Israel agrees to Trump-led 60-day ceasefire proposal for Gaza, aiming to end the war and secure a hostage deal, with Qatar and Egypt delivering the final proposal to Hamas.
The DOJ is remaining silent on whether it will be pressing charges against NYC comptroller and then Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander after he allegedly assaulted a federal immigration officer.
President Trump ripped into Israel and Iran on Tuesday morning, as the outlines of a ceasefire he announced Monday took hold and quickly fell apart. “We basically, we have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f— they’re doing,” Trump told reporters at the White...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is in no hurry to lower interest rates despite multiple calls from President Trump to drop them. Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, Powell stood by recent statements that the Fed will react to changes in the data as they come in, as opposed to following a...
The Social Security trust fund is not a real asset but a paper entry of IOUs that the government must borrow to cover, meaning that the fund's current surplus is just a mirage and the future benefits are at risk.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel “refrained from additional attacks” against Iran due to a call with President Trump early Tuesday. In a thread on the social platform X, Netanyahu’s office said a ceasefire between Israel and Iran “was set for 07:00 this morning.” “At 03:00, Israel forcefully attacked in the heart of...
The behavior of ICE agents is also revealing glaring blind spots in the law, which has long been premised on the assumption that government officials mostly act in good faith.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has stated that he is not bothered by President Trump's attacks, as he believes he has developed the "Trump antibodies" and is simply trying to stay true to his beliefs.
Israel early Tuesday accused Iran of violating terms of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, shortly after it was slated to take effect, and vowed to retaliate. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, in a post on social platform X, said the nation will “respond forcefully to the violation of the ceasefire by Iran through intense strikes against regime...
A 2-year-old conservative group with a grand-sounding acronym has packed a major punch as congressional Republicans push forward the "big, beautiful bill" of President Trump’s tax cut and spending priorities. Look in the corner of the recent charts being shared in letters and social media posts from the Republican Party’s deficit hawks and you’ll see it came from the Economic Policy Innovation...
President Trump targeted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ahead of his testimony to Congress Tuesday, bashing him once again for not lowering interest rates. “‘Too Late’ Jerome Powell, of the Fed, will be in Congress today in order to explain, among other things, why he is refusing to lower the Rate. Europe has had 10...
President Trump on Tuesday unleashed on the Israelis and the Iranians, expressing his displeasure at continued fighting between the two adversaries after he announced the parameters of a ceasefire the day before. “We basically, we have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f— they’re...