President Trump is under fire for comments suggesting the civil rights movement harmed white Americans, remarks that have drawn sharp condemnation from civil rights groups who say he is rewriting history and downplaying the struggle against segregation and racist violence.
Trump is also promoting an economic populist message, vowing to push down credit‑card interest rates and take on big banks, even as consumer advocates question how much authority the White House really has to force lenders to cut rates.
On foreign policy, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine has joined Chuck Schumer, Rand Paul, and Adam Schiff in sponsoring a privileged Senate resolution to block Trump from engaging in further hostilities against Venezuela without explicit authorization from Congress. The measure needs only a simple majority and is set for a vote next week, highlighting a bipartisan effort to reassert Congress’s war‑powers role.
All this comes in the midst of Venezuelan opposition leader MarÃa Corina Machado met Trump at the White House and handed him her Nobel Peace Prize medal, a gesture the Norwegian Nobel Committee says violates rules that make the prize non‑transferable. Photos show Trump proudly displaying the medal, while critics in Norway and online call the episode “unbelievably embarrassing” and accuse Machado of cheapening the award to curry favor with the president.