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
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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
White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett addresses reporters during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 22, 2018. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced senior staff appointments to his White House National Economic Council. The council advises the President on U.S. and global economic
Over the years, Republicans have made a lot of claims about the great things that tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and corporations can do. Republicans have claimed that tax cuts pay for themselves when basic math tells you that this is impossible. Republicans love to claim that tax cuts for the rich create jobs,
Tom Goldstein, who writes SCOTUSblog.com, poses for a photograph in front of the Supreme Court, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, in Washington. Alex Brandon | AP A top Supreme Court lawyer who co-founded a popular blog about the high court was indicted Thursday in Maryland on federal tax evasion charges that allege he failed to declare
Months ago, Donald Trump filed a frivolous lawsuit against CBS where he claimed that 60 Minutes edited their interview with Kamala Harris. The Wall Street Journal reported: Paramount Global executives have held internal discussions about settling a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump over a CBS News interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, according to people
President Donald Trump talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping as Xi arrives for dinner at the start of their summit at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. April 6, 2017. Carlos Barria | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump said he spoke on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday about TikTok,
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Here’s what the media is not telling you about the new Israel-Hamas peace deal. On Sunday, January 19th the new cease-fire will hopefully go into effect. The media is euphoric. A hostage deal, they say, has been reached between Israel and Hamas after 467 days of fighting and 459 days of negotiating. Peace is on the way. But Hamas disagrees. It
In an aerial view, a customer enters a Walgreens store on Jan.4, 2024 in San Pablo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Department of Justice said Friday that it sued pharmacy giant Walgreens for allegedly dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions. The DOJ said that Walgreens from August 2012 until the present “knowingly” filled those
To get every word of every article delivered to your inbox and to support the news and views that share your values, please consider becoming a subscriber. It turns out that a whole lot of Americans don’t have much faith in Trump to do a good job with the economy. The AP reported on their
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump said his inaugural ceremony Monday will be moved indoors due to the extreme cold set to grip Washington, D.C. “There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t want to see people
PoliticusUSA is brought to you without ads or big tech influence by reader subscriptions. Please support our work by considering becoming a subscriber. In a letter to Garland, House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and House Judiciary Democrats wrote: The American people now deserve the opportunity to read Volume 2 of Special Counsel
Family photo of leaders taken at the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia on Oct. 24, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump has pledged a 100% tariff against BRICS nations if they continue to undermine the U.S. dollar — but the threat won’t rein in the group’s expansion, analysts tell CNBC.
PoliticusUSA is now ad-free and big tech-free, but in order to be an independent platform, we need reader support. If you can, please support us by becoming a subscriber. What stood out about Lawrence O’Donnell’s interview with Joe Biden was just how wrong so many of the media-created Republican-fueled narratives were about the President. Donald
WASHINGTON — An influential group of five House Republicans from high-tax states is threatening to hold up a major tax package that is a top priority for President-elect Donald Trump unless they get a significant boost to the amount that their constituents can deduct from federal income taxes to reflect state and local taxes already
The poor and working poor who cast their ballots for Donald Trump don’t seem to have any idea what they voted for, but Trump’s nominees like Scott Bessent are spelling it out for them. During Bessent’s Senate confirmation hearing to be Treasury Secretary, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) asked, “ Right now in America, uh, we have
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump makes remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. Jan. 7, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will create an “External Revenue Service” to collect “Tariffs, Duties and all Revenue from Foreign sources.” Trump did not give any further details about the proposed government entity.