Joseph Konig

New York

National Digital Reporter at Spectrum News

National Digital Reporter, Spectrum News | [email protected] | [email protected] | formerly: @ny1, @norwoodnews

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Acting FEMA head out after telling Congress the agency shouldn’t be eliminated

6 days ago | spectrumnews1.com | Joseph Konig |Reuben Jones

WASHINGTON — The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was replaced on Thursday, a White House official and Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed to Spectrum News.
Trump faces double-digit disapproval as he hits 100 days, national polls show

2 weeks ago | spectrumnews1.com | Joseph Konig

WASHINGTON — Poll after poll in recent weeks as President Donald Trump approached the 100th day of his second term have suggested his job approval numbers are deep underwater. Sizable majorities of Americans are expressing deep concern about his handling of the economy, commitment to democracy and ability to improve their lives.
Trump stokes fears of soaring prices and recession in first 100 days

2 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Joseph Konig

WASHINGTON — Few policy areas were more central to President Donald Trump’s comeback campaign last year than inflation, daily costs facing Americans and his pledge to lower prices after the Biden administration struggled to rein in the excesses of an economy rapidly recovering from the turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Schumer demands answers from Trump administration on DOGE's missing $318 million

3 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Joseph Konig

WASHINGTON - Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is demanding answers from the Trump administration over a claim by billionaire Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service that they saved more than $318 million by cancelling an Office of Personnel Management contract. But Schumer, referring to reports by The New York Times and others, is demanding evidence that the savings are genuine.
Trump announces 90-day pause on tariffs except for China

1 month ago | spectrumnews1.com | Joseph Konig

After days of economic turmoil and global frustration with his tariff policies, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday a 90-day pause on the import taxes he placed on most countries in the world, with the exception of China. China, which has escalated its own tariffs in retaliation in recent days, will face a 125% tariff on all goods exported to the U.S. “effective immediately," the president said.
Vance meets with Marines after group chat discussing Houthi strikes is published

1 month ago | spectrumnews1.com | Joseph Konig

WASHINGTON — Earlier this month, Vice President JD Vance debated the merits of U.S. airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels with the country’s top national security officials, questioning President Donald Trump’s judgment ahead of the deadly bombings that ultimately were carried out.
Cruz threatens subpoenas as he probes GOP targets

2 months ago | spectrumnews1.com | Joseph Konig

WASHINGTON — As he wields his new chairmanship of the Senate Commerce Committee, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has secured several victories by threatening to subpoena targets of his oversight investigations and pledged more will come if companies and organizations don’t comply with his inquiries.
Trump pitches cutting off U.S. semiconductor funds as China pledges billions

2 months ago | spectrumnews1.com | Joseph Konig

WASHINGTON — As U.S. markets shudder in response to President Donald Trump’s tariff-heavy economic agenda and the president himself openly speculates about a recession, a pitch he made during last week’s joint congressional address — urging Congress to repeal the CHIPS and Science Act — is being rebuked by senior members of his own party for fear it would hamper U.S. efforts to compete with China’s semiconductor industry and risk tens of thousands of American jobs.
Ukraine’s Republican backers wary of Trump’s aid pause

2 months ago | spectrumnews1.com | Joseph Konig

The pushback on Trump’s antagonistic position toward Ukraine and President Volodmyr Zelenskyy comes after the Oval Office blowout among the two countries’ presidents and Vice President JD Vance last week and as an economic deal focused on access to Ukraine’s minerals remains in flux.
Memo indicates ‘large-scale’ firings across federal government are imminent

2 months ago | baynews9.com | Taylor Popielarz |Joseph Konig

WASHINGTON — Two senior Trump administration officials wrote in a memo to the heads of all executive branch departments and agencies on Wednesday that they should be prepared to begin the process of “large-scale reductions in force” by March 13.