April 23, 2025, 1:59 PM The White House has been fielding proposals aimed at persuading people to marry and have children, an effort being pushed by outside groups focused on increasing the nation's birth rate after years of decline. One such proposal that has been pitched to White House advisers is a $5,000 "baby bonus" to every American mother after she gives birth. "Sounds like a good idea to me," President Donald Trump said Tuesday when asked about a $5,000 incentive ...

World Europe Trump slams Zelensky for refusing to recognize Russian control of Crimea By Todd Symons, Rob Picheta and Kylie Atwood, CNN 5 minute read Updated 3:18 PM EDT, Wed April 23, 2025 (CNN) -- President Donald Trump slammed Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday for his comments that Ukraine wouldn't recognize Russian control of Crimea, calling the remarks "very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia." ... "It's inflammatory statements like Zelenskyy's ...

April 23, 2025, 3:27 PM EDT The head of Harvard University doubled down on his defiance against the Trump administration Wednesday, saying the Ivy League school would not compromise on certain issues despite the federal government’s threat to freeze more than $2 billion in funding. In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Lester Holt, Harvard President Alan Garber said the school had “no choice” but to fight back against what it believes is federal overreach and an illegal attempt by the gove ...

Published Apr 23, 2025 at 5:09 AM EDT | Updated Apr 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM EDT A group of attorney generals have hypothesized about President Donald Trump trying to remove high-ranking judges like U.S. Supreme Court justices, in a letter supporting two Federal Trade Commission commissioners' lawsuit against their own removal. Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, both Democrats, are suing Trump and his administration, over the president's efforts to remove them from their post ...

President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to shake up the college accreditation process, a topic that rarely gets political sunlight but is immensely important to universities. College accreditation is the process universities must go through to receive federal financial aid, a tool Trump called his “secret weapon” on education on the campaign trail. “University accreditation is currently a process controlled by a number of third-party organizations that’s by statute, by law, ...

(USA Today) President Donald Trump said the 145% tariffs he imposed on Chinese imports will eventually "come down substantially" as he expressed optimism about future talks to reach a U.S.-China trade deal. Trump's remarks Tuesday to reporters in the Oval Office came after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent earlier in the day said in a closed-door speech that the trade standoff between the United States and China is not sustainable.

(American Prospect) When Trump illegally deported over 200 Venezuelan immigrants last month and judges sought to stop him, House Republicans finally raced to act. But instead of joining the call for the protection of civil liberties and due process, GOP representatives opted to defend their leader. They didn’t merely engage in criticism of a judge’s decision; they made a direct challenge to the judiciary’s legitimacy and its power to constrain the president.The House GOP’s escalating attacks on the federal judiciary are part of a deliberate and dangerous campaign to enable Donald Trump to act as president without limit. The GOP-led House is clearing a path for Trump to undermine the only institution that currently stands against his many openly illegal activities: the courts.

(The Hill) Every day the Trump regime tramples the rule of law makes Americans less free and less safe. Every day the president defies the Constitution and courts makes America less America. President Trump is increasingly acting like a king or dictator who rules by decree, and whose decree is all it takes to make someone disappear. That’s now happening here, and with the full support of people like House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who has long portrayed himself and the Republican Party as advocates for the rule of law.

(American Prospect) Amid the chaos of Donald Trump’s misrule—what with his on-again, off-again trade war causing a sharp slide in the dollar, a rise in American borrowing costs, accelerating inflation, and possibly a severe recession—his attack on basic medical research is getting less attention. In particular, cancer research and treatment in America is being gored. Development of promising diagnostics and treatments has been called into question or frozen, clinical trials are being halted, and—unless the cuts are stopped—hospitals around the country will be bankrupted. Many Americans will die soon, and many more will die in future who could have been saved.

(Raw Story) Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) pleaded with President Donald Trump to "reconsider" his denial of disaster relief after tornadoes hit Arkansas. Cotton, who has opposed similar aid for blue states, joined the Arkansas delegation in writing a letter directly to Trump to support Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' request for funds. On Friday, Sanders appealed the federal government's denial in a letter telling Trump that her state was in "dire need of federal assistance." However, Trump's administration has refused to budge.