President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday extending a federal hiring freeze, ending subsidies for green energy sources, and pushing back the deadline for his “Liberation Day” tariffs.  Trump extended the tariffs deadline until Aug. 1, exempted military personnel and positions related to immigration enforcement, national security, and public safety from the federal civilian hiring freeze, and ended clean […]

Since President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, the Border Patrol, Secret Service, and Coast Guard agencies have been flooded with applications.  “Under President Trump and [Homeland Security] Secretary Noem’s leadership, our men and women in uniform are respected again and empowered to do their jobs,” said DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin. “These numbers are a stunning reversal over the […]

President Donald Trump told Congress to give Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell a tough grilling when he appears Tuesday before a House panel to testify on the central bank’s monetary policy report.  Powell said the Fed is keeping the benchmark interest rate at 4.25% to 4.5%, given the uncertainty around Trump’s trade policies and the rate of inflation.  “We should be at […]

Former Libertarian presidential nominee Mike ter Maat and dozens of other members of the third party have joined a caucus within the Republican Party, hoping to usher in fiscally conservative policies. Ter Maat left the Libertarian Party with over 40 members who have joined the Republican Liberty Caucus, a political organization working with the national […]

GOP senators on Monday were quick to endorse President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to quell violent Los Angeles protests against the administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.  “The president did what the local officials weren’t doing, which is protecting their citizens,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune.  Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., commented that “the president did what […]