Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

1 week ago | usnews.com | Aneeta Mathur-Ashton |Alan Kronenberg

President Donald Trump issued another raft of controversial pardons on Tuesday that are raising eyebrows, given the circumstances surrounding them. He offered full pardons to reality show couple Todd and Julie Chrisley, former nursing home executive Paul Walczak and former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins. The Chrisleys and Walczak were convicted of fraud, while Jenkins was convicted on bribery charges in what officials characterized as a “cash for badges” scheme.

1 week ago | usnews.com | Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

In the Trump administration, the dollar is down, and pennies are out. But bitcoin is back. Vice President JD Vance is speaking at a bitcoin conference in Las Vegas today after headlining a political fundraiser last night that required a whopping $1 million donation per attendee. The president’s two older sons are also expected to speak at the Wednesday event, as the Trump family business goes all in on cryptocurrency.

1 week ago | usnews.com | Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

All is quiet in Washington, D.C., today, as President Donald Trump’s public schedule is empty and both chambers of Congress are out on recess. But Trump’s weekend was anything but quiet. On Saturday, he gave a rambling commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point that included a riff about “trophy wives.” On Sunday, he backtracked once again on promised tariffs for the European Union.

2 weeks ago | usnews.com | Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Happy Friday and happy Memorial Day weekend! Hopefully you don’t get caught up in the record travel storm that AAA is predicting. President Donald Trump’s war on Harvard University is heating up after a judge blocked the Trump administration from revoking the school’s ability to enroll international students. The foreign student fracas is the latest in the ongoing legal battle between Harvard and the Trump administration, which has cracked down on prominent colleges and universities.

2 weeks ago | usnews.com | Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A Republican megabill favored by President Donald Trump and packed with his legislative agenda items is headed to the Senate, where it faces substantial obstacles after a narrow passage in the House to conclude weeks of internal conflict and marathon negotiations. Now that the bill has cleared the lower chamber, the Senate will take it up under a process called reconciliation that will allow the upper chamber to bypass a Democratic filibuster and approve it with a simple majority.