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 […]
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 […]
