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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a disaster briefing at a hanger, as he visits to assess recovery efforts and tour areas devastated by Hurricane Helene, at Asheville Regional Airport in Asheville, North Carolina, on Jan. 24, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday said he plans to take executive action to

PoliticusUSA is ad-free and corporate-free. To achieve this independence, we rely on the support of our readers. You can support us by becoming a subscriber. Trump thinks that his fake successful business person reality TV persona is real, and now that he is back in the White House, he is trying to use “leverage” to

From left, Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., Reps. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., and Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., talk in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol before Johnson won the speakership for the 119th Congress on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A Republican

PoliticusUSA is totally independent and corporate-free because readers support this publication. Please consider supporting us and joining our growing community by becoming a subscriber. Trump and the Republicans are playing a weird and delusional game with themselves. The President and his party keep acting like they have a big mandate. Still, sometimes, Speaker Mike Johnson

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, virtually on Thursday, his first major appearance at an international event since he returned to the White House earlier this week. Over the course of 45 minutes, Trump took aim at European regulators he said were too tough on U.S. tech companies, oil

Please support PoliticusUSA by becoming a subscriber. The only thing surprising about a Reagan-appointed federal judge saying that he would block Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship is that it took a whole almost three days to happen. CNN reported: Judge John Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee who sits in Seattle, granted the request by

Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Day one Stock futures rose Tuesday in the first trading day of Donald Trump’s second term as president. Markets were closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. U.S. stocks are coming off a strong week. The S&P 500

The Daily is ad-free thanks to the support of our subscribers. Please consider supporting us by becoming a subscriber. What did the American people think they were voting for when those who did so cast their ballots for Trump? Some thought they were voting for a man who could make the economic damage from COVID

Elon Musk claimed overnight Tuesday that tech giants OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank don’t have enough money to fulfill their high-profile pledge to invest $500 billion in U.S. artificial intelligence infrastructure. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the comment just hours after President Donald Trump unveiled the massive project at the White House on his first

To never miss a single word of our stories, subscribe today. With Democrats needing a new presidential nominee in 2028, it comes as no shock that some of the strongest pushback to Donald Trump’s early agenda is coming from the states. For example, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) said this in reaction to Trump’s pardons

US President Donald Trump signs executive orders during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.  Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump granted a full pardon on Tuesday to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road. The infamous dark web marketplace served as a global

PoliticusUSA is ad-free and completely reader-supported. You can support our work by becoming a subscriber. Rachel Maddow devoted the first half of her show on Tuesday to the concept of how public officials can be made to reverse course through the use of shame. Maddow said, “ What makes them correct course and start doing the

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump looks on as SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son delivers remarks at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida.  Andrew Harnik | Getty Images President Donald Trump will announce a joint venture Tuesday with OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank to invest billions of dollars in AI infrastructure in the United

PoliticusUSA is ad-free and liberated from big tech because of the support of readers like you. Please support our work by becoming a subscriber. One of the most inevitable outcomes of Trump’s executive actions has immediately come to pass. After Trump tried to end birthright citizenship with an executive order, Democratic AGs have sued Trump

U.S. President Joe Biden reacts as he speaks from the Roosevelt Room about the jobs report and the state of the economy at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2025.  Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters President Joe Biden on Monday issued pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, members of Congress who investigated

PoliticusUSA is now ad-free and supported by readers like you. To support our work, please consider becoming a subscriber. Trump’s pardons of the 1/6 insurrectionists, including those who committed acts of violence, were not surprising. Trump has been saying that he is going to pardon these people for years. However, Rachel Maddow pointed out that

President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for three of his siblings and two of their spouses, citing concerns that they will be targeted by “baseless and politically motivated investigations.” The White House announced the pardons just minutes before President-elect Donald Trump entered the Capitol Rotunda to be sworn in as the next commander

PoliticusUSA is completely reader-supported and independent, and we need your support, so please consider becoming a subscriber. The quick summary of Trump’s inaugural address is that he thinks he was saved by God, as his speech was full of egomaniacal ranting at a very low energy level and promises of lots of executive orders, many

U.S. President Donald Trump at a press conference at the end of the NATO summit in July 12, 2018. Bernd von Jutrczenka | dpa | picture alliance | Getty Images U.S. President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House on Monday, and much of the world is watching on with bated breath. The prospect of

PoliticusUSA depends on the support of its readers. Our stories are presented to you ad and sponsor-free. You can support PoliticusUSA by becoming a subscriber. For a person who some claim is such a good communicator, Donald Trump often speaks in a muddled and garbled way that leaves his comments open to interpretation. What he