A district court judge has ruled in favor of four whistleblowers who said that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton retaliated against them for reporting bribery allegations, awarding his employees more than $6 million combined in damages. In her judgment, Travis County Judge Catherine Mauzy says that Paxton violated state law by firing the former employees…… MORE
U.S. President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs has triggered an escalating trade war and sent global markets plummeting. The S&P 500 fell 6% Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 5.5% and the Nasdaq composite dropped 5.8%. China announced Friday that it will impose a 34% tax on all U.S. imports next week, part…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s new tariffs mark an all-in bet that his economic vision will pay off for Americans. It’s the realization of his decades of advocacy for a protectionist foreign policy and the belief that free trade was forcing the United States into decline. The early reviews have given Democrats some hope…… MORE
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in what would be their second White House sit-down since Trump’s return to office. At the meeting Monday, the leaders are expected to focus on the latest Israeli bombardment of Gaza and new U.S. tariffs announced by…… MORE
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met British Adm. Antony Radakin and French Gen. Thierry Burkhard in Kyiv on Saturday to discuss the potential deployment of a multinational peacekeeping force to Ukraine. The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has risen to 18, including…… MORE