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just now  (360+ words) House Dems Raise National Security Alarms Over Trump Family's Crypto Bank Charter Request Forty-one House Democrats are pressing U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the potential approval of a banking charter for the Trump family's crypto company, warning such an approval…...

just now  (778+ words) The Justices didn't buy the president's sweeping claims of authority to impose tariffs as he sees fit. But Trump can re-use tariff powers he deployed in his first term and can reach for others, including one that dates back to…...

1+ min ago  (51+ words) Mayor Bobby Dyer shares a few words as Virginia mourns the passing of Delegate Barry Knight. Knight now holds the U.S. women's hockey record for most career goals in the Olympics, and Bates has ... Mayor Bobby Dyer shares a few words…...

1+ min ago  (642+ words) President Donald Trump's use of sweeping "emergency" powers to impose tariffs is unlawful, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. The final decision was effectively a 63 ruling that said the IEEPA statute did not authorize the president to impose tariffs. However, the…...

1+ min ago  (330+ words) Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman, Gov. Kathy Hochul's Republican challenger in the governor's race, slammed Hochul's $1.5 billion pledge to help New York City with its budget gap issues earlier this week. The governor announced the additional funds on Monday, Feb....

1+ min ago  (99+ words) Hochul's GOP challenger Blakeman ripped the governor's decision to use $1.5 billion for New York City instead of lowering school taxes. Bruce Blakeman slams Kathy Hochul's $1.5B pledge for NYC as a 'bailout' Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman, Gov. Kathy Hochul's Republican…...

3+ min ago  (485+ words) In an exclusive interview, Abbas Araghchi said that if the Trump administration uses "the language of force," Iran "will reciprocate in the same language." As the United States appears to inch closer to war in the Middle East, Iranian Foreign…...

3+ min ago  (264+ words) In a 6-3 ruling, the justices considered the tariffs Trump imposed under a 1977 emergency powers law, including the broad "reciprocal" tariffs applied to nearly every country. Get Digital Access and Stay Informed With Trusted Local News. The case marks the first…...

4+ min ago  (807+ words) ALSO READ: 'Unmitigated disaster' warning for GOP as House pushes Trump law: 'It's going to hurt' The Department of Justice was reportedly caught deleting evidence that sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell was in possession of three interviews that could possibly be…...

4+ min ago  (733+ words) Trump has launched a barrage of new tariffs over the last year. Despite Friday's ruling, many sectoral levies remain in place " and the president still has plenty of other options to keep taxing imports aggressively. But the Supreme Court decision…...