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Trump is fixing the housing crisis Biden created

The Biden administration had a simple explanation for why housing became unaffordable: blame the landlords. As prices climbed and buyers were squeezed out, officials and allies avoided harder questions about inflation, interest rates, and supply. The Trump administration is now moving in a different direction. In late April, it announced that the Federal Housing Administration, […]

Trump is stepping carefully into the weeds of marijuana legalization 

He described marijuana as a "very complicated subject" and noted that he had concerns about its broader impact.

Senate Republican on Trump ballroom push: ‘We have $39 trillion of debt’

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is pushing back on a proposal to spend as much as $400 million in taxpayer money to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White House, arguing that Congress needs to rein in its deficit spending at a time of historically high national debt. Scott told NBC News on Monday evening that...

The Movement: Where the GOP-labor relationship goes after Chavez-DeRemer’s exit

Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s exit as Labor secretary last week amid a wave of misconduct allegations is raising questions about the fledgling coalition between Republicans and labor. The next moves from the administration and from Republicans more broadly will determine whether the political alliance and appeal to union workers that boosted President Trump in 2024 has fizzled out, or...

Madness: Claims the shooting was staged expose a conspiracy theory crisis

What happened on Saturday was no conspiracy. It was a potential tragedy fueled by a cultural fixation on conspiracy theories and prevented by the quick actions of the Secret Service. 

Kimmel: ‘Widow’ joke was based on Trump age, not ‘call to assassination’

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is pushing back after President Trump and first lady Melania Trump demanded he be fired over an “expectant widow” joke made days before the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner. The comedian clarified that the quip was about their age difference, not a call to violence. “It was a very light...

Royalty still has a special quality

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are undertaking the first state visit to the United States by a British monarch in nearly 20 years, in a time of political tension between the two countries, and the visit is seen as an important tool of diplomacy to improve relations.

US-UK friction forms backdrop to King’s speech

In today’s issue: Tensions between the U.S. and the United Kingdom are simmering as King Charles III prepares to address Congress today, from President Trump’s frustrations toward NATO amid the Iran war to tumult in bilateral trade. Eyes will be on how the king seeks to alleviate these strains, and how much — directly or...

Mark Zuckerberg could do more to stop online child sexual abuse, but he doesn’t 

Until Zuckerberg changes his priorities, children will be abused on his platforms.

Johnson hits mounting roadblocks in race to reopen DHS

The weekend shooting at a press gala attended by President Trump is creating new headaches for House GOP leaders as they scramble to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ahead of a looming freeze on employee pay. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his leadership team were already laboring to adopt a budget blueprint this...

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