Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told lawmakers Wednesday that high gas prices will not last long, but said the rate of price decreases will depend on how quickly the U.S. and Iran can end hostilities in the Middle East.
Pope Leo XIV urged Equatorial Guinea on Wednesday to work for justice and to close the gap "between the privileged and the disadvantaged," as he drew attention to the vast income inequalities and human rights abuses in the Central African country.
Bill Cassidy's roles as a lawmaker, a doctor and a political candidate will collide on Wednesday as he questions Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in two high-stakes Senate hearings.
Senate Republicans are poised to adopt a budget resolution to unlock the use of the budget reconciliation process to end the Democrats' shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security with 51 Republican votes.
Nebraska reached a consent agreement with the Department of Justice this week to stop enforcing its law allowing illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition at public colleges.
Secrecy surrounding White House security makes details hard to come by, but President Donald Trump's court fight over his $400 million ballroom casts some light on an underground bunker at the site that has had a role in history.
The Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as the leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse that wiped out billions in investor wealth.
In Washington, there’s a persistent myth that investing in disaster mitigation means choosing between environmental protection and fiscal responsibility, but in reality, the smartest solutions deliver both. Natural disasters are costly events, taking a severe financial and mental toll on the estimated 3.1 million Americans displaced each year. Given bipartisan interest in affordability, it’s time […]
Every time Americans purchase prescription drugs, they end up paying higher prices so that foreign governments can pay less. Countries such as Germany and Canada use price controls and trade tactics to force pharmaceutical companies to sell the same medications at significantly lower prices than those charged in the United States. We shoulder the costs […]
Washington’s latest antitrust skirmish says less about consumers than it does about politics. At a recent Senate hearing, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) warned that the proposed combination of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery would harm the public. It is a familiar claim among some politicians, but one that ignores the current realities of the streaming […]
An elderly woman gets a call from her grandson. Or at least, she thinks she does. He sounds panicked and says he needs money immediately. Although the voice is spot-on, it’s completely fake. Within hours, her savings are gone — wired through a maze of accounts, converted into cryptocurrency, and moved out of reach. By […]
