Ahead of the 3-year anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, about 1,000 rioters have either pleaded guilty or been convicted of crimes ranging from felonies like seditious conspiracy and assaulting police officers to misdemeanors like trespassing. More than 1,200 individuals have been charged with federal crimes over the insurrection....
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that the U.S. economy is achieving a “soft landing” as inflation continues to ease without showing signs of a significant economic downturn. “What we’re seeing now I think we can describe as a soft landing, and my hope is that it will continue,” Yellen said in an interview on CNN....
The Department of State is offering rewards of up to $10 million for information that will lead to the disruption of the financial network of the terror group Hamas amid its ongoing conflict with Israel. The department’s Rewards for Justice program is looking for information on five financial facilitators that help manage Hamas’s investment portfolios...
Why pick a time like this, when the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge is finally giving ground, to kick the shins of American consumers who’d like to reduce their carbon footprints willingly?
Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said Friday that the House Republicans’ trip to the border this week left her with growing concerns over whether a partial government shutdown can be avoided later this month. “I know all of you saw the trip to the border ... some of the things...
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) warned of a "real, present, and urgent" threat to America's democracy in an op-ed in The Atlantic on Friday, marking three years since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Pelosi, who was Speaker at the time of the insurrection, detailed her experience attempting to certify President Biden's victory...
A group of voters, including the former mayor of Boston, filed a challenge to former President Trump’s ballot qualifications in Massachusetts on Friday, claiming he should be barred from the ballot due to the 14th Amendment. Free Speech for People, the same organization that pushed for 14th Amendment challenges in Minnesota, Michigan, Oregon, and Illinois,...
House Oversight Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is slated to hold a news conference Friday regarding the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and threats on democracy. Raskin is expected to be joined by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.). The event is scheduled for 11 a.m. EST. Watch...
Speaker Mike Johnson is considering opening his own channel of communication with the White House to discuss the worsening border crisis, a source familiar said.
Arkansas' success in using Medicaid money to buy private coverage for its citizens has lawmakers in Georgia and other states debating the merits of health care reform