The federal budget deficit ballooned to $2 trillion in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, compared to $1.8 trillion last year, according to a new report.
New records released by the Secret Service detailed how a member of Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, carried a loaded gun past a Secret Service screening checkpoint last year when President Trump was at the club.
President Trump honored leading technology CEOs on Thursday with medals honoring achievements in science and technology, dubbing them pioneers in America's "Golden Age" and the backbone of the emerging artificial intelligence field.
A federal judge said he'll decide by Tuesday whether to issue a long-term pause on President Trump's banishment of three news outlets that he claims pose a national security risk.
President Donald Trump's administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H-1B visas as it accuses the company of fraud.
President Trump is scheduled to present Elon Musk with the National Medal of Science on Thursday, an honor that several people familiar with their relationship say reflects a reconciliation after last year's bitter falling-out.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore declined to commit to serving a full four-year second term if reelected in November, sidestepping yes-or-no questions during a debate.
The family of a man shot dead by an immigration enforcement agent in the Chicago area last year moved to sue the government on Thursday for a shooting that they allege was unlawful and could have been prevented, according to attorneys for the family.
IN GOP MIDTERM CALCULATION, AVOIDING THE UNTHINKABLE. Republican politicos, and everyday voters, too, are inundated with predictions of disaster in the upcoming midterm elections. And indeed, the outlook for the party keeping the House is not good. The outlook for holding the Senate is better — iffy but possible. The big factors in determining midterm […]
After falling by 4% in the first full fiscal year of Donald Trump’s second term, the federal budget deficit surged 12% to an eyewatering $1.99 trillion in FY 2026. As Art Laffer, the creator of the eponymous Laffer Curve, insisted, the sweeping tax cuts of 2025’s One Big Beautiful Bill did not decrease federal revenue. […]
High diesel gas prices continue to hamper the nation on Thursday despite President Donald Trump’s recent executive order to suspend “diesel fuel tax payment obligations” to help mitigate the expensive current costs for diesel fuel. The national average price for a gallon of diesel has soared in recent months, hurting many truckers, farmers, and other […]
