Posts by Kim Browne
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The Trump administration, which has made clear that it aims to slash government spending, is preparing to unveil a budget proposal as soon as next week that includes draconian cuts that would entirely eliminate some federal programs and fray the nation’s social safety net. The proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year would cut billions…
Read MoreUS: Wall Street opens higher on tariff, jobs data optimism
Published Fri, May 2, 2025 · 10:04 PM [NEW YORK] US stock indexes opened higher on Friday (May 2), as signs of a de-escalation in the trade war with China and a stronger-than-expected jobs report calmed concerns around the economic toll of tariffs. At 09:30 am ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 414.53 points,…
Read MoreTrump’s Birthday Parade Now Includes Thousands of Soldiers and Tanks
The move comes after Trump’s first choice for the ambassadorship, Representative Elise Stefanik, withdrew her name from consideration after the Republican majority in the House of Representatives became too thin. Waltz’s departure from his national security adviser post along with his deputy, Alex Wong, was announced earlier on Thursday following several scandals in the past…
Read MoreTrump’s War on “Woke” Finally Hits NPR and PBS
The move comes after Trump’s first choice for the ambassadorship, Representative Elise Stefanik, withdrew her name from consideration after the Republican majority in the House of Representatives became too thin. Waltz’s departure from his national security adviser post along with his deputy, Alex Wong, was announced earlier on Thursday following several scandals in the past…
Read MoreTrump Announces Twisted Plan to Use the IRS to Punish Harvard
The move comes after Trump’s first choice for the ambassadorship, Representative Elise Stefanik, withdrew her name from consideration after the Republican majority in the House of Representatives became too thin. Waltz’s departure from his national security adviser post along with his deputy, Alex Wong, was announced earlier on Thursday following several scandals in the past…
Read MoreTranscript: Trump Spirals as Judge He Picked Delivers Harsh New Rebuke
Litman: Yeah. But I hold out hope, again, that these Alien Enemies Act cases, given the administration basically thumbing their nose at so many different district courts … They basically had a presser in which they declared they were not abiding by the Supreme Court decision. Donald Trump has essentially admitted it in interview after…
Read MoreCICT sells stake in CapitaSpring serviced residence component for S$37.8 million
[SINGAPORE] The manager of CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT) on Friday (May 2) announced the sale of its stake in the serviced residence component of CapitaSpring. CICT owns a 45 per cent interest in Glory SR Trust, which holds the serviced residence component of the integrated development. CICT’s manager did not disclose the purchasers, but…
Read MoreCICT sells stake in CapitaSpring serviced residence component for S$126 million
[SINGAPORE] The manager of CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT) on Friday (May 2) announced the sale of its stake in the serviced residence component of CapitaSpring. CICT owns a 45 per cent interest in Glory SR Trust, which holds the serviced residence component of the integrated development. CICT’s manager did not disclose the purchasers, but…
Read MoreExxon and Chevron Report Lower Profits While Girding for Tariffs
The two largest U.S. oil companies reported their lowest first-quarter profits in years on Friday as they braced for the economic fallout from President Trump’s trade war, which has weakened consumer confidence and pushed oil prices down. U.S. crude prices slipped below $60 a barrel this week, a threshold below which many companies cannot make…
Read MoreThe Supreme Court Is Declaring War on Secularism
Roberts’s response did not so much dispute his colleague’s critique as prove it. “Justice Breyer stresses the importance of ‘government neutrality’ when it comes to religious matters, but there is nothing neutral about Maine’s program,” the chief justice opined. “The state pays tuition for certain students at private schools—so long as the schools are not…
Read MoreInside Trump’s Bizarre Campaign to Bend the Art World to His Will
Lee Greenwood, a country music singer who was reappointed to the Kennedy Center board in February, and who was previously chosen as a trustee during Trump’s first term, isn’t worried about the early turbulence. Trump wants to bring the Kennedy Center “to its former beauty,” said the singer, whose hit “God Bless the USA” has…
Read MoreAmericans Really Dislike Trump. But They’re About to Truly Hate Him.
Donald Trump did not fire any commissioners from the [Federal Trade Commission] today. Donald Trump declared that he had fired the commissioners. That is, functionally, he announced a desire that he should have the power to fire FTC commissioners and named the commissioners that he would fire if he were to have that power—a power…
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