U.S.-Russian Crew of Three Launches to International Space Station on Soyuz MS-27 April 8, 2025, 2:09 AM PDT — A trio of space explorers—NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky—blasted off toward the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday, April 8, aboard a Russian Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft. The launch, executed … Read more
Businesses and Conservative Lawyers Prepare Legal Challenge to Trump’s Tariffs As President Donald Trump’s administration’s tariff policies continue to have far-reaching consequences on American businesses and the global trade landscape, a coalition of businesses, conservative lawyers, and trade experts are preparing to launch a legal challenge against the president’s controversial tariffs. These tariffs, particularly those … Read more
Top Story: Stock Markets Slide April 7, 2025 — Global stock markets spiraled downward Monday, with U.S. futures signaling another brutal day on Wall Street, as the fallout from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff rollout intensified. The selloff, sparked by last week’s “Liberation Day” announcement of a 10% baseline tariff on all U.S. imports and … Read more
Sen. Booker: Democrats’ Biggest Mistake Was Failing to Center People April 6, 2025 — Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made waves on Sunday morning with a candid assessment of the Democratic Party’s shortcomings, pointing to a failure to prioritize everyday Americans as the root of its recent struggles. In an interview on ABC’s This Week with … Read more
Kevin Hassett, Director of the White House National Economic Council and one of President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers, has pushed back against the widely held view that the administration’s tariffs will significantly raise consumer prices in the U.S. In an April 6, 2025, interview on ABC’s This Week, Hassett argued that the impact on … Read more
Trump’s Tariff Formula Misrepresents Global Trade Economics, Experts Say Former President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, particularly the formula he used to justify trade tariffs on foreign goods, have come under increasing scrutiny from economists and trade experts. According to a growing chorus of experts, Trump’s tariff strategy misrepresents the complexities of global trade economics and … Read more
Hopkinsville, Ky., April 6, 2025 – A relentless storm system has claimed at least 12 lives across the United States since Wednesday, April 2, unleashing a barrage of tornadoes, torrential rain, and life-threatening flash flooding across the South and Midwest. As of early Sunday, April 6, the National Weather Service (NWS) warns that the worst … Read more
Buying Tariff-Impacted Goods Might Be Tempting but Risky, Experts Say New York, April 5, 2025 – As President Donald Trump’s tariffs—rolled out April 2 with a 10% universal rate and up to 54% on nations like China—rattle global markets, U.S. consumers face a dilemma: snap up imported goods now or hold off as prices climb. … Read more
TikTok Deal Falls Victim to US-China Trade War Washington, D.C. – A potential deal involving the popular social media app TikTok, which was poised to resolve ongoing security concerns in the United States, appears to have become entangled in the broader tensions of the US-China trade war. As talks between TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, and … Read more
Washington, D.C., April 4, 2025 – Hundreds of college and high school students from top D.C.-area schools rallied outside the U.S. Department of Education on Friday, chanting “Hands Off Our Schools” to oppose the Trump administration’s push to dismantle the agency. The demonstration, organized by student governments representing over 130,000 students from Georgetown, Howard, American, … Read more