Former President Trump's proposal to temporarily pause tariffs on imported ground beef aims to lower prices before the midterm elections, despite economic analysis suggesting the 25 percent price reduction claim is unrealistic and potentially harmful to domestic producers.
President Trump helped propel Darline Graham from relative political obscurity into one of the most consequential Senate races in the country after the death of her brother, former Sen. Lindsey Graham. After winning the Republican primary on Tuesday, Graham is asking South
Former officials with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) are urging a federal appeals court to reject the Trump administration’s attempts to ignore a long-standing presidential records retention requirement. In an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of
Busybodies in both parties long ago decided that Zuck was Public Enemy Number 1. And they are perfectly willing to erect a regime of mass censorship in order to get their man.
“An affectionate friendship is not a sexual proposition,” the North Carolina Republican wrote in a six-page letter.
Nvidia’s stock leaped on Thursday, after the company reported strong earnings in the second quarter of this year. The company’s stock is up by roughly 8.5 percent as of just after 12 p.m. EDT Thursday, surpassing $227 per share. At the start of this year, Nvidia was trading at
Plus: 🗣️️ Plus: Leavitt’s last day {beacon} It’s Thursday. The Guiness Book of World Records was first published on this day in 1955. Is there a record for the oldest book of world records? In today's issue: Kennedy Center hearing at 2 p.m. Trump’s stance on data
The need for bilateral collaboration on artificial intelligence between Washington and Beijing is urgent. When Anthropic rolled out Fable and Mythos in a limited capacity due to concerns related to hacking incidents, it became clear that leaving AI governance to the private
If conditions are right, you may catch a glimpse of the northern lights.
“Poetry is not sexual misconduct,” writes disgraced North Carolina Representative Chuck Edwards. The congressman released a rambling 22-page letter to his House colleagues Tuesday detailing all the ways in which he was not a creep while using his position of power to make two
Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday said President Trump is on the ballot for the midterms, a talking point that’s been hammered by strategists, lawmakers and voters alike throughout campaign season. Hannity told viewers, “Let me explain this: He is on the ballot because if
Mega master calendar hearings will only reduce the backlog if they produce legally sustainable orders.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lied to the Senate about his 2019 trip to Samoa. During two separate confirmation hearings last year, America’s foremost anti-vaccine activist claimed that his trek to the Polynesian island country had “nothing to do with vaccines.” Fact check: It did.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed a commitment to overcoming hurdles in the country’s relationship with the U.S. during a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue in Beijing on Wednesday. Their discussion comes ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s
President Trump on Wednesday named Mark Paoletta the chair of the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), a panel overseeing his White House ballroom and Washington arch projects. Paoletta, the general counsel of the White House Office of Management and Budget, will
President Donald Trump aims to restart direct negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to secure verifiable limits on nuclear programs and end North Korea's support for Russia's war in Ukraine.
So long Karoline Leavitt, we hardly knew ye—and what we did know, we didn’t like. Leavitt will officially step away from the podium Thursday, a relief to those of us who care about honesty in government. As press secretary, Leavitt lied all the time . She parroted the
Rep. Jimmy Patronis (R-Fla.) ripped country star Jason DeFord, whose stage name is Jelly Roll, after the singer’s late-night monologue made fun of President Trump’s weight, with Patronis saying the singer is no longer welcome in his Florida Panhandle district. Jelly Roll
The U.S. Army is investing $2.2 billion in the development of nuclear microreactors at five bases to firm up national security through more dependable energy. Nuclear microreactors can produce 1-20 megawatts of thermal energy that could be used directly as heat or converted to
At maximum, the full moon will be 96% covered by Earth's shadow, turning it a spooky shade of red.
At the very moment our nation needs more doctors, federal policy may be making it more difficult for talented young people to become one.
