Lauren Sforza

New Jersey

Breaking News Reporter at The Hill

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Trump Labor Secretary gets caught in a lie by startled Fox News host, whose eyes bulge

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Lauren Sforza

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer dodged questions on Friday about the loss of thousands of manufacturing jobs last month. A new jobs report from the Department of Labor found that employers slowed hiring last month, adding 139,000 jobs to the economy. Fox News’ Stuart Varney noted on Friday that the economy also lost 8,000 manufacturing jobs in May after President Donald Trump’s announcement on tariffs.
Trump announces ‘big’ project that ‘maybe nobody else’ could do

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Lauren Sforza

President Donald Trump told his supporters that he is working on a “fun” new project to renovate the White House. Trump said in a Truth Social post on Friday that there will be a “ballroom” built at the White House as part of one of his many planned renovations to the historic building. He said that “maybe nobody else” could build a ballroom in the White House besides himself. “Just inspected the site of the new Ballroom that will be built, compliments of a man known as Donald J.
Leading Dem calls out Trump MAGA Rep as a ‘mean … f-cking moron’

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Lauren Sforza

U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) criticized a MAGA Republican for a xenophobic post that she later deleted on Friday. U.S. Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) wrote in a now-deleted post that she was “deeply troubled” that a Sikh man, who she first mistakenly identified as a Muslim man, was leading prayer in the House of Representatives on Friday morning. According to Politico, she later edited her post to replace “Muslim” with “Sikh” before ultimately deleting it.
The latest: Here’s what Trump is saying about epic Musk breakup

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Lauren Sforza

President Donald Trump made a flurry of calls to reporters on Friday morning to reiterate that he is not thinking about tech billionaire Elon Musk after their public fallout. Trump and Musk’s relationship ended on Thursday after a stunning blow-up between the two men took place in the Oval Office and on social media.
MAGA lawmakers take sides in dramatic Trump-Musk divorce

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Lauren Sforza

Republicans are picking sides in the epic breakup between President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk. Trump and Musk’s relationship ended in an explosive public takedown on Thursday, after Trump criticized the billionaire for speaking out against the“big beautiful bill.” Social media users, Democrats and Republicans all mocked the two men for their public spat on Thursday.
MAGA lawmakers take sides in dramatic Trump-Musk divorce

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Lauren Sforza

1 day agoTrump preparing large-scale cancellation of federal funding for California, sources sayCNN — The Trump administration is preparing to cancel a large swath of federal funding for California, an effort that could begin as soon as Friday, according to multiple sources. Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from California.
AOC mocks Trump-Musk breakup with snarky one-liner

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Lauren Sforza

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) mocked President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk over their public spat. Trump and Musk’s relationship ended in an explosive public takedown on Thursday, after Trump criticized the billionaire for speaking out against the “big beautiful bill.” The battle continued on social media platforms X and Truth Social throughout the day.
Beware: There’s a new Trump-RFK Jr. epidemic brewing

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Lauren Sforza

There’s a new epidemic brewing under President Donald Trump’s administration. Cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, have been on the rise across the United States, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The highly contagious respiratory illness causes heavy bouts of coughing that can lead to vomiting or broken ribs and can be life-threatening to susceptible populations, like those under a year old.
Trump’s nasty feud with Elon Musk goes nuclear: Here’s Thursday’s blow by blow

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Lauren Sforza

President Donald Trump officially cut ties with tech giant Elon Musk despite the billionaire spending millions of dollars to get him elected last year. Musk departed from the Trump administration last week after leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to slash federal spending. Musk ignited the feud with Trump on Tuesday by denouncing his “big, beautiful bill” as a “disgusting abomination,” calling it a “massive, outrageous, pork-filled” bill on social media platform X.
Rambling Trump (thinking he’s clever) makes insane, insensitive analogy as thousands die

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Lauren Sforza

President Donald Trump likened the deadly Russia-Ukraine war to children fighting on a playground in comments to reporters on Thursday. Trump downplayed the war between Russia and Ukraine while speaking in the Oval Office, explaining that he compared the war to two kids “fighting” during his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. This comes as Trump has repeatedly vowed to quickly end the war despite little progress being made.