Author: Max Rego

The Trump administration’s plan to boost beef imports from Argentina has caused uncertainty for domestic farmers and ranchers.  The president, citing rising meat prices, told reporters on Air Force One Sunday that the country may increase Argentine beef imports.  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average per pound price of ground beef slightly exceeded $6.31 in August, a bump of over 77 cents from January and an increase of 74 cents from August 2024.  The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association pushed back against Trump’s proposal, arguing Wednesday that the administration should not “undercut” American ranchers by boosting Argentine beef…

President Trump on Thursday dismissed the need to ask Congress for a declaration of war as the U.S. military continuously launches strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. “I don’t think we’re going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war,” Trump told reporters. “I think we’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. Okay? We’re going to kill them.” Since September, the president has authorized multiple strikes on alleged drug boats off the coast of Venezuela, killing at least 32 people. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also said Wednesday that a total…

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) denied his state’s appeal for federal disaster relief for flooding in May. Moore (D), in a Thursday release, called the move “deeply frustrating” and said it “leaves Marylanders on their own.” “FEMA has a responsibility to weigh the merits of each emergency request objectively,” Moore added. “Instead, President Trump and his Administration have politicized disaster relief, and our communities are the ones who will pay the price.” The floods occurred over two days, impacting Garrett and Alleghany counties in western Virginia. They resulted in $33.7 million in damages,…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has joined calls for President Trump to withdraw the nomination of Paul Ingrassia for the Office of Special Counsel after alleged text messages emerged in which Ingrassia said he has a “Nazi streak.” Ingrassia, nominated in June, reportedly also made racist comments in a text chain with other Republican operatives in 2024.  “These texts are foul and disqualifying,” Schumer said Tuesday on the Senate floor. “And it’s hard to believe there is any process in any White House that would allow such a man through to be nominated.” Politico reported Monday that Ingrassia told…

President Trump denied discussing Ukraine surrendering the eastern region to Russia during a closed-door meeting Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, following reports of a tense White House encounter in which Trump pushed Moscow’s maximalist demands. “No, we never discussed it. We think that what they should do is just stop at the lines where they are, the battle lines,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One Sunday. Multiple reports earlier Sunday said that the president urged Zelensky to cede the Donbas region during a tense meeting at the White House on Friday. As of August, Russia occupied roughly 88…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday accused President Trump and congressional Republicans of going “radio silent” during the government shutdown. Jeffries told host Jonathan Karl on ABC’s “This Week” that “we haven’t heard anything from Donald Trump or the Republicans over the last few weeks. They have gone radio silent since” a Sept. 29 Oval Office meeting between the president and the four congressional leaders. The shutdown, which began on Oct. 1, persisted through the weekend. At 19 days, it is the third-longest funding stalemate in American history, and will become the second-longest if it extends through Wednesday.  Republicans…

President Trump on Thursday yet again criticized the “blue slip” practice, which allows home-state senators to veto district court judge and U.S. attorney nominees. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, said he has eight “Highly Respected” U.S. attorney nominees that “will not be confirmed for their positions in various Highly Consequential States only because they’re Republicans.” The president added that Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have convinced Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to honor the “blue slip” rule.  “These GREAT people’s careers have been badly hurt by the Radical Left Democrats, using an old and ridiculous custom…

Brown University has rejected the Trump administration’s proposed compact, which would have required the university to make changes to its campus policies in exchange for an advantage in receiving federal funds. In a Wednesday letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon and White House aides May Mailman and Vincent Haley, Brown President Christina Paxson said she was “concerned” that agreeing to the compact “would restrict academic freedom and undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance.” Paxson notes that while she is willing to cooperate with the federal government and is “committed to contributing to national conversations about principles for improving American higher…

The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Wednesday it is withholding more than $40 million in federal highway safety funding from California, over the state failing to comply with English language proficiency guidelines for commercial drivers. “I put states on notice this summer: enforce the Trump Administration’s English language requirements or the checks stop coming,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a DOT release. “California is the only state in the nation that refuses to ensure big rig drivers can read our road signs and communicate with law enforcement.”  “This is a fundamental safety issue that impacts you and your family…

President Trump said Sunday that he may send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine if Russia doesn’t settle its ongoing war with the country. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, the president said he may speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin before sending Ukraine the missiles, which can strike targets from over 1,000 miles away. “I may say that the Tomahawk is an incredible weapon, very offensive weapon. And honestly, Russia does not need that,” Trump said on what he would tell Putin. Trump also spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday. Zelensky told Fox News after their conversation that…