Consumer prices rose 0.2 in July, according to data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), as the economy braces for the full imposition of President Trump's tariffs. The latest reading of the consumer price index (CPI) showed monthly and annual inflation plateauing as declining gasoline prices wiped out increases in the costs...
President Trump’s decision to take control of the Metropolitan Police Department and deploy 800 National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., is already making a visible difference. Having spent most of Monday walking the streets, I saw and felt something the city has been missing for years — relief. Seniors who had been afraid to sit on their front...
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said Monday evening that President Trump’s unusual agreement with major chipmakers Nvidia and AMD to share some of their revenue from chip sales in China is “not a good deal.” “We've got to realize we're in an intellectual war, a technology war with China, and we're in an AI [artificial intelligence]...
President Trump’s effort to lessen crime in Washington, D.C., and launch a “beautification” effort is clashing with a long tradition of Republicans criticizing and outright writing off the nation’s cities. Republicans and conservatives for years — decades, even — had amplified the failures in cities as being the result of Democratic policies and flaunted migration...
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro warned Monday night that President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in the Washington was “just the beginning,” characterizing the crime rates in the nation’s capital as “horrific.” “President Trump has rightfully declared an emergency crisis of crime and deployed the National Guard, the ATF, the...
More Senate Democrats than ever joined Sen. Bernie Sanders in a failed vote to halt bomb and rifle sales to Israel, a moment that signaled a shift in the party's support of the Jewish State.