President Donald Trump suggested he might back eventual sanctions relief for Iran “if they can be peaceful,” combining threats and the prospect of diplomacy after U.S. strikes aimed at destroying Iranian nuclear sites.

“We have the sanctions on,” Trump said in comments on Fox News’s "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo. “...Read more

Elon Musk slammed the U.S. Senate’s latest version of President Donald Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax bill Saturday, warning that the cuts to electric vehicle and other clean energy credits would be “incredibly destructive” to the country.

Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, posted on his social media platform ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he doesn’t think he’ll need to extend the July 9 trade deadline he has imposed on countries to secure deals with the U.S. to avoid higher tariffs.

“I don’t think I’ll need to,” he said in an interview on Fox News’s "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo that was taped Friday. He then added, “I...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax cut bill prevailed in a crucial Senate test vote, a sign that Republican leaders are resolving the infighting over portions of the legislation and moving toward meeting a July 4 deadline the president has set for passage.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune and his lieutenants may still ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk slammed the U.S. Senate’s latest version of President Donald Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax bill Saturday, raging online that the cuts to electric vehicle and other clean energy credits would be “incredibly destructive” to the country.

Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, posted on his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court term that ended Friday will not be remembered for blockbuster rulings like those recent years that struck down the right to abortion and college affirmative action.

The justices scaled back their docket this year and spent much of their energy focused on deciding fast-track appeals from President Donald Trump. ...Read more

Donald Trump and Senate Republican leaders worked Saturday to persuade reluctant holdouts to back the president’s multitrillion-dollar tax and spending bill ahead of a pivotal vote.

The weekend arm-twisting, which included Trump golfing with frequent foe Rand Paul and other senators, came as the party worked to rush the bill to the president...Read more

Senate Republicans unveiled a new version of their $4.2 trillion tax cut package that adjusts key provisions on the SALT deduction, Medicaid and clean energy as they try to meet a July 4 deadline set by President Donald Trump.

The new draft released early Saturday morning reflects compromises among warring factions of the Senate GOP which has ...Read more

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling is stoking fears that the babies of many noncitizen parents could be treated differently depending on the state in which they’re born, as legal challenges unfold against President Donald Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship.

The justices didn’t rule on the constitutionality of Trump’s restrictions. ...Read more

Senate Republicans unveiled a new version of their $4.2 trillion tax cut package that adjusts key provisions on the SALT deduction, Medicaid and clean energy as they try to meet a July 4 deadline set by President Donald Trump.

The new draft released early Saturday morning reflects compromises among warring factions of the Senate GOP which has ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump amped up pressure on Congress to speed passage of his tax-cut bill as Republicans reached a tentative deal on the state and local tax deduction, one of the key sticking points in the negotiations.

“The House of Representatives must be ready to send it to my desk before July 4th — We can get it done,” ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday sharply limited the power of federal district judges to issue nationwide orders that block new rules or policies coming from the White House or federal agencies.

The 6-3 ruling was a procedural victory for President Donald Trump and a setback for advocates who seek to block his executive orders in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling curbing the power of judges to block government actions on a nationwide basis has raised questions about whether dozens of orders that have halted President Donald Trump’s policies will stand.

The conservative majority’s ruling Friday came in a fight over Trump’s plan to limit automatic ...Read more

Julie and Todd Chrisley were not exactly prepared to learn they had been pardoned by the president.

“Unfortunately, most of the news that you get in prison is bad news,” Julie Chrisley told Lara Trump in a family interview set to air Saturday on Fox News Channel. So when she got the good news, her fellow inmates didn’t immediately ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court curtailed the power of district courts to issue “universal injunctions” in a decision Friday in the legal clash over the Trump administration’s push end birthright citizenship.

The 6-3 decision found that most of those those broad orders that stop government actions — and there have been dozens issued ...Read more

President Donald Trump celebrated the Supreme Court decision Friday that will allow his administration to end automatic birthright citizenship in some cases, calling the ruling a “huge one.”

The president said birthright citizenship, enshrined in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment shortly after the end of the Civil War, was meant for the �...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday issued a major decision scaling back the power of federal judges to block presidential policies nationwide, in what is considered a major win for the Trump administration’s efforts to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants and foreign visitors.

The high court, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Congress did not give up too much of its power to the Federal Communications Commission when it created a framework aimed at achieving universal service.

In a 6-3 decision on a pair of cases, the nation’s highest court overturned a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. ...Read more

NEW YORK — Ingrid Lewis-Martin, longtime confidante to Mayor Eric Adams and his indicted former chief adviser, is playing an active role in the mayor’s re-election bid, the Daily News has learned.

Lewis-Martin helped organize campaign volunteers during a virtual campaign meeting, according to detailed information about the meeting obtained ...Read more