Matt Sledge

1 week ago | progressivehub.net | Matt Sledge

Going beyond their critique of the infamous Signal chat, progressives demanded to know the White House’s legal justification for its Yemen strikes. By Matt Sledge, The InterceptProgressives in Congress demanded that President Donald Trump justify his legal rationale for strikes in Yemen that caused dozens of deaths, teeing up a potential move to stop future attacks under the 1973 War Powers Act.

1 week ago | znetwork.org | Matt Sledge

When Donald Trump’s top trade official was in the middle of testifying to Congress on Wednesday, the markets seemed to be in a…

2 weeks ago | theintercept.com | Matt Sledge

When Donald Trump’s top trade official was in the middle of testifying to Congress on Wednesday, the markets seemed to be in a free fall. Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, was speaking to Congress only hours after Trump went on his social media platform and encouraged investors to buy stocks at low prices. As Greer was testifying, something unexpected happened: The president announced a 90-day pause on sweeping global tariffs. After days of turmoil, the stock market began to soar.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Matt Sledge

16 hours agoVideo captured by the White House shows Donald Trump bragging that friend and investor Charles Schwab made two billion dollars from the current stock market chaos. In a video posted to X Wednesday (9 April), the president introduced NASCAR drivers to the founder and chairman of Charles Schwab Corporation, a multinational financial services company. “It’s not just a company, it’s actually an individual,” Trump told the racing drivers.

2 weeks ago | theintercept.com | Matt Sledge

Progressives in Congress demanded that President Donald Trump justify his legal rationale for strikes in Yemen that caused dozens of deaths, teeing up a potential move to stop future attacks under the 1973 War Powers Act. Democrats would face long odds invoking congressional war powers to block Trump as long as Republicans control Congress, but a letter sent to the White House on Wednesday and obtained by The Intercept represents a break from the party’s approach to the attacks against Yemen.