Several Democrats urged the Biden administration on Sunday to block a proposed merger between Capital One and Discover Financial Services, arguing that it would consolidate the credit card market and limit consumer choice. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and twelve House Democrats noted that the $35.3 billion merger would move Capital One from its standing as...
Republicans should be made to answer whether it is worth making the government less efficient and more expensive in order to make it at the same time less potent.
The chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO) warned Monday that global instability and war are weighing down the world economy. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said at the organization’s biennial meeting in the United Arab Emirates that higher prices for food, energy and fertilizer — caused in part by global tensions — are “fueling political frustration" around...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said Israeli forces have a plan to evacuate civilians out of harm’s way in the Gaza city of Rafah and eliminate the forces of the militant Palestinian group Hamas in the southern city. Netanyahu on Monday told Fox News’s “Fox and Friends” anchor Brian Kilmeade he met with...
President Biden and former President Trump will both travel to the southern border Thursday, underscoring the key role immigration and border security is set to play in November’s elections. Biden will visit Brownsville, Texas, as he presses Congress for action to address the flow of migrants into the United States and weighs executive action of...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is again brushing aside suggestions he could replace President Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee for president this year, and he is blaming conservative media for giving legitimacy to the idea. "It's not even an interesting conversation. By the way, I think it’s a damning conversation, frankly, the other side...
Former President Trump on Monday appealed a judge’s decision ordering him to pay more than $450 million in the New York attorney general’s sprawling civil fraud case against his business empire. Judge Arthur Engoron’s decision earlier this month marked a stunning legal and financial blow to the former president, barring him from serving in a leadership role...
As Oregon faces a housing shortage and rising homelessness, lawmakers are considering a bill to alter the growth boundaries on cities to prevent urban sprawl and preserve nature.