You’re reading The TNR Blue Book. Get daily scoops, strategy, and developments inside the liberal ideas factory delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for free . Inside Washington Kamala Harris has been flexing her political power in the South this year, most recently with her
A surprise visit to Moscow by the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) served to warn Russia against launching an attack against NATO countries, according to multiple reports. President Trump described CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s trip as “semi-routine” in an
Democrats are seeing more opportunities to retake the Senate, but concerns about the party’s democratic socialist flank and controversial figures such as Hasan Piker could complicate that path. How will Piker’s latest controversy affect Michigan Senate Democratic nominee Abdul
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has his eyes on his next Army secretary, and true to form, the leading candidate’s résumé includes credible domestic abuse allegations. Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s chief spokesperson, Hegseth’s senior adviser, and a two-time failed congressional
Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha said Wednesday he expected President Trump’s endorsement of Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) to lead to a wider margin of victory for her in Tuesday’s GOP Senate runoff. Rocha explained in an appearance on NewsNation's "CUOMO" that he thought
Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha said Wednesday he expected President Trump’s endorsement of Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) to lead to a wider margin of victory for her in Tuesday’s GOP Senate runoff. Rocha explained in an appearance on NewsNation's "Cuomo" that he thought
President Trump has declared a national emergency seeking to block some foreign equipment from being used in the U.S. electric grid. Trump, in a Wednesday executive order, said foreign supply of electric equipment “constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat” to national
While Democratic consultants urge candidates to focus on the economy, foreign policy, and government ethics ahead of the midterms, bipartisan leaders are working to streamline the House ethics process despite skepticism regarding potential partisan abuse.
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee (D) is trailing his challenger Helena Foulkes ahead of the upcoming Democratic gubernatorial primary, according to a new poll. The survey from Emerson College Polling and Nexstar affiliate WPRI-TV 12 shows Foulkes with a 15-point lead over the
Meta might be on the hook for $17.1 billion and a host of app changes under a new kids safety settlement, but it's already spinning the deal to its advantage. After years of being the national punching bag for social media harms, Meta has reached a settlement with 47 US states
Jelly Roll told fans threatening to stop listening to his music to “go right ahead.”
Even Georgia Republicans have grown worried about Representative Mike Collins’s staffing choices. A former staffer for the memeing Georgia lawmaker—24-year-old Preston Parra—shared Ku Klux Klan and Nazi images to his personal social media account over the summer, including a
Steve Bannon’s attempt to erase his criminal indictment for refusing to testify before the House’s January 6 committee was shot down by a federal judge appointed by Donald Trump himself. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols on Wednesday ruled that Justice Department prosecutors
"I have an angel by my side. I always have."
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer accused of shooting a Venezuelan man in the leg during an immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year was released from a Texas jail on Thursday morning, a day after a judge declined to force his extradition.
There are plenty of lessons the U.S. should take from countries such as Denmark, but vaccine policy is not one of them.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said there’s “definitely a list” of who could be her successor but that no decisions have been made yet as she takes on her last day in the role. “As for who the president chooses next, it is a decision that is entirely up to him,”
House Intelligence Committee Chair Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) on Wednesday said the intelligence community needs to buy into a “joint service environment” in which the lines of communication are open and fluid. He referenced the joint effort after the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a
Donald Trump’s so-called renovations to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have done more harm than good—even his lawyers think so. In a court filing Wednesday, Ohio Representative Joyce Beatty, the Democratic lawmaker mounting the legal challenge to Trump’s
While the Senate passed the Graham sanctions package to penalize Russia's war economy, critics argue that true peace requires explicitly weakening Moscow's military capacity through direct support for Ukraine's defense.
On Wednesday night, the Department of Education posted a video to X comparing President Trump to Adolf Hitler, and then deleted it following massive backlash. The video was a clip from the 2017 film Darkest Hour about Winston Churchill during World War II, and has Gary Oldman
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday said the Trump administration would not “just sit down and take” further retaliation from Canada after Ottawa introduced a dollar-for-dollar match on U.S. tariffs. “If there's further retaliation from the Canadian side, we,
South Carolina Senate Democratic nominee Annie Andrews on Wednesday dismissed "Medicare for All" as an outdated policy as she seeks to become the first Democrat to win a statewide race in the Palmetto State in more than 25 years. “Medicare for All is a policy from a few decades
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) on Wednesday pushed back on some of the policy proposals included in the Democratic Socialists of America's (DSA) platform, calling it "nutty stuff." Ivey said in an interview with NewsNation's Blake Burman on "The Hill" that he thinks it will be
A pair of bipartisan lawmakers is sending a warning to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to answer anti-corruption demands and sever ties with America’s adversaries or risk sanctions from the U.S. Reps. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and Bill Keating (D-Mass.), members of the House
Data centers should be built. America needs the jobs, the investment, the computing power, the competition and the strategic advantages they provide. But the industry should understand the bargain it is now being asked to make.
President Trump's battle to make the Kennedy Center his own returns to court on Thursday, where a judge will hear arguments in whether Trump's name may be inscribed on the building. Earlier this week, the Justice Department argued in court filings that the renowned performing
Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook on Wednesday pushed back against the Trump administration's renewed attempt to fire her from the central bank's board of governors, despite a Supreme Court ruling preventing her removal. Cook's lawyers, Abbe Lowell and Norm Eisen, said