If you’re a young person hoping to buy your first home or condo, President Joe Biden is seemingly doing everything in his power to make that dream less feasible. The president has pursued and called for several policies that make it harder for millions of young people to own a home. High mortgage interest rates are […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday announced the U.S. was sending another $2 billion to Ukraine as Washington seeks to bolster Ukrainian troops on the frontline against a major Russian offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region. Blinken said at a press conference in Kyiv that the new package would include money through the foreign...
Opening statements in Sen. Bob Menendez's (D-N.J.) federal bribery and obstruction trial are set to begin Wednesday in Manhattan. Federal prosecutors have alleged Menendez and his wife Nadine accepted “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in bribes in exchange for the senator’s political power, which they said enriched several New Jersey businessmen, as well as the...
A seventh Native American tribe in South Dakota has banned Gov. Kristi Noem (R) from its reservation after she commented earlier this year that tribal leaders benefited from drug cartels. The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in central South Dakota voted Tuesday to ban Noem from its reservation, citing her cartel comments, the tribe confirmed on...
Inflation slowed down in April after several months of faster-than-expected price increases, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department. The consumer price index (CPI), a closely watched inflation gauge, rose 0.3 percent in April and 3.4 percent over the previous 12 months, in line with economist expectations. Both monthly and annual inflation fell...
President Biden’s campaign on Wednesday proposed two debates with former President Trump, bucking the Commission on Presidential Debates and potentially setting the stage for a face-off as soon as next month. The Biden campaign called for the first debate to take place in late June, after Biden returns from the Group of Seven (G-7) Summit...
Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley garnered significant shares of the vote in three Republican primaries Tuesday, despite dropping of the race over two months ago. In Maryland, Haley brought in 20 percent of the vote to former President Trump’s 80 percent, according to election results from Decision Desk HQ. In Nebraska, she garnered 18...
Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will introduce legislation Wednesday that would extend the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) waiver program past its 2024 expiration date. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) introduced several waivers and flexibilities in 2020, allowing for various inpatient-level hospital services...