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Trump Says He'll Be at Pope's Funeral

He orders flags flown at half-staff to honor Francis

(Newser) - President Trump has ordered flags at the White House and all other federal buildings to be flown at half-staff Monday in honor of Pope Francis. Trump made the announcement at the start of the White House Easter Egg Roll, flanked by Melania Trump and the Easter Bunny, USA Today reports....

Trump May Be Quietly Working on Plan to Push Up Birth Rate

Sources tell NYT proposals include cash bonuses, IVF access, and family-first policies

(Newser) - President Trump's policy moves may revolve around tariffs, slashing the size of the federal government, and deportations, but sources tell the New York Times there's one other issue gaining steam in the background: increasing the US birthrate, which has been declining since 2007. Those sources—four people...

Markets Slide as Trump Renews Attacks on Powell
Trump Goes After Powell
Again, and Markets Slide
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Apr 21, 2025 10:17 AM CDT

Trump Goes After Powell Again, and Markets Slide

Dow falls more than 900 points on Monday morning

(Newser) - The stock market is off to a miserable start in the new week, and a new blast from President Trump directed at Fed chief Jerome Powell appears to be a factor, reports CNBC .
  • The Dow was down more than 930 points, or 2.3% after 11am. The benchmark S&P
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Trump Protesters Turn Out on Revolutionary War Anniversary

Demonstrators see parallel to the fight against British crown

(Newser) - Hundreds of rallies across the US again drew demonstrators opposed to President Trump's policies on Saturday, in an attempt to capitalize on what organizers see as growing resistance. Many of the more than 800 protests, teach-ins, and mutual aid efforts planned were part of a "day of action"...

Administration Pulls Page With COVID Information

Users are redirected to White House site blaming China, Democrats

(Newser) - Until Friday, Americans going to the federal government's online COVID-19 portal could find information about masking, free testing, and treatment for infections of the disease that has killed more than 1 million people in the US. Now anyone going to Covid.gov and Covidtests.gov is redirected to a...

Trump Puts End to a 'Stupid' Commercial Fishing Limitation

(Newser) - President Trump is opening commercial fishing in one of the world's largest ocean reserves, ending years of strict protection for a region rich in marine life. The executive order issued Thursday involves the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, an area about 750 miles west of Hawaii that...

SCOTUS Blocks, for Now, New Trump Deportations

Order blocks deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center "until further order of this court." Reuters...

Musk-Bessent Friction Leads to More Drama at IRS
Musk-Bessent Friction Leads
to More Drama at IRS
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Apr 18, 2025 2:13 PM CDT

Musk-Bessent Friction Leads to More Drama at IRS

Tax agency is getting yet another interim leader

(Newser) - The IRS is getting its fifth leader since January, and the latest turnover is the result of friction between Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, reports the New York Times . Coverage:
  • Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender is taking over, reports the Wall Street Journal . He is Bessent's pick.
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Trump May Be Preparing Push to Fire Fed Chief

Sources tell WSJ he has been discussing removing Jerome Powell for months

(Newser) - President Trump's remark Thursday that Jerome Powell's "termination cannot come fast enough" came after months of private discussions about firing the Federal Reserve chief, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . The sources say Trump, in private meetings at Mar-a-Lago, has talked about replacing Powell with former Fed...

Trump on Latest Mass Shooting: 'The Gun Doesn't Do the Shooting'

President promises to protect 2nd amendment rights

(Newser) - In the wake of the the latest US mass shooting, which left two dead and at least six injured on the campus of Florida State University Thursday , President Trump made a vow to protect the Second Amendment. Asked by a reporter in the Oval Office if he wanted to make...

Senator Meets With Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

Chris Van Hollen is allowed contact after having first been kept away

(Newser) - After initially being denied a meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen was allowed to meet with him Thursday night at the prison where the Maryland man is being held after he was wrongfully deported from the US. "I said my main goal...

Murkowski Says She Fears Retaliation for Criticizing Trump

GOP senator describes strain of dealing with flurry of actions by president, Elon Musk

(Newser) - Many people are afraid of retaliation for criticizing President Trump, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said this week, and she's one of them. Appearing before nonprofit leaders in Anchorage, the Republican who has publicly disagreed with Trump was asked about people who are fearful in the current political conditions, Politico...

Meloni Says She Wants to 'Make the West Great Again'

Italian PM's meeting with Trump was friendly, but no trade deal was announced

(Newser) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was dubbed a "Trump whisperer" after a January visit to Mar-a-Lago and she appeared to live up to that reputation in her Thursday visit to the White House. There was no announcement of a trade deal, but both leaders sounded optimistic, the BBC reports....

Supreme Court to Review Order Ending Birthright Citizenship

Trump's change has been paused by judges while legal challenges are considered

(Newser) - Arguments on whether the Trump administration can enforce the executive order that would end birthright citizenship will be heard by the Supreme Court next month. The court announced Thursday that the pause placed on its enactment by lower courts, which the administration wants lifted or limited, will remain in effect...

Trump: Powell's Termination Can't 'Come Fast Enough'

President demands Fed chief cut rates immediately

(Newser) - Fed chief Jerome Powell rattled the markets on Wednesday with a warning about President Trump's tariffs . On Thursday, Trump for the first time directly called for Powell's firing, reports CNBC .
  • "Powell's termination cannot come fast enough!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. As he has done
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Trump's Fight With Harvard Takes Another Big Turn

IRS may revoke its tax-exempt status, reports say

(Newser) - The fight between Harvard and the White House has escalated in even more significant fashion: The IRS is poised to revoke the school's tax-exempt status, two reports say. Details:
  • The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration has asked the agency to revoke the status, and CNN reports that
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Abrego Garcia 'Will Never Live in the US,' Says Press Secretary

Trump administration releases documents related to his 2019 arrest

(Newser) - The White House press secretary on Wednesday made it abundantly clear the Trump administration has no intention of "facilitating" Kilmar Ábrego García's return to the US after he was wrongly deported to his native El Salvador, despite the Supreme Court's order to that effect. "...

Border Patrol's Tariff Intake Clashes With Trump's Claim

The president's reported windfall is much higher

(Newser) - Customs and Border Protection has announced the amount of money it's taking in under President Trump's tariffs, and the figures do not agree with the president's repeated declaration that the US is collecting $2 billion per day. That figure was said to include revenue tied to the...

Poll: MAGA Support Has Almost Doubled in 14 Months

Some 36% of voters now support Trump movement, up from 20% at start of 2024

(Newser) - President Trump's Make America Great Again movement is more popular than ever, at least with Republicans, since his return to office. That's according to a poll from NBC News released this week and conducted in early March by GOP pollster Bill McInturff and Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt. It...

Hunter Biden Whistleblower to Lead IRS

Gary Shapley to become 4th acting IRS commissioner in as many months

(Newser) - President Trump has named the former IRS investigator who alleged the Justice Department "slow-walked" its investigation of Hunter Biden's tax crimes as acting commissioner of the IRS, per the Wall Street Journal . Whistleblower Gary Shapley becomes the fourth acting IRS commissioner of Trump's second term, though he'...

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