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1 week ago | 
nysun.com | Sharon Kehnemui
President Trump says he’s not worried about a short-term recession, but “anything can happen” as the economy transitions to a new era of high tariffs and he continues his efforts to make America a manufacturer again. In an interview that aired Sunday, NBC’s Kristen Welker asked Mr. Trump if it is OK if America weathers a recession in the short-term because of the instability caused by an economic reordering. “Look, yes, everything’s OK,” the president responded. “I said this is a transition period.
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2 weeks ago | 
nysun.com | Sharon Kehnemui
Canadian voters head to the polls Monday to elect their next prime minister, and politicos on both sides of the border see the long shadow of President Trump on the ballot — either as an unexpected boon for the ruling Liberal Party or a potential spoiler for his ideological counterparts, the Conservative Party. By any measure, Mr. Trump has played an outsized role in this year’s Canadian elections.
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2 weeks ago | 
nysun.com | Sharon Kehnemui
The world’s largest online encyclopedia is drawing new scrutiny from Trump’s Justice Department for allegedly skewing facts and rewriting American history to benefit foreign powers looking to sow division among the American public. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Edward R.
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2 weeks ago | 
nysun.com | Sharon Kehnemui
Raging fires at an Iranian deep-water port are flaring up again Sunday amid high winds as Iran’s president visited some of the 1,000 injured when a massive blast that monitors say was a chemical explosion Saturday of ammonium nitrate or sodium perchlorate, both components of Iran’s missile production. The explosion killed at least 40 and crippled the Shahid Rajaee Port’s operations, though state media reported Sunday that some of the loading and customs activities had resumed.
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2 weeks ago | 
nysun.com | Sharon Kehnemui
Following his record-breaking Senate floor speech, New Jersey’s Senator Booker is opting for another marathon session — this time on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, where he and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are holding a sit-in ahead of Monday’s return to Congress.
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3 weeks ago | 
nysun.com | Sharon Kehnemui
A private Quaker school in Maryland has received a reprieve from unexpected closure after friends and family generated $15 million in pledges in three days following the schoolâs surprise announcement it was broke. Sandy Spring Friends School has been operating in wealthy Montgomery County since 1961. The pre-K through grade 12 school serves 615 students whose tuition ranges from $26,900 to $45,350 per year, with 33 percent receiving financial aid.
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3 weeks ago | 
nysun.com | Sharon Kehnemui
A physicians group representing about 5 percent of America’s doctors is asking Congress to break a monopoly held by its rival — the nation’s largest medical board certification group — which it charges has gained exclusive control over military and veterans hospitals, shutting out qualified physicians with needed specialty skills.
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1 month ago | 
nysun.com | Sharon Kehnemui
The judge who ordered the return of a Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador is growing impatient with the Trump administration’s failure to act one day after the Supreme Court upheld her ruling. District Judge Paula Xinis told the deputy assistant attorney general, Drew Ensign, on Friday that she wants daily reports on the status of the administration’s efforts to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to his family. “Just so we’re clear, there is no business hours in this court.
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1 month ago | 
nysun.com | Sharon Kehnemui
As lawmakers vote on reducing Medicaid fraud, two whistleblowers on Capitol Hill this week spotlighted a children’s hospital that it claims is falsely billing insurance companies, including Medicaid, for transgender drugs for children. Surgeon Eithan Haim and pediatric nurse Vanessa Sivadge testified to the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that they witnessed doctors intentionally using incorrect diagnostic codes in order to ensure bills were covered by insurance companies.
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1 month ago | 
nysun.com | Sharon Kehnemui
Defense Secretary Hegseth is headed to Panama on Monday to meet with the nation’s president and attend a Central American Security Conference, a trip that comes as the Trump administration seeks to inflict another round of pinpricks to reduce China’s global influence, seen by Mr. Trump as the number one threat to American economic and national security.
