President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he is calling for a temporary one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10%, effective January 20, 2026. This idea piggybacks off bipartisan legislation that has already been introduced by Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Republican Senator Josh Hawley of […]
The U.S. labor market stumbled to the finish line in 2025, adding 50,000 jobs in December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report released Friday. The December figures fell short of economists’ expectations of 73,000 new positions. For all of 2025, employers added just 584,000 jobs, averaging 49,000 […]
Cellphone footage recorded by the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good captured Good’s final words: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” The 47-second video, recorded by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross, was released by the Trump administration Friday in an attempt to provide the […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for a massive increase in U.S. military spending, proposing a $1.5 trillion defense budget for fiscal year 2027. The proposed budget would mark an increase of roughly $600 billion over the current 2026 military spending level of $901 billion. This would be, by far, […]
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives fell short on Thursday in its attempt to overturn President Donald Trump’s first two vetoes of his second term, despite dozens of GOP members breaking ranks to vote against the president. The House voted 248-177 to override Trump’s veto of the Finish the Arkansas Valley […]
President Donald Trump is proposing a two-pronged federal push on housing: a massive $200 billion government purchase of mortgage bonds to lower mortgage rates and a crackdown on Wall Street ownership of single-family homes. “I am instructing my Representatives to BUY $200 BILLION DOLLARS IN MORTGAGE BONDS. This will drive […]
Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie have asked a federal judge to appoint a special master to oversee the Department of Justice’s release of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a letter filed Thursday with U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York, […]
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced Thursday that he has authorized the state’s National Guard to be staged and ready for deployment following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. According to the Department of Homeland Security, […]
Two people were hospitalized Thursday afternoon following a shooting involving federal agents in Portland’s Hazelwood neighborhood, authorities said. Portland Police officers responded at 2:18 p.m. to the 10200 block of Southeast Main Street on a report of a shooting. Officers confirmed that federal agents had been involved in the incident, […]
The U.S. Senate voted 52-47 on Thursday to advance a War Powers Resolution that would restrict President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further military operations against Venezuela without congressional approval. The procedural vote came just days after U.S. forces conducted a surprise nighttime raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, […]
