Dan Ladden-Hall

2 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Dan Ladden-Hall |Leigh McManus

The Justice Department moved to drop its case against a Salvadoran man Attorney General Pam Bondi accused of being a senior leader of the MS-13 gang. The request Wednesday came less than two weeks after Bondi described the 24-year-old, Henrry Villatoro Santos, as “one of the top domestic terrorists” in the organization.

2 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Leigh McManus |Dan Ladden-Hall

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez demanded an investigation into “insider trading” in Congress after the stock market resurrected when President Donald Trump put his “Liberation Day” tariffs on hold. “Any member of Congress who purchased stocks in the last 48 hours should probably disclose that now,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X Wednesday. “I’ve been hearing some interesting chatter on the floor. Disclosure deadline is May 15th,” Ocasio-Cortez continued. “We’re about to learn a few things.

2 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Dan Ladden-Hall

President Donald Trump privately acknowledged his sweeping tariffs could spark a recession and wanted to ensure they wouldn’t lead to an even more ruinous depression, according to a report. The president abruptly abandoned a key part of his trade war plan on Wednesday, announcing a 90-day pause on tariffs for dozens of countries after his initial policy triggered historic turmoil across global markets.

2 weeks ago | rsn.org | Dan Ladden-Hall

The vice president also claimed families will soon have more money to “deal with the cost of inflation.”JD Vance is telling Americans living paycheck to paycheck that the pain from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs will all be worth it—at some point. Trump’s rollout of the highest U.S. tariffs in a century has already inflicted damage on the U.S. economy—sending stocks plummeting and piling pressure on the dollar Thursday, and fueling fears of a looming global recession.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Dan Ladden-Hall

JD Vance is telling Americans living paycheck to paycheck that the pain from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs will all be worth it—at some point. Trump’s rollout of the highest U.S. tariffs in a century has already inflicted damage on the U.S. economy—sending stocks plummeting and piling pressure on the dollar Thursday, and fueling fears of a looming global recession.