Americans think cash rules more of the political system than it should — a concern that crosses party lines as midterm spending is projected to once again shatter records....
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that the U.S. was sending the “first humanitarian shipment” to Cuba to help residents recovering from Hurricane Melissa. “We are working with the Catholic Church and partners to ensure aid reaches the Cuban people directly – not the illegitimate regime,” Rubio wrote on the social platform X....
A fight over whether stablecoin holders can receive reward payments has taken center stage in a push to secure bipartisan support for a key cryptocurrency market bill and advance the legislation out of the Senate Banking Committee. Despite initially being addressed in the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin President Trump bill signed into law in July,...
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee praised Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell amid the investigation into his handling of the central bank’s renovation. “I consider Chair Powell to be a first-ballot hall of fame Fed chair,” Goolsbee told NPR in an interview published Wednesday. “And if we're going to get into a circumstance where...
Five years later, debates over conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — and attempts to shift blame away from former President Trump — are more than alive and well in Congress: They’re being institutionalized in a Republican-run House panel. The Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6 held...
The Trump administration reportedly sent out notices late on Tuesday announcing they were cutting hundreds of grants funding mental health and addiction services. NPR reported Wednesday that several programs were informed late on Tuesday that their federal funding through the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) had been cut after officials determined...
An overwhelming majority of Americans say they do not back U.S. military intervention in Iran amid its crackdown on antigovernment protesters, according to new polling from Quinnipiac University released Wednesday. The poll found that 7 in 10 respondents believe the U.S. should not become involved in Iran, while 18 percent said they favor intervention. Twelve...
The State Department announced on Wednesday that it is pausing the processing of visas from dozens of countries as it seeks to screen out immigrants who will rely on welfare programs. “The State Department will pause immigrant visa processing from 75 countries whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates,” the department...
The House on Wednesday advanced a two-bill package to fund large parts of the government, teeing up a final vote later in the day. The lower chamber voted 213-210 on the rule governing the spending package, which sets up debate and a vote on final passage. The legislation provides roughly $76 billion to fund the Department of...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says President Trump has the least healthy eating habits of anyone in his administration but praised the commander in chief for what he described as his remarkable stamina nonetheless. In an interview released Tuesday on “The Katie Miller Podcast,” Kennedy pointed to the president when asked...
Protesters faced off with federal officers in Minneapolis on Tuesday as tensions in the city remained high six days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a 37-year-old American citizen, Renee Good, in her vehicle. Video footage shows officers deploying tear gas and pushing back on demonstrators, who took to the...
Personnel stationed at a U.S. military base in Qatar targeted by Iran last summer were advised to leave by Wednesday evening as a precautionary measure amid escalating tensions in the region, according to a U.S. official who spoke with The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. The official declined to go into specifics about...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told The Associated Press in an interview published Wednesday that he and other Democrats are expecting President Trump to interfere with the 2026 midterm elections. "We share [those fears], and we already have teams of both senators and lawyers looking at every way that Trump could try to screw...
