Author: Robert Jones

House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer told Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys the panel is willing to delay her subpoenaed deposition until after the Supreme Court rules on an appeal she has filed.Why It MattersMaxwell’s testimony remains “vital” to the committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation.Maxwell had been serving a 20-year sentence in a Tallahassee, Florida Federal Correctional Institute after being convicted of helping Epstein recruit and abuse young girls as part of his sex-trafficking ring. On Friday, she was quietly relocated to the minimum security, Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Bryan, Texas, a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson told Newsweek.What To KnowMaxwell’s legal…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Numerous countries around the world are facing the prospect of new tariffs on their exports to the United States on Aug. 7, a potential blow to the global economy, because they haven’t yet reached a trade deal with the Trump administration. President Donald Trump had threatened to impose the tariffs on Aug. 1 but delayed the deadline by a week just hours before they were supposed to take effect.Some of the United States’ biggest trading partners have reached agreements, or at least the outlines of one, including the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Even so,…

A three-judge panel in the Boston-based appeals court expressed deep skepticism about arguments from President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice as the administration seeks to overturn birthright citizenship, according to Reuters.Why It MattersTrump’s executive order, signed on Inauguration Day in January, seeks to restrict birthright citizenship and could potentially affect the rights of millions of U.S.-born children. The order directs U.S. agencies to refuse citizenship to children unless at least one parent is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.The crux of the issue sits in the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which will determine whether the constitutional guarantee of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department official who aided President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, should be stripped of his law license, a Washington disciplinary panel ruled on Thursday.Clark, who is now overseeing a federal regulatory office, played a key role in Trump’s efforts to challenge his election loss to Joe Biden and clashed with Justice Department superiors who refused to back his false claims of fraud. The D.C. Board of Professional Responsibility’s recommendation will now go to the D.C. Court of Appeals for a final decision. Under the second Trump…

President Donald Trump’s firing of Dr. Erika McEntarfer, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner, was “totally groundless” and “sets a dangerous precedent,” warns William Beach, former bureau chief.Newsweek reached out to economic analysts via email for comment Friday.Why It MattersThe dismissal of McEntarfer by Trump has raised significant concerns among economists and former officials regarding the independence of the BLS and the integrity of federal economic data.The firing followed the release of bleak job figures for July, as Trump claimed the numbers were “rigged,” without providing evidence. The number of new jobs dipped well below even modest expectations, with…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A researcher at Texas A&M University flying home from abroad was detained for more than a week by immigration authorities at the San Francisco International Airport, sleeping in a chair and living off food sold in the airport, his family and attorneys said Thursday.It was unclear why Tae Heung “Will” Kim, who is a legal permanent resident with a green card, was detained July 21, his attorney Karl Krooth said at a news conference. Kim, who went to South Korea to attend his brother’s wedding, is now in removal proceedings to be deported and is being…

Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary ripped President Donald Trump over his firing of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Dr. Erika McEntarfer on Friday after a disappointing jobs report.Newsweek reached out to an economic analyst via email for additional comment.Why It MattersTrump’s decision to oust McEntarfer has triggered widespread concern among economists, business leaders and former government officials about the independence of U.S. economic data reporting.The abrupt dismissal followed the release of lackluster job numbers and marked a rare direct intervention by a president in the work of a nonpartisan federal agency responsible for compiling critical economic statistics.The number…

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley launched his campaign for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat Thursday, equipped with President Donald Trump’s endorsement and a large fundraising network for a potential general election bid against formidable Democrat Roy Cooper. A Whatley-Cooper contest is expected to be one of the most competitive and expensive 2026 races. Speaking at an event held at an old textile mill near Charlotte, Whatley pledged his allegiance to the president, who will be a major focus for both sides in a swing state where Trump had one of his smallest margins of…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Ever since President Donald Trump started promising to slap tariffs on pharmaceutical imports, drugmakers have unveiled a flurry of commitments to build or expand US manufacturing operations in the coming years. AstraZeneca is investing $50 billion to expand its drug manufacturing in the US. Johnson & Johnson is pouring $55 billion into domestic production and research. And Eli Lilly said it will spend $27 billion to build four new manufacturing plants here. In total, the planned investments exceed $250 billion, according to two industry analysts. Trump is wielding the threat of tariffs to get drugmakers to…

Past winners of the Nobel Prize in economics have reacted to the suggestion that President Donald Trump’s trade agenda has earned him a nomination for the prestigious award.During a Thursday appearance on Fox Business, Peter Navarro, White House trade adviser, said described the effects of the president’s sweeping tariff policies as “a fundamental restructuring of the international trade environment.””A lot of people talk about Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Navarro added. “I’m thinking that, since he’s basically taught the world trade economics, he might be up for the Nobel in economics.” U.S. President Donald Trump walks across the…