We’re all about to find out if it’s the White House or what’s left of the administrative state that’s calling the shots on antitrust and Big Tech. Either way, the Federal Trade Commission’s case against Meta, which began in a courtroom on Monday, is a bad one. Since President Donald Trump’s second presidential victory, much […]
Pollster Nate Silver revealed his early prediction for who he could see at the top of the Democratic Party's 2028 ticket on Wednesday: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). In a video and newsletter published to his “Silver Bulletin" Substack, Silver and former FiveThirtyEight podcast host Galen Druke both signaled that Ocasio-Cortez, 35, is the likely pick...
Former Vice President Kamala Harris leads in a hypothetical gubernatorial primary in her home state of California, according to a new poll, but half of voters say they do not think she should enter the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). The survey from Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics/The Hill found 31 percent...
President Trump slammed the “too late” Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell after he warned of the economy facing stagflation due to the president’s sweeping tariff agenda, adding that his termination cannot come soon enough. “The [European Central Bank] is expected to cut interest rates for the 7th time, and yet, ‘Too Late’ Jerome Powell of...
Steve Witkoff, President Trump's special envoy to Russia and Iran, is making major concessions at the expense of strategic long-term considerations, complicating our national security challenges and making them far more difficult to solve.
In today’s issue: President Trump’s efforts to persuade international partners to join the U.S. in isolating China collided Wednesday with a starkly downbeat 2025 economic outlook from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, dashing the hopes of those looking for global certainty anytime soon. Multiple tariff deals Trump hopes to negotiate with Asian nations are becoming...
President Trump has sought to take shortcuts in the otherwise lengthy regulatory process via executive order that could mark a notable expansion in presidential power. In recent weeks, Trump has directed federal agencies to withdraw various rules, sunset vast swaths of environmental protections and give regulatory exemptions to dozens of coal plants. Such moves would mean skipping...