Donald Trump Withholds Federal Money From Schools: What To Know
President Donald Trump‘s administration has acted to withhold billions of dollars in federal education funding from states and local school districts, impacting a wide range of programs and threatening the financial stability of schools across at least 33 states and territories. The administration notified grantees that funds previously slated for teacher training, after-school programs and […]
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Trump Threatens Primary Challenge Against Tillis Over Bill Vote
President Donald Trump issued a scathing rebuke of Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina on Truth Social Saturday, threatening to support primary challengers against the two-term senator over his opposition to his “Big Beautiful” spending bill. The confrontation came as Senate leaders vote, scrambling to secure enough Republican support for the party-line legislation they […]
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Donald Trump Suffers Major Legal Blow: ‘Grave Constitutional Violations’
On Friday, a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump‘s executive order targeting legal firm Susman Godfrey, ruling it was “unconstitutional from beginning to end.” This is the fourth defeat in court Trump has suffered since imposing punitive measures on a number of law firms that either were involved in legal cases against him or represented […]
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Trump Administration Announces New Visa Restrictions
By Sonam Sheth is an Evening Politics Editor at Newsweek who is based in New York. She joined Newsweek in 2024 and previously worked at Business Insider and CNBC. Sonam has extensive experience covering national security, foreign policy, elections, and stories at the intersection of law and politics. Her work has been cited in The […]
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Donald Trump Makes Major Change to Mortgages: What to Know
By Giulia Carbonaro is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on the U.S. economy, housing market, property insurance market, local and national politics. She has previously extensively covered U.S. and European politics. Giulia joined Newsweek in 2022 from CGTN Europe and had previously worked at the European Central Bank. She is […]
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Mitch McConnell Calls Trump Administration ‘Unnecessarily Chaotic’
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Business Optimism Collapses Under Trump
Business leaders’ confidence in the U.S. economy has halved since the beginning of the year, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co., as companies grapple with the impact of President Donald Trump‘s tariffs and broader geopolitical uncertainties. The financial services firm’s latest Business Leaders Outlook Survey, released Wednesday, found that optimism for the economy fell to […]
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Trump Jr Says Obama Getting Nobel Prize Over Father Is ‘Affirmative Action’
By Kate Plummer is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on U.S. politics and national affairs, and she is particularly interested in the impact of social policy decisions on people as well as the finances of political campaigns, corruption, foreign policy, democratic processes and more. Prior to joining Newsweek, she covered […]
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Thomas Massie Can’t Stop Poking the Trump Administration
Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky and President Donald Trump are embroiled in a very public battle amid the conflict in the Middle East, and Massie added more fuel to the fire Tuesday. Newsweek reached out to Massie’s office via email for comment Tuesday night. Why It Matters Massie, a conservative “America-first” Republican, has been […]
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Lindsey Graham Breaks With Donald Trump Over Iran
By Hannah Parry is a Newsweek Live Blog Editor based in New York. Her focus is reporting on U.S. politics and society. She has covered politics, tech and crime extensively.Hannah joined Newsweek in 2024 and previously worked as an assistant editor at The U.S. Sun and as a senior reporter and assistant news editor at […]
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