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The Iranians can’t be allowed to string us along much longer

You can credit President Donald Trump with taking extreme risks for the sake of a possible peace, but we fear he’s simply putting off the inevitable by giving Tehran...

The economic secret Gavin Newsom doesn’t want you to know

Gavin Newsom likes to talk about how California keeps getting richer, as he campaigns...

Virginia voters give Dems big win in the gerrymandering wars

Virginia voters on Tuesday approved Democrats’ effort to gerrymander the state, giving the party...

Kevin Warsh and Green Central Banking

There is nothing the Fed should or could do about rising insurance costs based...

Iranian delegation arrives in Islamabad for US talks

The Iranian delegation has arrived in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad ahead of high-stakes negotiations with the U.S. on Saturday regarding the fragile ceasefire reached by the two countries this week. Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry shared video footage on the social platform X of Tehran’s representatives stepping off a plane and greeting officials on the...

Macron invites Trump to Palace of Versailles dinner

French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly invited President Trump to a dinner at the Palace of Versailles following the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) summit in June.  France will host this year’s G7 summit, an annual forum among the leading industrialized democracies of the world to collaborate on global policy, in the French town Évian-les-Bains June...

EPA tells some scientific research staffers to relocate

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making some of its staffers relocate and reassigning an even larger share of employees as part of its efforts to reorganize its scientific research. The agency is reassigning a total of 124 staffers, 35 of whom are being asked to relocate. The move comes as the Trump administration seeks...

Prediction markets ramp up DC messaging

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Prediction markets ramp up DC messaging Prediction markets are making their presence known in Washington with eye-catching advertising and events, as the platforms face growing criticism from lawmakers concerned about insider trading and markets linked to war and death. © Allison Robbert, Associated Press Kalshi launched an ad...

Krugman on Hassett economic growth projections: ‘We haven’t had that in generations’

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman on Thursday slammed National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett's statement that President Trump’s policies will create a golden age and cause the economy to grow by 4 to 5 percent this year. Hassett, Trump’s top economic advisor, made the statement on Thursday during an interview on Fox Business' Mornings with...

Almost 6 in 10 still say taxes too high: Gallup

A new poll found that most Americans say they pay too much in taxes, a metric that has remained high for the fifth year in a row. Gallup's poll released Friday shows that nearly 6 in 10 Americans, or 59 percent, said their taxes are too high. A slightly smaller portion at 37 percent said...

Watch live: Artemis II crew to splash down after lunar flyby mission

The Artemis II crew is set to return home Friday, with the four astronauts completing their 10-day trip to the moon and back after they traveled farther into space than any human in history. The crew — Cmdr. Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency mission specialist Jeremy Hansen — embarked on the lunar flyby mission on...

Comer responds to Melania Trump: ‘We will have hearings’ with Epstein victims

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) committed on Friday to holding hearings with victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as part of his committee's ongoing probe, a day after first lady Melania Trump called on Congress to let them testify. “I’ve always planned on having hearings with the victims,” Comer...

Kerry: Trump’s Iran posts sound like ‘prelude to becoming one of the greatest war criminals in history’

Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday denounced President Trump's threatening posts about Iran as sounding like the "prelude to becoming one of the greatest war criminals in history." Kerry told MS NOW's Jen Psaki on "The Briefing" that the president's Truth Social posts –– an expletive-laden post on Sunday and a Tuesday threat...

Greene on whether she considers herself a Republican: ‘I don’t really know’

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she’s unsure whether she still considers herself a Republican following months of dispute with President Trump and the GOP.  “I don’t really know if I do consider myself one right now,” Greene told Politico's Dasha Burns on "The Conversation," referring to her longstanding political affiliation as a Republican....

Gallego, Kelly demand end to Trump administration’s Arizona 2020 election probe

Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly (D) and Ruben Gallego (D) are demanding that the Trump administration immediately end its investigation into the state’s 2020 election results. The Democratic lawmakers urged new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin to end the probe in a Thursday letter.  The senators also shared the request with acting Immigration...

Greenland PM pushes back on Trump crack: ‘We are not some piece of ice’

Greenland’s prime minister pushed back on Thursday against President Trump’s latest slight on the Arctic territory and urged NATO countries to uphold international law amid tensions between the U.S. and the transatlantic alliance over Iran. Trump has become increasingly frustrated with European allies over their reluctance to support the joint U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran,...

Court allows Meta youth addiction lawsuit to proceed in Massachusetts

A Massachusetts high court ruled Friday that the state attorney general's social media addiction case against Meta Platforms can move forward. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled the case can proceed as Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell's (D) case targets Meta's alleged conduct in designing a social media platform, rather than the content posted...

DC pipe bomb suspect not covered by Trump Jan. 6 pardon: DOJ

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking a judge to deny a motion of dismissal made by the man suspected of planting two pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., on the eve of Jan. 6, 2021, after the defendant argued he should be exempt from his charges under President Trump’s related pardons.  Brian Cole Jr. faces...

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