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Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance announced on Tuesday they are expecting their fourth child. The couple said the baby is a boy.  ‘Usha and the baby are doing well, and we are all looking forward to welcoming him in late July,’ the Vances wrote in a statement shared on social media. ‘During this exciting and hectic time, we are particularly grateful for the military doctors who take excellent care of our...

The Trump administration asked for redactions to a sweeping new Heritage Foundation report modeling a potential U.S.–China war over Taiwan, even though the analysis relied entirely on publicly available, unclassified data, according to the report’s authors. The redacted report, TIDALWAVE, warns that the United States could reach a breaking point within weeks of a high‑intensity conflict with China — conclusions that the authors say prompted senior national security officials to seek redactions over concerns adversaries...

President Donald Trump made a special appearance Tuesday at the White House press briefing on the one-year anniversary of his second term’s start. The president highlighted crime and fraud in Minnesota at the top of his remarks. Trump was inaugurated one year ago today for his second term as president. The last time he appeared at a White House press briefing was on June 27, 2025.   ‘We have a book that I’m not going...

The European Union’s top official did not hold back in her warnings about President Donald Trump’s threat to impose fresh tariffs on countries opposing his push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called Trump’s threats ‘a mistake’ and questioned U.S. trustworthiness, saying that the EU-U.S. trade deal from July had to ‘mean something.’ ‘Arctic security can only be achieved together. This is why the...

Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., warned that President Donald Trump’s growing threats against her home state, including possibly invoking a rarely used, centuries-old executive authority, were tantamount to a declaration of war. Last week, Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents continue to clash with agitators in Minneapolis. ‘The president’s statements today essentially amount to threats of declaring war on Minnesota,’ Smith said. ‘And in a time...

The U.S. Supreme Court left unresolved Tuesday a high-stakes challenge to President Donald Trump’s use of an emergency law to impose sweeping tariffs, prolonging uncertainty over a case closely watched by the White House and global markets. The high court released three lower-profile opinions: Berk v. Choy, Ellingburg v. United States and Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Burton. All three rulings were unanimous, with separate concurring opinions filed in two of the cases....

One year into President Donald Trump’s second term, the federal agency responsible for managing government buildings, contracts and technology says it has delivered tens of billions of dollars in savings for taxpayers. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced on Tuesday that it has driven more than $60 billion in federal contract savings since January 2025, as part of the agency’s push to shrink the federal real estate footprint in the era of DOGE, cutting...