Former vice president Kamala Harris rules out 2026 gubernatorial bid in California while pledging continued political involvement and possible 2028 White House run.
The Russian Orthodox Church is supposed to bring people closer to God, not to Russian President Vladimir Putin. And yet, that seems to be just what the ROC is doing under Patriarch Kirill. The leader of a church with as many as 160 million adherents has declared Russia’s fight to conquer Ukraine to be a […]
On July 29, 2025, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared that the United Kingdom would recognize a State of Palestine unilaterally unless Israel and Hamas reach a ceasefire by September 2025. If terrorism is a wildfire, Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron — who announced on July 24 that France would also recognize Palestine — […]
Congress recently approved President Donald Trump’s request to claw back $9.4 billion in previously approved funding. Although the rescissions bill reflected savings from deep cuts to foreign aid, its passage does not mean the United States is, or should be, retreating from using effective soft power tools to advance American interests abroad. Trump’s military strikes […]
Inflation in the Federal Reserve's preferred measurement ticked up to a 2.6-percent annual increase in June from 2.3 percent as cost increases from President Trump’s tariffs make their way into the economy. The increase in the Commerce Department’s personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index exceeded economists’ expectations of a 2.5 percent increase. Taking out the...
The main threat to the U.S. economy stems from the unprecedented economic policy uncertainty associated with tariffs and prospective large federal budget imbalances.
President Trump on Thursday blasted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, lodging insults at the head of the central bank for opting again to not lower interest rates. “Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell has done it again!!! He is TOO LATE, and actually, TOO ANGRY, TOO STUPID, & TOO POLITICAL, to have the job of Fed Chair,”...