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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Ryan Mueller |Tracy Park |Kathy Clark |Jerry Lin
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing mounting criticism after making inflammatory and scientifically disputed claims about autism during his first press conference since being appointed to the role by President Donald Trump. Kennedy described autism as a preventable condition caused by environmental toxins and dismissed well-established research attributing the rise in diagnoses to improved detection.
"These are kids who will never pay taxes. They'll never hold a job.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Ryan Mueller |Tracy Park |Kathy Clark |Jerry Lin
Harvard University is facing mounting pressure from the Trump administration, which has frozen over $2 billion in federal grants and contracts, threatened to revoke the institution's ability to enroll foreign students, and warned of possible action to remove its tax-exempt status. The unprecedented standoff stems from Harvard's refusal to comply with a set of federal directives aimed at combating campus antisemitism.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Tracy Park |Jerry Lin |Terry Zhou |Ryan Mueller
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Wednesday that President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs could place the central bank in an increasingly difficult position, potentially forcing it to choose between combating inflation and supporting economic growth - a dilemma not seen in decades.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Terry Zhou |Ryan Mueller |Tracy Park
Gary Shapley, the IRS supervisor who gained national attention for blowing the whistle on alleged interference in the Hunter Biden tax investigation, has been appointed Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, officials confirmed Wednesday.
Shapley's elevation comes as Trump administration officials move to install loyalists across the federal government while continuing to scrutinize President Joe Biden and his family's financial dealings.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Ryan Mueller |Tracy Park
California filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against President Donald Trump, becoming the first state to legally challenge the administration's sweeping tariff regime. The suit argues that Trump unlawfully invoked emergency powers to impose massive trade levies that threaten California's economy, industries, and families.
"Donald Trump does not have the authority to unilaterally impose the largest tax hike of our lifetime with his destructive tariffs," Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote on X.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Betty Tzeng |Tracy Park |Jerry Lin |Ryan Mueller
Kate Middleton is intensifying her royal efforts with a renewed focus on public service and symbolic fashion choices, drawing comparisons to Princess Diana as she prepares for her future role as Queen Consort. Her latest campaign, strategic wardrobe shifts, and public reemergence after cancer remission have drawn widespread attention-and scrutiny.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Tracy Park |Jerry Lin |Ryan Mueller |Terry Zhou
Japan is poised to launch trade negotiations with the United States in Washington on Wednesday, making it one of the first countries to test President Donald Trump's openness to modifying the sweeping tariffs he recently imposed. The talks come as the White House fields requests from more than 75 countries seeking exemptions under Trump's 90-day pause on reciprocal tariff increases.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Tracy Park |Ryan Mueller |Brett Wattles |Ethan Zhao
Roughly 20,000 Internal Revenue Service employees have signaled interest in accepting the Trump administration's latest deferred resignation offer, potentially slashing the agency's workforce by around 20%, according to government sources. The figure represents a significant escalation in the administration's broader drive to streamline federal operations, which has included layoffs, resignations, and job offer cancellations across several departments.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Ryan Mueller |Tracy Park |Brett Wattles |Ethan Zhao
Former President Joe Biden sharply criticized the Trump administration's handling of the Social Security Administration in his first major public remarks since leaving office. Speaking Tuesday at the Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled (ACRD) national conference in Chicago, Biden accused President Donald Trump's team of jeopardizing the benefits of millions of Americans through severe staffing and policy cuts at the agency.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Tracy Park |Brett Wattles |Ryan Mueller |Ethan Zhao
A second senior Pentagon official under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was placed on administrative leave Tuesday amid ongoing investigations into unauthorized leaks of national security information.
Deputy Chief of Staff Darin Selnick was escorted out of the Pentagon and placed on administrative leave, according to Politico, citing an unnamed defense official.
