump administration’s sanctuary list
May 30, 2025 7:02 pm - HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — State and local officials blasted the Trump administration's widely anticipated list of “sanctuary” jurisdictions that are deemed uncooperative...
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Trump gives Elon Musk an Oval Office sendoff, crediting him with ‘colossal change’
May 30, 2025 6:52 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump bid farewell to Elon Musk in the Oval Office on Friday, providing a cordial conclusion to a tumultuous tenure for the billionaire entr...
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Kristi Noem said an immigrant threatened to kill Trump. The story quickly fell apart
May 30, 2025 6:42 pm - A claim by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that an immigrant threatened the life of President Donald Trump has begun to unravel. Noem announced an arrest of a 54-...
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Trump tells US steelworkers he’s going to double tariffs on foreign steel from 25% to 50%
May 30, 2025 6:32 pm - WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — President Donald Trump said Friday that he's doubling the tariff rate on steel to 50%, a dramatic increase that could further push up prices for a met...
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Trump has long warned of a government ‘deep state.’ Now in power, he’s under pressure to expose it
May 30, 2025 8:09 am - As he crisscrossed the country in 2024, Donald Trump pledged to supporters that voting him back into the presidency would be “our final battle.”
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US inflation gauge cools with little sign of tariff impact, so far
May 30, 2025 8:00 am - A key U.S. inflation gauge slowed last month as President Donald Trump’s tariffs have yet to noticeably push up prices, while American incomes jumped.
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Costco defies tariff shifts with higher profit, lower prices
May 30, 2025 7:56 am - Costco Wholesale Corp. posted better-than-expected earnings in the third quarter, a sign that the nation’s largest club chain is flexing its scale and devoted following to navigate tariffs and economic turbulence.