Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell disclosed Sunday evening that the Department of Justice has served the central bank with grand jury subpoenas threatening criminal indictment over his congressional testimony about the Fed’s headquarters renovation. In a video statement released January 11, Powell acknowledged the investigation while rejecting the stated premise, […]
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly filed a federal lawsuit on January 12 against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Department of Defense, alleging that efforts to censure and demote him violate his constitutional rights and exceed statutory authority. Kelly joined five other Democratic lawmakers, all military veterans or former intelligence officers, […]
Illinois residents are getting more time to sign up for health insurance through the state’s official marketplace after Get Covered Illinois announced a special enrollment deadline extension to January 31, 2026. The decision gives consumers an additional 16 days beyond the original cutoff to apply for and enroll in coverage, […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has issued a new policy requiring members of Congress to provide seven days’ advance notice before conducting oversight visits to Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities. This directive came one day after fatal shooting of a US citizen by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. The policy, […]
On Wednesday Vice President JD Vance announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would soon be conducting door-to-door operations across the country to locate and arrest undocumented immigrants. The door-to-door enforcement strategy is already underway in Minneapolis, where up to 2,000 federal agents from ICE, Customs and Border Protection, and […]
A new international study published Friday in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences reports that the world’s oceans took in more heat in 2025 than ever before, making it the ninth straight year of record-high ocean temperatures. The upper 2,000 meters of the global ocean gained approximately 23 zettajoules of heat energy compared to […]
The Internal Revenue Service officially kicks off the 2026 tax filing season on January 26. All individual taxpayers must submit their returns and pay any taxes owed by April 15, 2026, to avoid penalties and interest. The IRS anticipates receiving approximately 164 million individual income tax returns during this filing […]
On the fifth anniversary of the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, the Trump administration launched an official White House website that rewrites the history of that violent day. The website characterizes convicted rioters as “peaceful patriotic protesters” and blames Democrats for what it calls “the real insurrection.” The website’s debut […]
U.S. District Judge John H. Chun ruled Thursday that Executive Order 14248, issued in March 2025, violates the separation of powers by attempting to concentrate election regulation in the executive branch—powers the Constitution reserves exclusively for Congress and the states. The injunction formally applies only to Washington and Oregon, the two states that […]
The House of Representatives voted Thursday to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits for three years, passing legislation 230-196. Seventeen House Republicans joined all Democrats in supporting the three-year extension. The bill advanced after House Democrats used a discharge petition, a parliamentary maneuver that required 218 signatures to […]
