NewsNation, the cable news channel owned by Nexstar Media Group, has hired Steve Krakauer as a contributor, the network announced on Thursday. Krakauer will “offer commentary on the intersection between media and politics” when appearing on NewsNation, the network said. In addition to his role as a contributor at the cable news channel, Krakauer is joining The...
Pfizer will be selling its COVID-19 antiviral treatment at more than twice the price at which it was sold to the federal government as it transitions towards the commercial market. Since Paxlovid was first made available at the end of 2021, the federal government has subsidized the cost. Pfizer sold the treatment to the government...
A group of Senate Republicans is urging President Biden to expand construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, just weeks after the administration announced it would move forward with building the wall. The Republicans, led by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), sent a letter to Biden asking his administration to resubmit the supplemental funding request...
Nearly 1 in 5 couples are turning to their wedding registries for help with funds to buy their first home, a new survey found. An analysis from Zillow Home Loans found nearly 20 percent of all couples using the registry website The Knot include a "home fund" — or funds to be used toward a...
It's an important lesson to U.S. policymakers: economic pressure can achieve U.S. foreign policy objectives if the U.S. is willing to ditch maximalism for incrementalism.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is marching ahead with his Speakership bid even as his Republican detractors signal the opposition is likely to grow. The Ohio Republican failed to win the gavel on the second ballot Wednesday, losing even more Republicans than on the first ballot Tuesday. He could try again as soon...
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will back a resolution to empower Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) as he continues to work to shore up support for his Speaker bid, according to a source familiar. The move comes after Jordan failed on two ballots to get the 217 votes he needed to win the gavel and...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is slated to speak Thursday in New York. The speech comes as other Fed policymakers have suggested the central bank will keep interest rates unchanged at their next meeting in November. The Fed kept the 22-year high benchmark rate of 5.25 percent to 5.50 percent unchanged at their last meeting...
One Marine was killed in a homicide at Camp Lejeune, and a second was taken into custody on suspicion of being involved, the North Carolina Marine Corps base said. The base said the incident took place in an “on-base barracks room” earlier Wednesday night. Camp Lejeune law enforcement authorities apprehended a Marine suspected of being...