Some Latinos vote Republican because “they’d rather be white,” according to a University of California, Los Angeles, professor. Professor Efren Perez believes Latino Republicans have an “earnest and devout investment in whiteness as an ideology.” “If whiteness is an ideology, then your skin color and racial classification do not matter as much as your genuine […]
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that he expects to see some banks fail due to their exposure to the commercial real estate sector, which has declined significantly in value following the shift to remote work. Powell said the banks that are in trouble with falling office space and retail assets are not the...
The best way to truly protect life is to make it easier and safer for people to have children, and to ensure that those who do not want to have them can choose not to.
Candidates who often discuss restrictions on transgender Americans or signal support for policies that limit access to gender-affirming health care may be drumming up more opposition than support, according to a survey released Thursday by GLAAD, an LGBTQ media advocacy organization. More than 50 percent of both registered and likely voters surveyed by the group in January...
Cable news host Chris Cuomo will broadcast an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that will air early next week on NewsNation. The wide-ranging, one-on-one conversation between the two longtime media figures will air Monday, March 11, at 8 p.m. During their conversation, the pair will discuss Carlson's "departure from Fox News Media, the recent criticism...
Former President Trump on Thursday encouraged a longtime political aide to run for an open congressional seat in Georgia. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he would support Brian Jack if he launched a campaign in Georgia's 3rd Congressional District to replace Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.), who announced in December he would not...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committeed pressed SpaceX on Wednesday over allegations that Russia is using the company’s Starlink terminals in its war against Ukraine, “potentially in violation of U.S. sanctions and export controls.” In a letter to SpaceX president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell, Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) said...
The House on Thursday passed a bill that would require the detention of any migrant who committed burglary or theft, legislation that House Republicans named after a Georgia student who police say was killed by a man who illegally crossed the border. The measure — dubbed the Laken Riley Act — cleared the chamber in a 251-170...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sounded sunny about the outlook for the U.S. economy during two days of testimony on Capitol Hill, during which the risk of recession was barely mentioned and fears of an economic downturn had all but evaporated. “The economy is growing at a healthy, sustainable, solid, strong pace,” Powell said during...