The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, deciding against a hike days before midterm elections that pivot on inflation and affordability concerns.
President Trump's short-lived former press secretary, Katie Zacharia, says the media and D.C. politics are to blame for her being ousted from the role.
In today's issue: ▪ Uncertainty prevails in Israel elections ▪ Fed's final rate decision before midterms ▪ CDC deputy director stepping down ▪ Bolsonaro flees Brazil for U.S. As returns are steadily being reported in Israel's critical parliamentary elections, one thing is becoming clear: there's uncertainty ahead. The coalition of parties led by Israeli Prime...
Journalist Charbel A. Antoun argues that President Trump's Iran pause lacks measurable diplomatic goals regarding uranium accounting, inspection access, and shipping protocols, potentially serving as a mere calendar delay rather than true diplomacy.
A popular plant-based butter has been recalled due to yeast, mold and E. coli, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now assigned it a risk level.
President Trump is headed for a showdown with Democrats and members of his party after Election Day over Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s future leadership of the Pentagon, the Iran war and the Russia-Ukraine war. Democrats are stepping up their demands that Trump fire Hegseth after the midterm elections and warning they won’t support funding...
Federal Reserve officials will decide whether to raise interest rates again on Wednesday, as persistent inflation strains Americans ahead of the midterm elections. Annual inflation was 3.7 percent in September, according to the consumer price index (CPI). That marked an increase from 3.4 percent in August and showed inflation remains entrenched in the economy amid...
A bruising midterm election for Republicans could complicate Congress’s next government funding fight, as lawmakers return to Washington facing uncertainty over how President Trump will respond to potential GOP losses. Congress has passed a stopgap measure, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), to keep the government funded through Dec. 11. Lawmakers in both parties...
The floodgates are about to open in the 2028 presidential race. For the last year, a parade of would-be candidates has quietly — and sometimes unabashedly — tested the waters for a White House bid, traveling to a string of early voting states while meeting with donors and trying out a message with the electorate. Once...
Silicon Valley is bracing for a firestorm of scrutiny should Democrats take control of Congress next year, underscoring how the industry’s efforts to get on President Trump’s good side last year became a political liability. After two years of a GOP-controlled House and Senate, Democratic lawmakers are expected to bring the heat on tech firms,...
FBI agents raided a California home as part of an investigation into former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Tuesday, adding to a rapidly lengthening list of law enforcement actions that have a political component, just one week before the midterm elections. The day before, it emerged that the Department of Justice (DOJ) was seeking, for...
Super PAC Guardrails Alliance will launch a digital ad campaign Wednesday seeking to tie Ohio Sen. Jon Husted (R)'s past support for data centers to campaign donations he received from tech executives like venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. The 30-second ad, first shared with The Hill, highlights Andreessen's past donations to Husted's Senate run against former...
The cost of the U.S.’s war against Iran has gone up to $47 billion, an increase of more than $3 billion since last month, as President Trump mulls launching strikes against the Islamic Republic after the U.S. midterm elections. The biggest chunk of the cost is munition replacement at $29 billion, according to an Oct....
Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) on Tuesday leaned into President Trump’s recent campaign trail comments on his physique. “The president's coming in, tomorrow, again to Ohio, third time in less than 30 days. He'll be in Chillicothe,” Husted said at a campaign event Tuesday. “Don't worry, I was in the weight room this morning working out,”...
