William Beach, the former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics who was nominated by Trump during his first term, has condemned the firing of his successor.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order slapping tariffs on many of America’s trading partners but the new duties are set to go into effect in seven days.
Trump also continues to face questions over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and his relationship with the accused sex trafficker.
On the foreign policy front, Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee are traveling to Gaza on Friday to inspect aid sites amid reports of starvation in the war-torn enclave.
Trump threw cold water on a potential deal between Democrats and Republicans that would move a block of president’s nominees across the floor in exchange for the White House unfreezing some of the funds it’s been withholding.
Trump said on social media Saturday the potential agreement would be «embarrassing to the Republican Party.»
«Tell Schumer, who is under tremendous political pressure from within his own party, the Radical Left Lunatics, to GO TO HELL! Do not accept the offer, go home and explain to your constituents what bad people the Democrats are, and what a great job the Republicans are doing, and have done, for our Country.
