1987—As a result of a Seventh Circuit ruling (in American Jewish Congress v. City of Chicago), the city of Chicago no longer displays a nativity scene…
Global oil prices are likely to remain under pressure in 2026. Supply is expected to exceed demand by as much as 4 million barrels a day. The Energy Information Administration expects inventories to continue building through 2026, reinforcing downward pressure on prices. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark, is forecast to average around $51 a barrel in 2026, down […]
The Chinese Communist Party wants to be the world’s sole superpower. To achieve its vision of global dominance, China is getting help from an unexpected source: the United States. A recently published U.S. congressional report highlights how Beijing is exploiting American resources and technology. The report, titled “Containment Breach,” provides an exhaustive overview of how the […]
Whether the apparent cultural turn of early 2025 will produce lasting change remains an open question. Despite early promises from universities to scale back diversity, equity, and inclusion and recommit to open inquiry, campus life still feels stultified and defensive. As the American Enterprise Institute’s Sam Abrams wrote in the Washington Examiner this week, “beneath […]
President Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, will depart his position in January, the White House confirmed to The Hill on Thursday, as the president has renewed efforts to end Russia’s war against Kyiv. The White House did not provide any other details about the reasons for the departure of Kellogg, who elicited mixed...
Senate Democrats are introducing a bill to unwind a provision that would allow 10 of their GOP colleagues to launch lucrative lawsuits after having their phone records obtained by former special counsel Jack Smith. The “No Cash Grab Act” comes the day after the House unanimously passed legislation to strike down the provision included in the bill...
The September jobs report showed the U.S. added 119,000 jobs as the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than six weeks after it was initially set to be published. Late Wednesday, a bill forcing the release of information related to the late sex...
Former President Biden is set to make a rare public appearance Thursday to attend the funeral for former Vice President Dick Cheney in Washington. A spokesperson for the former president confirmed that he would be among the dignitaries in attendance at the Washington National Cathedral. Biden succeeded Cheney as vice president in 2009. He will...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Wednesday called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all of its documents on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following passage of legislation by Congress earlier this week. “This is a victory for the brave survivors, but it is just the beginning," Khanna told NewsNation. "Now we must keep...
The U.S. added 119,000 jobs in September as the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than six weeks after it was initially set to be published. The September jobs report, which was delayed by the federal government shutdown, showed the U.S. labor market...
New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) said he plans to talk about inflation during his Friday meeting with President Trump inside the Oval Office. “I want to just speak plainly to the president about what it means to actually stand up for New Yorkers and the way in which New Yorkers are struggling to afford...
President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act late Wednesday, which will soon propel the release of approximately 100,000 documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The legislation — introduced by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) — outlines a strict timeline for Attorney General Pam Bondi to review and...
Does anyone facing rising utility bills, higher grocery prices and bigger health insurance premiums really have the time or interest to obsess over this issue?
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter to online commerce platform Shein, expressing concern that its website was used to facilitate the sale of childlike sex dolls in the U.S. The letter, obtained by The Hill, was sent Wednesday to Shein CEO Yangtian “Chris” Xu. It was signed by 34 lawmakers 29...
Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb on Wednesday said Attorney General Pam Bondi and interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan should be disbarred over the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) case against former FBI Director James Comey. Speaking with anchor Chris Jansing on MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, Cobb said it was "shocking" that the indictment "was never properly returned," which made the...
