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Trump Officially Lifts U.S. Sanctions on Syria | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-07-01 09:52
The order will remove sanctions on Syria while maintaining sanctions on the former president Assad, his associates, human rights abusers, drug traffickers, persons linked to chemical weapons activities, ISIS and their affiliates, and Iranian proxies. Um, and this is again an action that the president promised and shocked the world with in Saudi Arabia because he's committed to supporting a Syria that is stable, unified, and at peace with itself and its neighbors. I will be ordering the cessation of sanction ...
Harvard Violated Students’ Civil Rights, Trump Administration Says | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-30 20:58
The administration today formally accused Harvard of violating civil rights laws by not doing enough to fight anti-semitism. We know that the president has tal talked to us before about um Harvard potentially having a deal with administration in the coming days. Do you have an updated timeline for that.How's the negotiations going. And is more pressure needed for Harvard to take fighting anti-semitism seriously. Well, there was um quite a direct letter that was sent to Harvard this morning as you know.um th ...
Senate Starts Marathon Session for Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-30 18:08
It's been a long debate. I know people are weary, but at the end of the day, we want to get this done so this country is safer and stronger and more prosperous. [Music] The Medicaid proposal in this bill bears no resemblance to that kind of discipline and due diligence.It has no insights into how these provider tax cuts are going to be absorbed without harming people on Medicare. We're going to make sure that we fulfill the promise and then we can feel I can feel good about a bill that I'm willing to vote f ...
Supreme Court Term Wrap-Up: Answering Questions on Presidential Power and More | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-30 18:05
The Supreme Court ended its term on June 27th and we saw a number of key decisions. Our readers had some questions. Here are a few of them.Paul asks, "I am not clear on what the ruling on injunctions means. Does this not allow a president to create laws, limit rights, and impose measures unilaterally, giving the president dictatorial powers?" So certainly the court is giving the president wider discretion to act and making it more difficult for judges to limit the president's actions. That said, the preside ...
Watch: Settlers Turn on Israeli Authorities in West Bank
WSJ News· 2025-06-30 16:23
Israeli settlers in the West Bank attack Israeli security forces as they increase their raids on Palestinians, often without consequences. ...
Canada Rescinds Digital-Services Tax to Salvage U.S. Trade Talks
WSJ News· 2025-06-30 11:59
is geopolitics. Canada's been a very difficult country to deal with uh over the years. Uh you know, we hear Canada, we have a great relationship with the people of Canada, but it's been very difficult.Is there anything Canada can do to change your mind about this situation. No. They put a tax on uh companies that were American companies that they should a very very severe tax and uh yeah I guess they could remove it.They will but it I don't really I mean it doesn't matter to me. We'll continue to conduct uh ...
Two Firefighters Killed in Idaho Fire Ambush | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-30 10:03
We do believe that the uh that the suspect started the fire and we do believe that it was a ambush and it was intentional. [Music] We did lose a Celane firefighter and we did lose a firefighter from the Kumney County Fire and Rescue. We We have another firefighter that just came out of surgery.He is uh fighting for his life, but he's in stable condition. [Music] So, we have currently one dead shooter. Based on the preliminary investigation that was being conducted, keep in mind we have a we had a fire that ...
Senate Debates Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: What’s in It and What’s at Stake? | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-29 23:35
The Senate is now considering President Trump's one big beautiful bill. The legislation passed a key procedural hurdle late on Saturday night. The A's are 51, the nays are 49.The motion is agreed to. It's a 940 page piece of tax and spending legislation that came out Friday and now they're trying to go through this process of making some final changes, some final amendments. As the Senate Republicans are trying to figure this out, they're dealing with the splits in their own group over things like Medicaid, ...
Watch: Trump Talks About Tariffs, Iran and the One Big Beautiful Bill | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-29 17:17
Geopolitical & Economic Stance - The country's global image is improving [1] - Military action was taken to prevent a nation from acquiring nuclear weapons [1] - The country faces $9 trillion in debt obligations this year [1] - The government intends to address the debt by initially using short-term solutions, anticipating future interest rate reductions [1] - Trade policies will be influenced by how other countries treat the nation [1] - The country will implement tariffs ranging from 10% to 50% on goods from countries allowed to trade with the United States [1] Monetary Policy - The government expresses dissatisfaction with the current Federal Reserve leadership [1] - The government aims to appoint individuals to the Federal Reserve who will lower interest rates [1]
Trump: U.S. Will Grow Like Never Before if Tax-and-Spending Bill Passes | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-29 16:11
It's very important. If we don't have it, there's a 68% tax increase. If we don't have it, you know, the debt ceiling extension is very important.They gave a debt ceiling. The Republicans gave a debt ceiling because of the importance of doing it. They did that for the good of the country and Republicans voted for that.[Music] We're cutting 1.7%. Let's see. We're cutting Yeah.1.7% trillion. Think of it. I think I just saw the number a little while ago.$1.7% trillion. But we can grow our country so much more ...