Mark Cuban, the billionaire investor behind Cost Plus Drugs, criticized hospitals for inflating healthcare costs after a report exposing UnitedHealthcare for “gaming” the Medicare system was released. Cuban called for insurance companies to divest all “noninsurance assets,” arguing that it’s time to “break em up.” “Our healthcare has become a game of who can rip […]
Madison Sheahan, the deputy director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, stepped down from her position on Thursday to run for Congress in Ohio. Sheahan, a close ally of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and self-proclaimed “Trump conservative,” has served as the agency’s No. 2 official since March 2025. Her departure was announced internally on Thursday […]
The United States seized its sixth Venezuelan oil tanker despite marked improvements in Washington’s relationship with acting President Delcy Rodriguez. U.S. Marines and sailors seized the oil tanker Veronica in the early hours of Thursday, U.S. Southern Command confirmed. The seizure was part of Operation Southern Spear, and occurred “without incident.” “The Veronica is the […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says President Donald Trump has the “most unhinged eating habits” out of all the Cabinet members, revealing his diet often consists of candy, Diet Coke, and McDonald’s. Still, Kennedy said, Trump manages to have the “constitution of a deity” and the most energy out of anyone […]
President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday announced sanctions against more than 20 Iranian individuals and entities responsible for the Islamic Republic’s deadly crackdown on protesters and skirting of international sanctions on the country’s oil output. Trump previously promised to “help” protesters after the Iranian government responded to nationwide demonstrations by killing thousands of its own […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) insisted that the death toll in Iran is “mounting by the hour,” despite President Donald Trump’s claim that Tehran had halted executions. Trump seemed to downplay the current level of violence surrounding the protests on Wednesday and Thursday, pointing to claims that Tehran had halted its scheduled execution of protesters. Graham […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke a law allowing him to send the military or federalized National Guard troops into Minnesota, arguing that “insurrectionists” are causing chaos in the streets. “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., […]
February 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 15 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month. However, February’s payment will go out on Jan. 30. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued […]
President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda hasn’t caused increased inflation, as predicted by many economists, but it does appear to be having one unintended consequence: shrinking America’s manufacturing workforce. Though Trump didn’t make good on his campaign promise to wipe out post-pandemic price spikes immediately upon entering office, economic forecasts claiming the president’s tariffs would drive […]
The top House Republican on housing said that provisions in the Senate’s bipartisan reform legislation wouldn’t have passed the House because they involved spending but emphasized that there is much overlap between that bill and the House’s new bipartisan measure. The House Financial Services Committee advanced the bill, the Housing for the 21st Century Act, […]
