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Poll: Here’s what Americans’ affordability problems look like

Americans are struggling with affordability pressures that are squeezing everything from their everyday necessities to their biggest-ticket expenses. Nearly half of Americans said they find groceries, utility bills, health...

What Trump’s security strategy means for Europe

When President Donald Trump’s second-term national security strategy arrived last Friday, it landed like a lead balloon across the Atlantic. Yet while the unnecessarily harsh vitriol toward Europe is an American problem, the persistent shock and confusion among Europeans anytime Trump and his team say anything damning is very much a European one. For the […]

The deadly cost of Biden’s Afghan vetting failure

The horrific terrorist attack on National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe by a 29-year-old Afghan national has rightly prompted the Trump administration to order a re-vetting of all Afghan nationals who were admitted into the United States since 2021 and a reinvestigation of all immigrants from 19 nations with a high terrorism nexus, […]

Trump goads cringing Europe

President Donald Trump added insult to injury in an interview this week, calling European leaders “weak” and describing the continent as “decaying.” There was more: “I know the bad leaders,” the president said, “I know the smart ones. I know the stupid ones. You get some real stupid ones, too. But they’re not doing a […]

2028 presidential candidates should be asked about Trump’s Ukraine plan

President Donald Trump‘s peace plan for Ukraine is music to Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s ears. Trump may be sincere in his desire to end the bloodshed, but how wars end matters a great deal. By rewarding Putin’s aggression, Trump does two things that make peace far less likely in the future. First, he rewards aggression. […]

Burchett teases annual event: ’15 minutes is all you need for a dadgum Christmas party’

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) teased his annual Christmas party in a social media post Monday. “Everybody's asking about the Christmas party and asking, ‘This legit?’ You can Google it. It's 15 minutes long this year. Last year, it went to 16, but we thought it dragged on too much. But, 15 minutes,” Burchett said in...

Defense bill allows for longer use of PFAS-based foam

{beacon} Energy & Environment   The Big Story Defense bill allows for longer use of PFAS-based foam The latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) gives the Pentagon more time to use firefighting foam that contains “forever chemicals.” © Photo Credit Lawmakers on Sunday released a negotiated version of the annual defense authorization bill that...

Young voters more likely to self-identify as liberal: Survey

Young voters are more likely to identify as liberal and are increasingly critical of President Trump's job performance, new polling conducted by the Yale Youth Poll found. Forty-six percent of voters under age 30 self-identified as liberal, the Monday poll shows. his marks an increase from spring polling, which found that 39.3 percent of voters...

DC police chief stepping down amid Trump National Guard push

Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Pamela Smith announced Monday she is stepping down at the end of this year, a little more than two years after starting the D.C. role. “I am deeply humbled, grateful, and deeply appreciative of my time with the District of Columbia,” Smith said in a statement. “Serving as Chief of...

DC pipe bomb mystery begins to unfurl 

The most elusive mystery of the days surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack has for years been the two pipe bombs planted outside the Democratic and Republican National Committee offices on the eve of the riot.  Clues emerged, like the suspect’s height and the distinctive Nike shoes he wore, but pressure mounted on the FBI as nearly five years passed with no arrests — until the end of last week. Brian...

Trump says he will allow Nvidia to sell H200 chips to China

President Trump said Monday that he will allow Nvidia to sell its H200 chips to China in a key win for the chipmaker. “I have informed President Xi, of China, that the United States will allow NVIDIA to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China, and other Countries, under conditions that allow for continued...

Mace rails against House GOP leadership in New York Times op-ed: ‘Why am I even here?’

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) took a swing at House Republican leadership in a new opinion piece for The New York Times. “I came to Congress five years ago believing I could make a difference for my constituents, for South Carolina and for a country I love deeply. I was the first woman to graduate from...

European powers rally behind Ukraine after Trump lashes out at Zelensky

European powers rallied behind Ukraine on Monday after President Trump lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a day prior, accusing him of not reading the U.S.-proposed peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war.  "We stand with Ukraine," British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday as the leader was hosting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz,...

Trump’s $12 billion farm aid plan targets tariff-hit farmers

President Trump rolled out a $12 billion farm aid package Monday in an effort to take economic pressure off of the agriculture industry. "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the United States will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs,” Trump said, speaking from the...

Trump blames stalled U.S. attorney nominations on GOP, blue slips after Alina Habba exit

President Trump cast blame on members of his own party Monday for halting some of his U.S. Attorney nominations — most recently for his former personal lawyer, Alina Habba. Habba announced earlier Monday she would step down as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor after a panel of federal appeals court judges ruled she was unlawfully...

Dimon: ‘Inflation is there and maybe not going down’

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said inflation may persist through the coming year, but that the stock market could remain at near-historic highs as well. Dimon gave his assessment of the “broader macro story” for the 2026 economy in an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” this weekend. “In the short run, it looks...

Patient accused of stabbing social worker to death inside California hospital

A 31-year-old social worker was stabbed to death inside Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital late last week, a tragic incident that some officials have criticized as “predictable and preventable.”  

A Kentucky professor’s free speech is no defense for antisemitism

He may well win his case on First Amendment grounds, but that will not absolve him of antisemitism. 

57 percent of voters say Trump is losing battle against inflation: Poll

More than half of voters say President Trump is losing the battle against inflation amid concerns about affordability under his administration, according to a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday. The poll found 57 percent of voters, including 21 percent of Republicans, thought the president is losing against inflation, though the figure is down slightly from...

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