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President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday that he did not discuss interest rate cuts with his Federal Reserve chair pick, Kevin Warsh, insisting that would be “inappropriate.”  When asked whether Warsh had committed to him that he would cut interest rates if he is confirmed, Trump said, “No, but we talk...

The Justice Department said Friday they have completed their review of the Epstein files, and will be making 3 million additional documents public. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters Friday that the tranche being released will be one of the last steps required under a bill passed by Congress and signed into law by...

CNN is blasting the Trump administration over the arrest of Don Lemon, a former host at the network who was detained after covering anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters who entered a church in Minnesota to demonstrate earlier this month. Lemon's arrest came after a judge rejected federal charges against the journalist and critic of President Trump...

The power to define who can and cannot play in a collegiate sporting event is integral to the NCAA’s ability to administer college athletics. 

A federal judge dismissed some of Luigi Mangione’s charges on Friday for allegedly gunning down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024, preventing prosecutors from seeking the death penalty. Mangione will still stand trial on his two remaining charges, which accuse him of causing Thompson’s death while stalking him. It could land him in prison for life.  The Justice Department’s (DOJ) now-defunct bid to execute him...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) did not mince words when reacting to the arrest of former CNN anchor Don Lemon by federal authorities Friday. “Are you F-ing KIDDING ME?! @Donlemonbsky has been arrested by the DOJ?! Exercising your first amendment constitutionally ‘protected’ right gets you locked up, exercising your 2nd gets you killed, and actual murder…...

Pretti was killed not for what he did but for who he was and what he represented. 

A controversial new law that could enrich some Republican senators — and a bipartisan effort to repeal the provision — is at the center of a hold by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that is delaying a vote on a funding package. Under the law, senators — but not House members — have the ability to...

President Trump threatened to levy tariffs on “any and all Aircraft” from Canada after the country stripped certification from a U.S. jet manufacturer.  In a Truth Social post Thursday, Trump said his administration would tax all Canadian aircraft sold to the U.S. until the country recertifies several products made by American manufacturing company Gulfstream Aerospace. ...

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche spoke with reporters Friday morning as the Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to work its way through files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration has received criticism over how slow the documents, required to be made public by law, have been released. DOJ officials have defended...

At least in some respects, this defense document breaks new ground.

Regional favorites, however, are vastly different.

Congress needs to exercise its oversight responsibility and take a close look at funding for the Department of Homeland Security. 

President Trump addressed his decision not to nominate National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett to chair the Federal Reserve, saying he did not want to move him from his current role.  “[There] was great speculation that highly respected Kevin Hassett was going to be named Chairman of the Fed, and a great Chairman he would...