Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

The Trump administration plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 plane as a donation from the Qatari royal family that will be upgraded to serve as Air Force One, which would make it one of the biggest foreign gifts ever received by the U.S. government, several American officials with knowledge of the matter said. The … Read more

Reluctant at First, Trump Officials Intervened in South Asia as Nuclear Fears Grew

Reluctant at First, Trump Officials Intervened in South Asia as Nuclear Fears Grew

As a conflict between India and Pakistan escalated, Vice President JD Vance told Fox News on Thursday that it was “fundamentally none of our business.” The United States could counsel both sides to back away, he suggested, but this was not America’s fight. Yet within 24 hours, Mr. Vance and Marco Rubio, in his first … Read more

Mexico Sued Google Over Gulf of Mexico Name Change, President Says

Mexico Sued Google Over Gulf of Mexico Name Change, President Says

President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico on Friday morning said her government had sued Google over the company’s decision to label the Gulf of Mexico as “Gulf of America” — a spat going back to February, when the Trump administration issued an executive order to rename the gulf. The order prompted some local governments and lawmakers … Read more

Trump Waffles on Raising Taxes on the Rich, Facing Pushback From His Party

Trump Waffles on Raising Taxes on the Rich, Facing Pushback From His Party

President Trump on Friday publicly waffled over whether Republicans in Congress should embrace a tax increase on the rich, underscoring his differences with members of his own party on what should be in a megabill to carry out his agenda. Mr. Trump on Wednesday had privately urged Speaker Mike Johnson to create a higher tax … Read more

The Biggest Medicaid Cut Left for House Republicans Would Hit Red States Hardest

The Biggest Medicaid Cut Left for House Republicans Would Hit Red States Hardest

For months, Republicans have been trying to figure out how to reduce Medicaid spending to help enact President Trump’s domestic agenda. But their list of possible cuts is shrinking. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that major cuts to the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion were off the table. Now, the largest cut left among … Read more