Boycotts. Prebuttals. Rebuttals. Historic guests. California members of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives approach to President Trump’s state of the union address Tuesday night are as varied as their politics and their districts. Prior to the speech, Sen. Adam Schiff described Trump as an out-of-control and corrupt president who has ignored pressing…
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday lashed out at Supreme Court justices who struck down a key part of his tariffs agenda, calling them “fools” who made a “terrible, defective decision” that he plans to circumvent by imposing new levies in a different way. In a defiant appearance at the White House, Trump told reporters that his…
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s secretary of the economy, Marcelo Ebrard, urged “prudence” Friday in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling invalidating part of President Trump’s sweeping tariff regimen. “We have to see where this is going,” Ebrard told reporters. “We have to see what measures [Washington] is going to take to figure out how it…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Trump’s sweeping worldwide tariffs are illegal and cannot stand without the approval of Congress. The 6-3 decision deals Trump his most significant defeat at the Supreme Court. Last year, the justices issued temporary orders to block several of his initiatives, but Friday’s ruling is the first to hold…
Tulsi Gabbard’s political journey has been anything but straightforward. As a teenager, she worked for her father, a prominent anti-gay activist, and his political organization, which opposed same-sex marriage. In 2002, she was elected to Hawaii’s House of Representatives, becoming — at age 21 — the youngest person to serve in the Legislature. Gabbard was…
MEXICO CITY — President Trump’s plan to slap tariffs on nations that provide oil to Cuba has created a formidable new challenge for Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in her efforts to balance Mexico’s interests with White House demands. On Friday, Sheinbaum said Mexico would seek a clarification from Washington in a bid to avoid a difficult choice:…