Former President Barack Obama‘s former adviser, David Axelrod, tried to jab at President Donald Trump‘s foreign policy yesterday but ended up throwing his old boss under the bus. “Amazing that in a matter of days we’ve gone from ‘this is not our operation’ to ‘we own the skies over Iran,’” Axelrod posted on Tuesday. “With […]

Solar stocks plunged on Tuesday after the Senate released its version of what President Donald Trump has called the “big, beautiful bill.” While some anti-growth carveouts remain, one of its strongest reforms is how it begins to unwind former President Joe Biden’s green energy subsidies. This shift marks a long-overdue correction, ending an era where […]

The Federal Reserve downgraded its projections for U.S. economic performance this year, along with several primary economic indicators. The U.S. central bank sees lower economic growth, higher unemployment and higher prices amid major changes in U.S. trade policy and worsening geopolitical tensions. U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2025 was pulled down to a...

Trump administration cuts to climate research and federal weather forecasting agencies are blinding the U.S. to oncoming threats to its food supply — and kneecapping efforts to protect it. As Congress debates its own research and forecasting cuts, a study published in Nature on Wednesday suggests that fossil fuel-driven climate change poses an existential threat...

Congress is unlikely to take a meaningful vote to authorize force. And the presidency has become a singular center of foreign policy over the decades.

State governments are essential for building the United States’ AI governance infrastructure.

North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis (R) on Wednesday criticized the forceful removal of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) from a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press conference last week, while also critiquing his “inappropriate” behavior. Tillis said the incident, which followed a handful of escalations with Democratic lawmakers, was “disgusting” during a speech on the floor. ...

Juneteenth, a more recent federal holiday, is dedicated to celebrating the freedom of formerly enslaved Black people. Events take place across the country on June 19 to commemorate the day in 1865 when the last slaves in Texas were notified of the Emancipation Proclamation, which marked an official end to the U.S. Civil War. This year,...

The head of the federal agency responsible for overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac called Wednesday for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to resign if the central bank did not cut rates that day. In a Wednesday post on social media, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte accused Powell of refusing to do...

An Israel-linked group appears to have hacked Iran’s largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, transferring more than $90 million out of crypto wallets, according to the blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. The Israeli hacking group, known as Gonjeshke Darande or Predatory Sparrow, claimed early Wednesday that they had conducted cyberattacks against Nobitex, just one day after claiming responsibility...