What Trey Gowdy Leaving Means for Republican Party
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection. The decision comes one day after President Trump's first State of the Union. Republican political strategist Rick Wilson explains what this means for the Republican party, and shares his top moments from the SOTU.
"Frankly I think a lot of the Trump folks were expecting him to stay there," said Wilson. "I think its a blow for the Trump defenders in the House."
When looking at Tuesday night's State of the Union, Wilson says Trump stayed to the teleprompter. "It wasn't a disaster, it wasn't a resounding success," said Wilson. "But at any moment he could tweet and blow up the night."
Melania Trump says it’s “heartbreaking” to see teens grapple with the fallout after they’re targeted by malicious and sexually explicit online content.
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner has stepped down from her role at the agency over Department of Government Efficiency requests.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government is not ruling out filing a civil lawsuit against Google if it maintains its stance of calling the stretch of sea between northeastern Mexico and the southeastern United States the “Gulf of America.” Sheinbaum, in her morning press conference on Thursday, said the president’s decree to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico is restricted to the “continental shelf of the United States” because Mexico still controls much of the body of water. “We have sovereignty over our continental shelf,” she said.
U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum “will not go unanswered,” European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen vowed on Tuesday, adding that they will trigger toug
President Donald Trump is hitting foreign steel and aluminum with a 25% tax. If that sounds familiar, it’s because he did pretty much the same thing during