Unemployment spikes in Washington, D.C., as Trump and Musk begin efforts to shrink the government
Since Trump has taken office, nearly 4,000 workers have filed for unemployment insurance as part of a surge that began at the ...
Tax Breaks: The IRS Criminal Investigation And Cancer Scam Edition
Plus: A slow start to the tax filing season, movement on the budget, refusing to file, rescheduling cannabis, tax filing ...
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Trump Media sees $400 million in annual losses after expanding to crypto
Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of Truth Social, reported a $400.9 million net loss for 2024, according to its annual filing released on Friday. That’s an exponential decline ...
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Tariffs Explained: What They Might and Might Not Mean for Everyday Prices
Tariffs have become President Donald Trump's favored economic move, prompting a lot of folks to ask what it is they even do.
Inside the Anti-Democratic Movement That Restored Trump to Power
Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy” lifts the curtain on Donald Trump’s authoritarian movement.
Why the budding Trump DOJ scandal is a big deal
The episode crystallizes Trump’s politicization of usually independent government functions, and in this case some ...
Palin keeping door open to joining Trump administration
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) signaled Friday that she would be honored to serve in President Trump’s second ...
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Trump's spending cuts target probationary workers. What does the status mean?
As the Trump administration carries out mass firings of the federal workforce in a push to slash government spending, its ...
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Democrats Have a Plan to Counter Trump at the State Level
At a time when Republicans control all levers of power in Washington and national Democrats are struggling to respond to ...
L.A.’s Asian immigrant communities prep for raids, brace for deportations
Asians make up a large and diverse portion of undocumented immigrants in L.A. County. Community leaders say they are prepping ...
Endless phone calls, emails, and political pressure: How intense public reaction shaped Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation battle
While many of President Trump's Cabinet picks sparked strong public reactions, the singular appeal — and alarm — generated by ...
An unwanted double: U.S. sales fall for American whiskeys as threats of a trade war heat up
Domestic sales slipped in 2024. Now new tariffs would "do irreparable harm to distillers large and small," said the CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council.