by Jeremy Fredricks | Mar 13, 2025 | Business, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump proposed removing the penny from U.S. circulation in February. The one cent coin costs the U.S. Mint about 3.7 cents to make. Will discontinuing the coin contribute to higher costs and inflation or save the government millions of...
by Valerie Chu | Mar 13, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Heather Dune Macadam still remembers one thought that bubbled inside her as she stepped onto the stage decades ago at the Kennedy Center for a dance competition: “Wow, I made it.” Then, just last month, when she heard about President Donald Trump’s...
by Sarah Serota | Mar 13, 2025 | Business, Featured, Politics
On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump made a promise to the cryptocurrency entrepreneurs that they have not forgotten: a pledge to be the first “crypto president.” Last week, Trump took his latest in a string of actions to align himself with the digital asset...
by Sasha Draeger-Mazer | Mar 12, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – An otherwise uneventful House committee hearing Tuesday afternoon quickly turned into a partisan showdown as lawmakers clashed over the proper way to address a transgender member of the committee. The hearing before the Europe subcommittee of the House...
by Zoe Singer | Mar 11, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration continued to push its pro-tariff economic agenda during a press briefing Tuesday, even as the President’s trade war on foreign nations spurred a heightened risk of a U.S. recession. “The numbers that we see today,...
by Samanta Habashy | Mar 6, 2025 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON – Despite the Trump administration’s threats to withhold funding, four Democratic mayors defended their cities’ sanctuary policies before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, New York City Mayor Eric Adams,...
by Jeremy Fredricks | Mar 6, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics
Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) has been focused on confirming President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees for the first months of this Congressional term. Now he’s focusing on his priorities, both nationally and for his northern Wisconsin constituents. Jeremy...
by Jeremy Fredricks | Mar 6, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics
President Donald Trump will give an annual address to Congress on Tuesday night. Trump is expected to talk about his priorities for the administration: immigration, foreign policy and the economy. Jeremy Fredricks has more from the White House. Watch the video report...
by Victoria Ryan | Mar 6, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday about who decides if prisoners have exhausted all of their available remedies when filing grievances, weighing the scopes of the Seventh Amendment and the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Kyle Richards, an...
by Jerry Wu | Mar 5, 2025 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The White House granted a one month-exemption to any tariffs on cars coming into the U.S. from Canada and Mexico, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Wednesday. Leavitt said that President Trump had met with the leaders of the “Big...
by Victoria Ryan and Lenna Peterson | Mar 5, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) delivered the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday night, providing a sharp contrast to the partisanship displayed by Trump. Unity was the theme of the address, with Slotkin...
by Paris Fransway and Rachel Spears | Mar 5, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – In an address to both chambers of Congress, President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised his government’s actions during the first 43 days of his second administration, highlighting a crackdown on illegal immigration, erasing what he considers wasteful...
