MATTHEW RICE

MATTHEW RICE

Washington, D.C.
Matthew Rice is the Washington Correspondent of The New York Sun.

Mr. Rice, based in the nation’s capital, covers current events in politics.

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Politics

Poll Suggests Tariffs Now Above Immigration as Voters’ Chief Concern After Trump’s ‘Liberation Week’ Market Turmoil

Seven in ten Americans now say they are either very or somewhat concerned about the president’s import tax plan.

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Justice

Trump Administration Tells Judge They’re Powerless To Bring Home Kilmar Abrego Garcia From Salvadoran Mega-Prison

The president of El Salvador said in the Oval Office on Monday that he would not return Mr. Abrego to his family in Maryland.

AP/Jose Luis Magana
Politics

Ro Khanna Tries To Redefine Vance as a Tool of Silicon Valley’s ‘Economic Royalists’ Ahead of 2028

Silicon Valley’s congressman says a class of ‘economic royalists’ is lining up behind the vice president.

AP/Sue Ogrocki
Opinion (Columnists)

Welcome to Washington: Trump’s ‘One, Big Beautiful Bill’ Is Already on Life Support

A revolt from conservative House lawmakers this week shows the near impossibility of getting the legislation over the finish line.

AP/J. Scott Applewhite
Foreign

Trump Set To Meet With ‘World’s Coolest Dictator’ as More Migrants Are Flown to El Salvador’s Super-Max Prison

The Trump administration is now locked in a high-profile legal battle with attorneys for a Maryland man mistakenly shipped to a prison in Central America.

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Politics

‘Fight Oligarchy’: Democrats Use Two-Week Congressional Recess To Go on Offense Against Team Trump

Locked out of power at Washington, Democrats are trying an aggressive Tea Party-like campaign that conservatives are ridiculing as disingenuous at best.

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