• WH adviser Hassett urges ‘discipline’ for Fed economists over tariff study
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s top economist on Wednesday urged that Federal Reserve economists be punished for research last week that showed American companies and consumers paying for nearly all the new tariffs imposed by the White House last year. “The paper is an embarrassment,” Kevin Hassett, director of the White House’s National Economic […]
  • FDA will drop two-study requirement for new drug approvals, aiming to speed access
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration plans to drop its longtime standard of requiring two rigorous studies to win approval of new drugs, the latest change from Trump administration officials vowing to speed up the availability of certain medical products. Going forward, the FDA’s “default position” will be to require one study for […]
  • Trump, weeks after backlash over racist post, hosts Black History Month reception
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hosted a White House reception for Black History Month on Wednesday, less than two weeks after he sparked a bipartisan outcry by posting a racist video on social media that depicted former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle. Trump on Wednesday didn’t […]
  • Nation’s only unsalaried legislature in New Mexico asks voters to reconsider volunteer status
    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Members of the nation’s only unsalaried legislature are asking voters to reconsider their volunteer status that has endured since statehood in New Mexico. The state Senate on Tuesday night narrowly endorsed a constitutional amendment that would do away with the state’s prohibition on legislative direct compensation. That allows voters to […]
  • Mamdani reboots homeless encampment sweeps in New York City
    NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the city will resume clearing makeshift homeless encampments, promising to take a more humane approach to a practice he previously criticized. Mamdani paused the previous mayor’s policy for clearing encampments days after he took office in January, arguing that it did not do enough […]