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 […]
A new CBS News/YouGov poll found that less than 2 in 10 respondents believe President Trump’s policies are improving their current financial situation. The poll, released Sunday, found that 18 percent of respondents believe the president’s policies are making them financially better off now, while 27 percent believe his policies will improve their financial straits...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) suggested on Sunday he would not back Vice President Vance as a hypothetical candidate for president in 2028. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” Paul cited his opposition to the Trump administration’s tariff and trade policy when asked whether he sees Vance as the so-called heir apparent to succeed...
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Sunday that President Trump will likely back legislation to send $2,000 tariff rebate checks to Americans in the new year. “I would expect that in the new year, the president will bring forth a proposal to Congress to make that happen,” Hassett told host Margaret Brennan on CBS...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Sunday he thinks it’s a “big mistake” for the Trump administration to release heavily redacted files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying the issue could now “plague them for months.” “I think it's a big mistake,” Paul said in an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” when asked...
White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Sunday that the United States is “going to see the biggest tax refund season of all time” in 2026. “There's so much good news in the new year, because you're going to see the biggest tax refund season of all time. The 'big, beautiful bill' was...
Congress has relinquished its constitutional authority to declare war by refusing to pass resolutions requiring congressional authorization for military operations against Venezuela, allowing the president to initiate military hostilities without debate or oversight.
President Trump is imposing collective punishment on millions of people around the world in response to deadly shootings, despite numerous studies showing that immigrants are far less likely to commit crimes than people born in the U.S.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that he wishes for a Russia-Ukraine war peace deal “that would prevent a third invasion,” likely referencing the 2014 and 2022 Russian incursions on Ukrainian territory. “Listen, we've made great progress between Ukraine, Europe and the United States to come up with a proposal that would end the war....
Anti-abortion voices are growing increasingly impatient for the Trump administration to complete a review of the abortion pill mifepristone, potentially altering its approval. But changing abortion access at the federal level could imperil an already vulnerable GOP in the upcoming midterms. While on the campaign trail, President Trump played his cards close to the...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Sunday that former President Clinton “should address” questions surrounding files linked to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Former President Bill Clinton is featured prominently in the first batch, as I was just discussing now. To be very clear, NBC News does not know the full context behind these images,...
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said he would leave it to the American people to decide whether they blame Republicans for the lapse in enhanced ObamaCare subsidies at the end of the year, but he defended GOP efforts to strike a deal on the issue in recent weeks. In an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday called for an investigation into the heavily redacted files related to Jeffrey Epstein released on Friday, saying it appears the Justice Department has fallen “short of what the law requires.” In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” the Democratic leader noted that the Epstein Files Transparency...
