President Donald Trump Thursday defended his shocking plan for massive tariffs by claiming “the patient lived,” a less-than-reassuring message about the American economy as global markets melted down in a stunning sell off.

“The operation is over. The patient lived, and is healing,” Trump wrote on his social media site. “The prognosis...Read more

As Ecuador approaches a decisive presidential runoff election on April 13, the race between incumbent President Daniel Noboa and leftist candidate Luisa González is locked in a virtual dead heat. The election encapsulates a nation at a crossroads, with voters deeply divided over security concerns, economic instability and political governance. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration is reviewing the curriculum of a sex education program in California for medical accuracy and age appropriateness, a move that has sparked backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates worried about queer and transgender sexual health information being censored.

Last week, California was asked to submit all educational...Read more

Layoffs of federal employees and cutbacks to federal agencies have direct consequences for the Philadelphia area.

I am a law professor at Villanova University outside Philadelphia, and my research focuses on the work of the administrative agencies that compose the federal government.

I believe that understanding the federal ...Read more

Since the mid-2000s, the Medicare system has dramatically transformed. Enrollment in Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to the traditional Medicare program administered by the government – has more than quadrupled. It now accounts for the majority of Medicare enrollment.

Employers, including state government agencies, ...Read more

For a brief moment, it looked like Wall Street’s worst fears about President Donald Trump’s tariff plans were misplaced — and a relief rally started rippling through markets.

Then, as he stood in the White House Rose Garden Wednesday soon after 4 p.m., pointing to an oversized placard with the levies he’s slapping on imports from the U...Read more

The U.K. refrained from retaliation and said it would maintain its push for a U.S. trade deal after President Donald Trump slapped tariffs of 10% on all imports from Britain as part of a wider global package which he dubbed “Liberation Day” for his country.

“Our approach is to remain calm and committed to doing this deal, which we hope ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump did not blink Wednesday while resurrecting an economic policy approach last used 95 years ago, a move that will shape his second term and help decide the fate of his “Make America Great Again” movement.

“My fellow Americans, this is Liberation Day,” Trump said at a Rose Garden event to announce ...Read more

The 2028 presidential election is a long way off, but Americans already have thoughts on who they might be willing to support, new polling shows.

In the latest YouGov/Economist poll, most Democrats said they’d consider voting for former Vice President Kamala Harris, and most Republicans said they’d consider casting their ballot for Vice ...Read more

Defense appropriators in Congress have recommended adding nearly $15 billion the Pentagon did not request in fiscal 2025 for several hundred military research and procurement programs, a new database shows.

In most cases, those increases were additions to the amount of funds the Pentagon had sought. But more than one-third of the money went to ...Read more

CHICAGO — Two days before Tuesday’s local elections, the Illinois Republican Party sent out an email to supporters declaring it to be “a do or die moment for us.”

The email was just another in a series of fundraising solicitations. But it may have more accurately captured the importance of the election, which featured wide-ranging ...Read more

Crop prices tend to spike when there’s a shock to the global economy.

President Donald Trump’s new round of tariffs announced Wednesday will certainly act like a defibrillator across farm country, but experts say it will only deepen the ongoing downturn in U.S. agriculture.

“We invite retaliation by imposing tariffs and do damage to our ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Four Republicans joined Democrats in the Senate to pass, 51-48, a joint resolution Wednesday that would effectively end President Donald Trump’s steep tariffs on Canadian goods in a vote that revealed GOP resistance to the administration’s sweeping trade agenda.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was a co-sponsor of the measure offered ...Read more

President Donald Trump is imposing tariffs on U.S. trading partners worldwide, his biggest assault yet on a global economic system he has long bemoaned as unfair.

Trump said Wednesday he will apply a minimum 10% tariff on all exporters to the U.S. and slap additional duties on around 60 nations with the largest trade imbalances with the U.S. ...Read more

President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that his sweeping new tariffs on foreign goods will ultimately mean “lower prices for consumers.”

Most economists disagree, saying Californians will see higher prices very soon and endure what’s essentially a tax increase.

In a White House Rose Garden ceremony, talking to an audience of blue-...Read more

Beau Baden describes his business, Sherman Street Beer Co., as a “mom and pop” operation. Like many small-business owners in the Lehigh Valley and beyond, he’s concerned about the potential fallout from tariffs being imposed by the Trump administration and retaliatory ones from trading partners such as Canada.

“Myself and my wife run it...Read more

President Donald Trump will be gaining two strong House allies with the arrival of Florida special election winners Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine.

Both Republicans won their seats Tuesday by double digits, but their margins of victory were tighter than expected in districts Trump had easily carried just five months ago, an underperformance tied...Read more