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What is TikTok shop, and where does all the stuff come from?

Where can you buy a new pair of trendy sunglasses, an influencer-branded skincare line and a foldable chair that fits in your palm (for 27 cents!)? TikTok Shop, the online marketplace where you can buy useful kitchen tools or useless tchotchkes with a quick click, is increasingly where folks are spending their money.

Bessent warns tariff will return to ‘Liberation Day’ rates if negotiations aren’t in good faith

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday warned that the reciprocal tariffs on trading partners could go back to the rate slapped on them on "Liberation Day" last month if they don't engage in good faith negotiations. “I think that it would be the April 2nd level,” Bessent said on NBC’s “Meet the Press with Kristen...

Some states issue bounty on handsome yet smelly tree

While it can produce stunning blooms, this tree's odor has been compared to dead fish, vomit, and urine, to name just a few undesirable things.

Yes, Harvard had it coming — but Trump’s ‘fix’ is still unconstitutional

Harvard University has a history of undermining free speech and academic freedom, but the Trump administration's response of freezing its federal funding is unlawful and unconstitutional.

Zelensky sheds details on meeting with Vance, Rubio in Rome after Russia peace talks stall

Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelensky shared details on his meeting with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Rome on Sunday.

Republicans ready late-night session on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ after GOP mutiny

House Republicans are working through disagreements over a number of issues this weekend to pass President Donald Trump's sweeping budget bill.

Trump’s idea to make Americans have babies again gets mixed reviews from experts

The Trump administration has floated $5,000 baby bonuses for new parents, amid a struggling birthrate.

Trump has a chance to stop Iran

The fourth round of talks concluded last weekend between the United States and Iran, and the world is at a critical juncture. Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, is weakened and cornered. The United States is currently in “expert-level” talks with Iran regarding its nuclear program, but this apparent opening comes with danger. This is not […]

Republicans are right to reform Medicaid

House Republicans held the mark-up last week for their reconciliation package, which includes several significant reforms to Medicaid, the federal-state entitlement that provides health benefits to roughly one in five Americans. The package is not perfect. But it would restore some measure of fiscal sanity to the program by, among other things, reining in the […]

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