The partial government shutdown that went into effect Saturday is throwing the fate of oversight at the Department of Homeland Security into peril, with the department’s independent watchdog warning...
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) dismissed concerns Sunday over President Trump going after Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) earlier this week, chalking it up to a friendly disagreement. The president called the Oklahoma governor a “RINO” — or a "Republican in name only" — on Wednesday after Stitt announced that the National Governors Association (NGA), which...
The cryptocurrency industry is ramping up its spending ahead of the midterm elections after accumulating a massive war chest in the wake of several key wins in 2024. The industry’s leading super PAC network, Fairshake, had more than $193 million in cash on hand at the start of 2026 and has already announced several of its targets this cycle — boosting Rep. Barry Moore...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) reiterated Sunday that he will not support Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, until the Department of Justice (DOJ) concludes its probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell. “I've tried to make it very clear that I have no intention of supporting any confirmation of any Fed board...
A Delta Air Lines flight encountered “significant turbulence” Wednesday that forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing and sent 25 people to the hospital, the airline said in a statement. The flight, DL56, departed Salt Lake City and was headed for Amsterdam when it was diverted to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for the emergency...
Inflation in the Federal Reserve's preferred measurement ticked up to a 2.6-percent annual increase in June from 2.3 percent as cost increases from President Trump’s tariffs make their way into the economy. The increase in the Commerce Department’s personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index exceeded economists’ expectations of a 2.5 percent increase. Taking out the...
The main threat to the U.S. economy stems from the unprecedented economic policy uncertainty associated with tariffs and prospective large federal budget imbalances.
President Trump on Thursday blasted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, lodging insults at the head of the central bank for opting again to not lower interest rates. “Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell has done it again!!! He is TOO LATE, and actually, TOO ANGRY, TOO STUPID, & TOO POLITICAL, to have the job of Fed Chair,”...
President Trump said early Thursday that Canada’s move to recognize a Palestinian state impedes progress on trade talks, just one day ahead of Trump’s Aug. 1 tariff deadline. “Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine,” the president wrote in a post on Truth Social shortly after midnight. “That will make...
Maryland House of Delegates member David Moon is introducing legislation to automatically redraw the state's congressional districts if another state redraws their lines more than once this decade, in response to the potential for states to manipulate election results.
Progressive veterans organization VoteVets backed two House candidates challenging Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Jeff Crank (R-Colo.) on Thursday. The group, which aims to elect Democratic veterans to public office, endorsed Eileen Laubacher, who is challenging Boebert in the state’s 4th Congressional District, and Jessica Killin in the 5th Congressional District. Both districts have large...
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) on Thursday will press West Virginia state Senator Mike Stuart (R) about how his beliefs on topics like vaccines and abortion will impact how he potentially serves as general counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services. Stuart supported a state bill that would have allowed for exemptions in West...
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that a set of new House lines proposed by Texas Republicans is "undermining the diversity that we need to have" in Congress. “Let me just say that what you just described was the elimination of many minority seats in Texas, and that's unfortunate, because the gerrymandering that...
