WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump may believe the adage that the pen is mightier than the sword — as long as it’s a Sharpie. During a Cabinet meeting Thursday that discussed the war in Iran, record-long security lines at many of the nation’s top airports, rising oil prices and ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department is working on plans to put President Donald Trump’s signature on all new US paper currency, the agency announced on Thursday. The move would be a first for a sitting president. The news was first reported by Vanity Fair. It’s the latest ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell sharply Thursday, and oil prices rose as doubt took over again from hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the war with Iran. The S&P 500 slumped 1.7% for its worst day since January and is back on track for a fifth straight losing week. That stretches ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic lawmaker is asking a federal judge to force the Kennedy Center to block and reverse efforts to attach President Donald Trump’s name to the historic performing arts venue. In a motion filed Wednesday, Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio argues that Congress was clear ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — With pressure mounting, the White House floated the extraordinary move Thursday of invoking a national emergency to pay Transportation Security Administration workers while senators reviewed a “last and final” offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and ...
Politicians say they can “make the economy work better.” I once believed they could. But years of reporting taught me that politicians’ attempts to “fix” the economy usually make things worse. Twenty years ago, Republicans and Democrats helped create the Great Recession by ...