Politics

A former Homeland Security official whom President Donald Trump accused of potentially “treasonous” conduct fears he is under federal investigation and plans to challenge what he calls an illegal attempt to silence critics. In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Miles Taylor said that he is prepared to “fight back” in court and that his repeated warnings that Trump would use presidential power to retaliate against…

President Donald Trump’s Sunday night proposal to impose tariffs on movies made outside the U.S. has been met with a mix of confusion and fear by the entertainment industry.  And by noon Monday, White House officials clarified that “no final decisions” had been made and that it was “exploring all options.”  Trump’s initial proposal, posted to Truth…

After President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the U.S., production companies and Hollywood insiders began assessing the possible consequences of the levy. California has lost production spending in recent years, faced with stiff competition from other states and countries that offer more extensive tax credits, especially following the…

TeleMessage, the app that President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Mike Waltz, appeared to use to archive his group chats, has suspended all services after hackers claimed to have stolen files from it. A spokesperson for Smarsh, the company that owns TeleMessage, said Monday that the company “is investigating a potential security incident. Upon…

President Donald Trump on Sunday said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected his proposal to send U.S. troops to Mexico to help thwart the illegal drug trade because she is fearful of the country’s powerful cartels. The comments by Trump came a day after Sheinbaum confirmed that Trump pressed her in a call last month to…

President Donald Trump argued in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that fulfilling his ambitious campaign promise to rapidly carry out mass deportations may take precedence over giving immigrants the right to due process under the Constitution, as required by courts. A central part of Trump’s agenda has been implementing the “largest deportation…

As tariffs choke overseas demand, China is pushing exporters to shift sales home — a move that risks deepening deflation in an economy already weighed down by weak consumption and excess capacity. For the full year of 2025, Goldman Sachs expects China’s retail inflation to fall to 0%, from a 0.2% year-on-year growth in 2024,…

President Donald Trump announced plans Sunday to implement a 100% tariff on movies made in other countries that are imported to the United States, decrying other nations for offering financial incentives meant to “draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States.” “Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. This…

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he is ordering the reopening of Alcatraz, a shuttered prison on an island in the San Francisco Bay. The president said he will be directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to reopen and…

The federal government on Monday will resume collecting defaulted student loan payments from millions of people for the first time since the start of the pandemic, officials said. The Trump administration said it would collect the debt through a Treasury Department program that withholds payments through tax refunds, wages and government benefits. The U.S. Education…