The trial of the far-right leader is receiving renewed attention after U.S. President Donald Trump directly tied a 50% tariff on imported Brazilian goods to his ally’s judicial situation.
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Trump’s EPA wants to eliminate regulation for greenhouse gases
The Trump administration proposes eliminating a 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. That would undermine the EPA’s climate change regulations for power plants and cars.
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Will the Kennedy Center become the Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts?
The GOP bill is called the “Make Entertainment Great Again Act,” but it focuses on one particular venue: the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Significant obstacles stand in the way.
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Trump lawsuit against Murdoch and ‘Wall Street Journal’ turns personal
Trump says he personally told his “very good friend Rupert Murdoch” that he had not sent a racy birthday greeting two decades ago to Jeffrey Epstein. Murdoch’s Journal reported it anyway.
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This was the week that comedy pushed back
South Park skewered President Trump. Stephen Colbert isn’t holding back. This week, comedians on Paramount-owned shows aired their grievances against both their parent company and Trump.
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Artist Amy Sherald has canceled her upcoming show at the Smithsonian
The artist, best known for her portrait of Michelle Obama, said the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery wanted to keep her portrait of a trans woman out of the exhibition American Sublime.
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Trump’s EPA now says greenhouses gases don’t endanger people
The Trump administration wants to reverse a 2009 EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. The finding is the basis for much of the United States’ climate change regulations.
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Appeals court upholds block against Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship
The ruling keeps a block on the Trump administration from denying citizenship to children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily.
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President Trump indicates he’ll let Fed Chair Jerome Powell serve out his term
President Trump seemed willing to allow Jerome Powell to complete his term as chair of the Federal Reserve — at least for now. His comment comes as he and his administration continue to attack Powell.
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Democrats must counter Texas’ redistricting ‘cheating,’ says Rep. Ritchie Torres
Texas Republicans want to redraw the state’s congressional districts to gain an advantage in next year’s election. U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., says Democrats must counter or become complicit.
