Consumer expectations for inflation popped to their highest levels in more than a year, threatening to become unanchored on the heels of strong economic performance in recent months. Inflation expectations for the year ahead increased to 4.3 percent in February from 3.3 percent in January, according to the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey released...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) on a new podcase is accusing his own party of being “toxic,” while suggesting it may be unable to win over white male voters. The senator in an appearance on the Somebody’s Gotta Win podcast said Democrats have talked down to voters, and they are seeing that boomerang on them. “I...
Tom Homan, President Trump's “border czar,” is seething after an immigration raid in a suburb of Denver was allegedly leaked, allowing targets in the Venezuela-linked Tren de Aragua (TDA) gang to escape. “This isn’t a game. We know that TDA is dangerous,” Homan said Thursday in a statement to reporters outside the White House. “Everybody...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) left the door open to running for Senate or Georgia governor, during an interview on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Politically Georgia” podcast Thursday. “Of course I’m considering all possibilities. No decisions have been made, but I would be telling a lie if I didn’t say I wasn’t considering it,” she told the podcast...
Every time we pay our best talent to leave through poorly planned buyouts, we’re not saving money. We’re paying premium prices to create expertise gaps that cost much more to fill.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) on Thursday announced the suspension of a Biden-era electric vehicle (EV) charging network, the latest in a series of moves by the Trump administration to gut its predecessors’ energy and environmental moves. In an FHA letter to state transportation directors, the administration said the Department of Transportation (DOT) is rescinding...
Multiple members of Congress were denied entry to the Department of Education on Friday, according to videos and social media posts from lawmakers. “They are blocking members of Congress from entering the Department of Education! Elon is allowed in and not the people? ILLEGAL,” Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said in a post on the...
President Trump on Friday called for a review of federal funding to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and for a halt on spending to groups that “undermine the national interest.” “The United States Government has provided significant taxpayer dollars to [NGOs], many of which are engaged in actions that actively undermine the security, prosperity, and safety of...
The U.S. economy added 143,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 4 percent in January, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. The January jobs report, which covered the final month of former President Biden's term, was largely in line with expectations. Economists expected the U.S. to have added roughly 170,000 jobs...
Americans are witnessing a naked power grab that would shred the Constitution’s checks and balances, rob Congress of its most important powers, neuter the courts and create the imperial presidency that Richard Nixon dreamt of long ago.
Rep. Val Hoyle (D-Ore.) said Thursday that she is leaving the House Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus due to frustration with tech billionaire Elon Musk and his perceived access to sensitive data. “Fundamentally, I don’t see how we can do this work when Elon Musk is blowing things up," Hoyle said in an interview...
Rescue operations are underway Friday after a small plane with 10 people went missing over Alaska’s Norton Sound shoreline — an inlet of the Bering Sea. The aircraft owned by Bering Air Caravan was en route from Unalakleet to Nome on Thursday afternoon with nine passengers and a pilot onboard according to the Alaska Department...
