When Kevin Warsh was sworn in as chairman of the Federal Reserve, he touted a planned policy regime change for America’s central bank and pledged not to repeat past mistakes. Four months-plus into his tenure, Warsh finds himself in the same boat as his predecessor: sticky inflation and the need for higher interest rates. Warsh […]
Big Oil’s long-running alliance with the Republican Party faces a major roadblock as more GOP candidates, and President Donald Trump himself, back a temporary ban on diesel exports. The rift, driven by the war in Iran and Ukrainian strikes on refineries in Russia, broke into public view recently when Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the president […]
A brightly packaged disposable vape can begin its journey in a factory in Shenzhen, China, pass through exporters and U.S. distributors, and end up behind the counter of a neighborhood smoke shop, even if it has never been authorized for sale in the United States. The products are often flavored and designed to attract young […]
The GOP’s effort to redraw the Lone Star State’s congressional map and expand its House majority has created an unexpected problem in South Texas, where Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-TX) is suddenly locked in a competitive reelection fight in a district President Donald Trump carried by nearly 18 percentage points. De La Cruz was […]
A nation is civilized if it can transmute its suffering into art. The latest season of the Israeli thriller series Fauda neatly demonstrates the principle. That season, the show’s fifth, is available on Netflix in its entirety and concerns the events of Oct. 7, 2023, and their aftermath. As in the show’s earlier runs, the […]
A ban on Arab parties running in the upcoming Israeli elections has been overturned, setting the stage for the ethnic minority groups to play kingmaker after ballots are cast. The Israeli Central Elections Committee issued the ban in late September on the accusation that the Arab parties, which are organized into the United Arab List […]
Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday that the Justice Department will not open its criminal investigation into former Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell following the release of an internal watchdog report that found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing. “We’re not reopening a criminal investigation into him,” Blanche told Bloomberg in an interview Friday, closing off […]
President Donald Trump is planning to visit at least 10 states during the final month before the midterm elections, embarking on an aggressive blitz as Republicans fight to maintain control of Congress. Trump’s planned travel will take him to nearly every major battleground except for Maine, where Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is defending her seat […]
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will attend next week’s college football matchup between the University of Alabama and the University of Georgia, adding another high-profile sporting event to his schedule leading up to the midterm elections. Trump revealed his plans at the beginning of a rally in Mobile, Alabama, where he was campaigning […]
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, 76, said he considered retiring this year, but that he would be serving another term despite Republicans‘ control of the Senate making for a smoother path to confirming a conservative replacement. Rumors had swirled in August after NPR published and then retracted an article claiming that Alito would be retiring […]
