WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump partially backed down Wednesday on his plan to hike tariffs on countries around the world, with the exception of China, a dramatic reversal after days of market turmoil that led to a surge of relief on Wall Street.

Trump said he would pause a universal, 10% tariff rate on most countries that went into ...Read more

Congress may press forward as soon as Thursday on a controversial proposed law that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote.

The SAVE Act purports to prevent undocumented immigrants from voting, but critics say it would make it harder for everyday Americans to cast ballots because tens of millions do not have documents proving ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on higher reciprocal tariffs that hit dozens of trade partners after midnight, while raising duties on China to 125%.

The president’s about-face comes roughly 13 hours after higher reciprocal duties on 56 nations and the European Union took effect, fueling market turmoil and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would pause higher reciprocal tariffs for 90 days on dozens of trade partners, while raising duties on China to 125%.

The president’s about-face comes roughly 13 hours after higher reciprocal duties on 56 nations and the European Union went into effect, a move that fueled market turmoil and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is pausing and lowering reciprocal tariffs on 75 countries that have called for trade negotiations and will raise tariffs on goods imports from China to 125%, effective immediately.

Trump announced the change in policy on Truth Social, altering a course he set only last week. The news ...Read more

CHICAGO — Illinois Democratic Senate President Don Harmon improperly accepted $4 million more in political contributions than allowed under campaign donation laws he championed years ago, according to the State Board of Elections.

In a certified letter sent to Harmon last month following a Chicago Tribune inquiry about Harmon’s fundraising,...Read more

WASHINGTON — Tariffs are taking a toll on the stock market, but they could also complicate Republicans’ effort to maintain their majorities on Capitol Hill.

While a slumping or failing economy is an obvious political risk for the party in power ahead of an election, there’s more nuance to Republicans’ specific challenge in the upcoming...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Democrats believe they can flip U.S. Rep. Cory Mills’ Central Florida district blue, adding him to a list of Republican representatives they view as vulnerable in the 2026 midterm elections.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced its plans this week for taking back control of the House, placing Mills and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for a tariff exemption for autos and energy ahead of a planned meeting Wednesday with President Donald Trump.

She made the pitch as part of a morning speech on manufacturing policy about a block from the White House.

"Let's carve out autos and energy, both of which are critical to ...Read more

China retaliated against new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump by announcing it would raise duties on U.S. goods, roiling markets and deepening a trade war between the world’s largest economies.

The Chinese government will impose an 84% tariff on all imports from the U.S. starting April 10, the Finance Ministry said in a statement ...Read more

China retaliated to new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, announcing it would raise duties on U.S. goods to 84%, deepening a trade war between the world’s largest economies.

The latest Chinese countermeasures are effective April 10, according to a government statement Wednesday. China’s move came hours after Trump’s sweeping ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's ruling allowing the Trump administration to continue deporting immigrants under an 18th century wartime law was hailed as a victory by both the federal government and those challenging the deportations.

The high court left many questions about the law unanswered, experts said, which explains, in part, the ...Read more

When Veronica Sanchez called a Social Security hotline Thursday, she waited two hours before her call was abruptly disconnected.

On Friday, she was on hold for six hours and still did not get through to anyone.

“I’m gonna have to take time out of my work to stand in line and hopefully get this resolved,” the 52-year-old medical practice ...Read more

At what point in a negotiation do you conclude that the other side is deliberately stalling? In business, the answer to this question is the definition of whether a sale goes through or dies on the vine. In war, it’s a matter of life and death.

Nearly one month since President Donald Trump’s administration opened indirect peace talks ...Read more

Alarmed by President Donald Trump's unprecedented effort to punish law firms he doesn't like, UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky emailed nearly 200 fellow law school deans across the country last month, asking them to join him in condemning the attacks.

"The government should not use its enormous power to exact retribution," ...Read more

MIAMI -- The rules have changed abruptly for thousands of Cuban migrants in the United States after the Trump administration canceled the humanitarian parole program launched under President Joe Biden.

More than 100,000 Cubans arrived in the U.S. under humanitarian parole. Many have not yet been in the country for a full year and are already ...Read more

Lonnie G. Bunch III has never been afraid to address white supremacy. The leader of the Smithsonian Institution’s 21 museums and the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), Bunch may be one of the few leaders in Washington fearless enough to navigate the Trump administration’s machine gun ...Read more

President Donald Trump cast his tariffs as a political winner in an attempt to assuage fears from wealthy Republican benefactors about the fallout of his signature trade policy just hours before even more sweeping tariffs were due to take effect.

“We’re going to win the midterm elections, and we’re going to have a tremendous, thundering ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — A Republican bill filed this week that proposes making abortion illegal in North Carolina at any stage of pregnancy won’t move forward, House Speaker Destin Hall said Tuesday.

“I don’t think there’s any real desire in our caucus to hear that particular bill, and so, it’s not going to be heard in committee,” Hall ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A weekslong dustup over proxy voting for new parents in the House came to an end Tuesday despite a last-ditch effort from one of its chief proponents.

“Congress is stuck doing things the way that we did hundreds of years ago, and it’s time that we move it to the 21st century,” Rep. Brittany Pettersen said from the House ...Read more