Carl Gibson

2 weeks ago | alternet.org | Carl Gibson

More details are becoming available about what may have caused President Donald Trump to back down from imposing broad new tariffs on most of the world. Following several days of financial markets sliding in response to Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, the president announced Wednesday that — with the exception of tariffs on China — he was pausing all other trade duties from going into effect for 90 days.

2 weeks ago | alternet.org | Carl Gibson

A man who served in the U.S. military and survived two combat deployments to Iraq is now at risk of being deported to a country that is refusing to accept him. Rolling Stone columnist Michael Embrich wrote Wednesday about the case of Army veteran Jose Barco, who is now in deportation proceedings even though he's an honorably discharged Purple Heart recipient diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.

2 weeks ago | rawstory.com | Carl Gibson

Amy Gleason — who President Donald Trump's administration has named as the acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — insists that she isn't responsible for the mass firings of thousands of federal employees carried out as part of DOGE's mission.

2 weeks ago | alternet.org | Carl Gibson

Hundreds of President Donald Trump's nominees for high-level positions throughout the federal government have run into a brick wall, and the lone senator behind it has no plan to relent any time soon. During an interview with CNN host Jake Tapper, Sen.

2 weeks ago | alternet.org | Carl Gibson

New details are emerging about the fraught dynamic between House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and a senior member of the House Republican Conference after President Donald Trump named her to a Cabinet post. The Atlantic recently reported that when Trump announced that he was nominating Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) as his next United Nations ambassador, it prompted the speaker to panic given that Trump's picks were eating into an already razor-thin majority. Trump had already announced that Rep.