House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and other top Democrats will give remarks Tuesday morning on the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision. The 2022 ruling overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the federal right to abortion. Since the decision was announced, at least 12 states have implemented total abortion...
President Trump ripped into Israel and Iran on Tuesday morning, as the outlines of a ceasefire he announced Monday took hold and quickly fell apart. “We basically, we have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f— they’re doing,” Trump told reporters at the White...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is in no hurry to lower interest rates despite multiple calls from President Trump to drop them. Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, Powell stood by recent statements that the Fed will react to changes in the data as they come in, as opposed to following a...
The Social Security trust fund is not a real asset but a paper entry of IOUs that the government must borrow to cover, meaning that the fund's current surplus is just a mirage and the future benefits are at risk.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel “refrained from additional attacks” against Iran due to a call with President Trump early Tuesday. In a thread on the social platform X, Netanyahu’s office said a ceasefire between Israel and Iran “was set for 07:00 this morning.” “At 03:00, Israel forcefully attacked in the heart of...
A President Donald Trump-brokered Israel-Iran ceasefire nearly fell apart with Israel launching attacks after announcement but before implementation, and Iran responding with deadly rockets.