Ukrainian servicemen operate a tank on a road near the border with Russia, in the Sumy region of Ukraine, on August 14, 2024. The Ukrainian army entered Russia’s Kursk region on August 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II. Roman Pilipey |
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PoliticusUSA will never bend the knee, but we need your support. Please consider becoming a subscriber. There is a tool that the courts have if the Trump administration keeps defying their orders. The courts have the authority to sanction officials from the Trump administration. Those sanctions can include personal fines and potentially jail time. Judicial
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., warned Thursday that U.S. markets will “crash” if President Donald Trump has the power to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The comment from Warren, a frequent Powell critic, on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” came hours after Trump wrote in a social media post that the Fed chair’s “termination cannot
Support truly independent journalism by subscribing to PoliticusUSA. Earlier on Thursday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries told CNN that he believes that the United States has been in a constitutional crisis since January 20th. Celina Stewart, CEO of the League of Women Voters, and Dianna Wynn, president of the League of Women Voters, released a
Kevin Warsh, former governor of the US Federal Reserve, during The Semafor World Economy Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump has spoken with former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh about possibly replacing the current central bank chairman, Jerome Powell, before his
PoliticusUSA is ad-free and won’t bend the knee. Please consider supporting our work by becoming a subscriber. We have been what we feel to be deservedly critical of the White House reporters who have given Trump a different set of rules and been overly deferential to him. White House correspondents prioritized their own access to
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., conducts a news conference in the U.S. Capitol to voice opposition to the Senate Republicans’ budget resolution on April 3, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are warning that President Donald Trump‘s tariff-heavy trade agenda is quickly starting to resemble a “corrupt scheme
PoliticusUSA is ad-free and never bending the knee, so please support us by becoming a subscriber. The crowds for the Bernie Sanders Fighting Oligarchy tour are getting bigger, not smaller. The crowds in California, Idaho, Montana, and Utah were not all Democrats and progressives. Sen. Sanders’s office says that 21% of those attending these rallies
PoliticusUSA is ad-free and never bending the knee, so please support us by becoming a subscriber. The crowds for the Bernie Sanders Fighting Oligarchy tour are getting bigger, not smaller. The crowds in California, Idaho, Montana, and Utah were not all Democrats and progressives. Sen. Sanders’s office says that 21% of those attending these rallies
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a presentation of the Commander-in-Chief trophy to the U.S. Navy Midshipmen football team of the United States Naval Academy, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A federal judge found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for
PoliticusUSA is independent journalism that stands for American values. Please consider supporting us by becoming a subscriber. Sen. Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador to make progress in securing the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and to check on his Maryland constituent’s health and condition after he was illegally deported and sent to an
A traffic light is red outside the U.S. Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 20, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters About 20,000 Internal Revenue Service employees have expressed interest in accepting the Trump administration’s latest deferred resignation offer, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC on Tuesday. The agency, which grew
PoliticusUSA can provide ad-free content thanks to the support of our readers. Please consider supporting us by becoming a subscriber. Is Donald Trump losing the farmers? Trump’s numbers are in freefall across the board and now farmers in Maine are organizing against him. The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners will be holding a day of
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a stop on the ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ tour with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at Grand Park on April 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised $9.6 million during the first quarter of 2025, the strongest ever quarter for the New York
Do you want news and journalism delivered directly to you that isn’t filtered through a billionaire or a corporation? If you do, please consider becoming a subscriber to PoliticusUSA. Donald Trump did not carry Independents in the 2024 election, but he came close. Vice President Harris beat Trump among Independents 46%-43%. Trump started off his
Singapore, city skyline and The Merlion, dusk Walter Bibikow | Stone | Getty Images Singapore will head to the polls on May 3, after President Tharman Shanmugaratnam dissolved the city-state’s parliament on Tuesday. The Nomination Day will be on April 23, according to the country’s election department. Prospective candidates will file their election papers on
PoliticusUSA is ad-free, thanks to the support of readers like you. Please support us by becoming a subscriber. Remember when Donald Trump said that he would end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office? Trump said it would be easy. He would pick up the phone and make it happen. Yeah, that
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, April 14, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Trump administration told a federal judge on Monday that it does not have the authority to compel El Salvador to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the
PoliticusUSA is proud to be an independent news source you can trust. Please support our work by becoming a subscriber. When Vice President JD Vance isn’t hiding from protesters in Vermont or getting shipped off to Greenland to be the cover for his wife after it was discovered that the local residents didn’t want her
This combination of pictures created on April 09, 2025 shows US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff after a meeting with Russian officials at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18, 2025 (L); and Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaking to AFP during an interview at the Iranian consulate in Jeddah on March 7,