Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday the magnitude of President Trump's April 2 "Liberation Day" tariffs forced the central bank to take its time instead of bowing to the White House and cutting interest rates sooner.
President Trump threatened Tuesday to sic the Department of Government Efficiency on its former leader, Elon Musk, after the billionaire businessman denounced Mr. Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" tax cut and spending package.
President Trump joked Tuesday that the Department of Homeland Security will have to teach detainees how to avoid scaly reptiles, as he left the White House to visit Florida's new "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention facility.
As is typical when it comes to the minimum wage, Democrats in Chicago have managed to create new problems while trying to solve a problem that did not exist. Chicago has a “restaurant crisis,” according to a Chicago Tribune editorial. The city is in the process of eliminating its tipped minimum wage for restaurant workers and raising their minimum wage to match the rest […]
There is a popular phrase about “lies, damned lies, and statistics.” The last of those three has become a particular favorite of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) as he tries to shed the soft-on-crime label he has earned himself and the state of California. Newsom has been on a yearslong kick of lambasting Republicans on social […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) cheered the Senate’s decision Tuesday to remove a provision from Republicans’ sweeping tax bill that would have barred states from regulating artificial intelligence (AI), calling it a “huge win for federalism.” Despite initially voting for the House version of the bill containing the AI moratorium, Greene has since become a...
The Trump administration and Florida leaders are moving forward with a plan to build a detention facility on a remote site in the Everglades to hold undocumented migrants awaiting deportation, with the facility expected to cost $450 million a year.
The controversial former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) has lost his second attempt at a political comeback, losing the Democratic nomination for a seat on the New York City Council, Decision Desk HQ projects. He was defeated by state Assembly member Harvey Epstein. Weiner and Epstein were part of a five-person race for the Democratic nomination...
Rep. Byron Donalds’s (R-Fla.) gubernatorial campaign said Tuesday it has raised a whopping $22 million since the congressman entered the race in February. Donalds currently has more than $20 million in cash on hand, according to his campaign. Axios was the first to report on the fundraising haul. Donalds is widely seen as the front-runner...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) labeled the process that brought her to vote for the GOP’s gargantuan tax and spending package “agonizing” and said she hopes more is done to improve the bill, including through both the Senate and House going to conference to finalize it. Murkowski told reporters after the vote that she "struggled mightily"...
Chocolate candies that were sold in multiple states are being recalled over the potential presence of an undeclared milk allergen, which could cause a "serious or life-threatening" reaction to people who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk.
Top Utah officials are suing Snap Inc., which owns the social media platform Snapchat, and accusing it of creating an algorithm that makes the app addicting to children, as well as enabling the illegal sales of drugs and sexual exploitation. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox and state Attorney General Derek Brown filed the lawsuit Monday, saying Snap...
Senate Democrats are starting to pick up the pieces after Republicans muscled President Trump's “big, beautiful bill” through the upper chamber Tuesday, with Vice President Vance breaking a tie vote to send the mammoth legislation back to the House. “This bill is bad. It’s bad economically. It’s bad morally. This bill is just wrong,” Sen....
