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Affordability fact check: Trump can’t hide from higher prices

“Just after one year of President Trump, our economy is booming. Incomes are rising. Investment is soaring. Inflation has been defeated.” That verdict was proclaimed by the highest authority...

Justice Department declares Epstein review complete, as Democrats dispute compliance with law

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that, as far as the Department of Justice is concerned, its review of files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein "is over."

Johnson says no quick House vote to end partial shutdown and blames Democrats for their ICE demands

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday it will be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote, all but ensuring the partial federal shutdown will drag into the week as Democrats and Republicans debate reining in the Trump administration's sweeping immigration enforcement operations.

Deputy AG Blanche promises appeal to judge’s order to free 5-year-old and father from ICE custody

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Trump administration plans to appeal a judge's order requiring the release of a 5-year-old boy and his father who were detained by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis last week.

Senator’s blockade complicates path of Trump’s pick for Fed chairman

A Republican senator is vowing to oppose Federal Reserve nominees until a criminal inquiry into Chair Jerome Powell is resolved, creating an uncertain path for President Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh to lead the central bank.

Americans don’t have a memory of the problems with dictatorships, but we can learn 

Americans must learn from other nations that have experienced dictatorships in order to understand the consequences of desiring one, as President Trump's actions and statements suggest he may be attempting to become a dictator.

DC Mayor Bowser says National Guard has not driven crime down

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard has not contributed to weeks of lower crime rates.  Instead, during her Thursday appearance before the committee, she lauded an increase in the presence of law enforcement backing the local Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). “What has worked...

Cruz defends Charlie Kirk from Tucker Carlson attack on Israel 

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called out conservative media pundit Tucker Carlson on Wednesday for suggesting the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk shared Carlson’s critical views on Israel. “I’m getting really tired of Tucker & his cronies falsely claiming ‘Charlie agreed with me that Israel is terrible & the problem in America is all the damn...

Texas man accused of making death threats against Zohran Mamdani

He could face up to 60 years in jail for the phone calls and emails that included hateful comments about Mamdani, his family and Muslims, prosecutors said.

College advising isn’t just an educational imperative; it’s an economic one.

College advising programs are being defunded, threatening to undermine a cost-effective economic strategy that provides essential guidance to students and drives economic progress in communities, while also providing valuable professional development for recent college graduates.

Democrat calls out Trump’s nominee to Belgium for supporting convicted ‘Holocaust-denier’

Senate Democrats on Thursday criticized President Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, arguing his platforming of a convicted Belgium Holocaust denier made him unfit for the role. The Republican-controlled Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced White’s nomination on Wednesday, part of an effort to move forward more than two dozen of Trump’s ambassador and...

Trump asks Supreme Court for go-ahead to fire Fed’s Lisa Cook 

The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court Thursday to put the president’s firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud accusations into effect.  Cook participated in this week’s key vote cutting interest rates after a divided appeals panel rejected the administration’s plea to intervene beforehand.  The administration waited for the Fed’s meeting to conclude before going...

Supreme Court to hear Trump tariff arguments Nov. 5

The Supreme Court will consider whether President Trump can use emergency powers to justify his sweeping tariffs worldwide on Nov. 5, the court announced Thursday. The official scheduling of the oral arguments comes a week after the justices agreed to hear the Trump administration's appeal and fast-track the cases, which have broad implications for the...

Don’t believe the myths — the ‘one big, beautiful bill’ is a big win

The One Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law by President Donald Trump, makes significant and permanent reforms to the federal tax code and government spending, resulting in tax savings for American families, strengthened Medicaid, increased border security, and reduced federal spending.

Federal judge issues new block on deportations of unaccompanied Guatemalan minors 

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s plans to send unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country, writing that the government’s insistence that it came at parents’ request “crumbled like a house of cards.” Immigration lawyers raced to court in the middle of the night as the administration took steps to swiftly send...

Trump says Kimmel ‘fired because he had bad ratings’

President Trump on Thursday claimed late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel had his show taken off the air "because he had bad ratings," shrugging off a question about whether it was an attack on free speech. A reporter with ITV in the United Kingdom asked Trump during a joint press conference with British Prime...

Obama on Kimmel: Trump administration taking cancel culture ‘to a new and dangerous level’

Former President Obama condemned President Trump’s comments Thursday celebrating the removal of Jimmy Kimmel’s show from various networks after the comedian joked about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against...

Top Democrats call for Brendan Carr’s resignation in wake of Kimmel suspension

House Democratic leaders called for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr to resign Thursday after ABC announced it would stop airing “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” due to the host’s remarks about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. ABC’s decision to pull Kimmel’s show came shortly after Carr threatened during a podcast interview to revoke...

Starbucks workers sue over dress code

Starbucks workers took legal action against their employer on Wednesday, accusing the company of breaking the law by implementing a new dress code but allegedly refusing to reimburse employees for the associated expenses. Class-action lawsuits were filed in Illinois and Colorado on Wednesday. Workers also filed complaints with California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency, saying...

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