The Education Department announced Friday that it found George Mason University in violation of Title VI due to “unlawful DEI policies.” The department said George Mason University (GMU) used race and other immutable characteristics in hiring and promotion practices at the institution. “In 2020, University President Gregory Washington called for expunging the so-called ‘racist vestiges’...
President Trump said Friday he would fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook over allegations she committed mortgage fraud if she does not resign, which Cook has indicated she will not do. "Yeah, I'll fire her if she doesn't resign. What she did was bad. So I’ll fire her if she doesn’t resign," Trump told reporters...
Heading into the Jackson Hole Economic Summit, investors focused on how Jerome Powell’s message might differ from his assessment of the economy at the July Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Powell indicated then that the decision to keep the federal funds rate unchanged at 4.25 to 4.50 percent reflected the Fed’s view that labor market conditions were...
The FBI's raid at the home of President Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton is drawing renewed attention to the president's past criticism of the former official.
President Trump said Friday he was not given advance notice of an FBI search of former national security adviser John Bolton's home but criticized his former aide as a "low life" and suggested he could be "very unpatriotic." “He’s not a smart guy. But he could be a very unpatriotic guy. We’re going to find...
GOP state lawmakers in Texas are slated to approve new voting maps on Friday after California passed a dueling plan, teeing up a national redistricting war ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) lauded the adoption of an upcoming special election to redraw voting maps, which was prompted by GOP-led efforts in...
The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country announced a pledge of $40 million in donations that will go directly toward housing assistance for people impacted by the July 4 floods.
Alina Habba, the acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, knocked Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Thursday, after a federal judge ruled she lacks the authority to serve as the Garden State’s top federal prosecutor. “Number one, I was the nominee to become the U.S. attorney. And [Democratic New Jersey Sens.] Cory Booker and Andy Kim,...
Young Democrats are excited about socialism. They are rallying behind mayoral candidates like Zohran Mamdani in New York and Omar Fateh in Minneapolis, as though these democratic socialist politicians have something new to sell. They do not.
