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Watch: Trump meets with teen lifeguard at White House
President Trump will meet with Ryder Williams at the White House Monday afternoon, after the teen saved a 10-year-old from drowning last month in California. “We’re going to bring this heroic young man, and his family, into the White House with, perhaps, the boy he saved, to give him a High Civilian Honor,” Trump wrote…
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John Swinney’s plan to cap food prices ‘not needed’ and ‘ill-conceived’ says former judge
John Swinney is under pressure to drop his food price cap plan after a competitions expert raised concerns over legal barriers to the ‘ill-conceived’ policy.
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Bacon concerned about Trump not being ‘aware’ of missile shortage
GOP Rep. Don Bacon (Neb.) said Sunday he was “concerned” about President Trump saying he is not aware of the Pentagon’s missile shortage. “I do have concerns that the president said he was not aware that we had a shortage of weapons like cruise missiles and Patriots. That’s not a good … thing,” Bacon told…
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Drugmakers uninterested in Trump’s order to split up MMR vaccine
President Trump’s executive order recommending that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine be split up across three appointments is drawing poor reception from the pharmaceutical industry as drugmakers and trade groups say there’s no scientific reasoning to follow the directive. The administration did not provide any new scientific data to support splitting up the…
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Kushner in Israel, trying to get Gaza peace plan back on track
President Trump’s son-in-law and envoy, Jared Kushner, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, an Israeli official told The Hill, following reported talks with the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas about moving forward the president’s peace plan for the Gaza Strip. The meeting between Kushner and Netanyahu lasted four hours, CNN reported, with Kushner…
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Accounting belongs in K-12 STEM education
Bipartisan congressional efforts like the Accounting STEM Pursuit Act aim to address the national accountant shortage by expanding federal grant eligibility to include accounting education.
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Blanche: Congress has already approved White House ballroom project
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday said the Department of Justice believes Congress has already granted President Trump the authority to construct the White House ballroom under existing presidential authority. “We don’t believe we have to go to Congress. We believe Congress has already given us the authority to do what we’re doing,” Blanche said…
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Democratic lawmakers demands answers from Hegseth on USS Abraham Lincoln
A group of 15 senators said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth owes Americans answers about the ongoing deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group after reports of low morale and a mental health crisis among service members aboard. In an Aug. 15 letter to Hegseth, signed by all 13 members of the Senate…
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South Korea hoping for talks after Trump reduces joint military exercises
South Korea is hoping to engage in talks with the Trump administration following the president’s announcement Sunday that he is ordering a reduction in U.S. troop participation in joint military exercises with soldiers in Seoul. South Korea’s presidential Blue House said it “hopes that the friendly relationship between the U.S. and North Korean leaders will…
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Leading economies’ borrowing costs hit highest since 2008 crisis
Concern over impact of Iran war pushes up government bond yields in US, UK, France, Germany and Japan Government borrowing costs in several advanced economies hit their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, or even earlier, on Monday, as investors feared the Middle East crisis would keep inflation persistently high. Concerns over rising prices,…