The White House is blaming Democrats as it highlights how the government shutdown will delay the release of “critical” economic data, which senior officials argue will hamper the private sector’s “decision-making” to end the year. Staff at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, furloughed amid the shutdown fight on Capitol Hill, did not publish the September […]
The deadlock in Congress over the government shutdown continued into its third day, with no signs that the impasse would change anytime soon. The Senate adjourned on Thursday in observance of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Republicans and Democrats spent the absence crafting their messaging in a war of words, seeking to pin blame […]
Two of the victims in the attack on a Manchester synagogue on Thursday were actually shot by police, with one killed, the U.K. police reported on Friday. Two people were killed and three were injured in Thursday’s attack, in which Syrian-born Jihad al Shamie, whose name means Jihadi from Syria, allegedly rammed his truck into […]
The calm reaction of financial markets to the government shutdown could encourage President Donald Trump to press ahead with an agenda of cuts to federal employment and spending. The White House has threatened and already implemented some so-called “reductions-in-force,” in which agencies would fire employees who aren’t deemed essential. Trump ran on downsizing the federal government and […]
Republicans and Democrats are working overtime to cash in on donations and campaign rhetoric using the government shutdown turmoil in Washington, as millions of federal workers go unpaid. New ads tied to campaign arms of both parties not only offer a window into the tactics to tether the shutdown to the 2026 midterm elections, but […]
EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans‘ campaign arm is encouraging members to keep pushing messaging that Democrats want to secure healthcare funding for illegal immigrants, a talking point the GOP has circled around since the start of the government shutdown. Historically, the party in power has received the most blame for a shutdown, putting the GOP trifecta […]
Increasing political pressure that threatens to undermine the Federal Reserve’s independence may significantly damage the economy in the long term, even as lower interest rates resulting from this pressure will likely lead to a short-term economic boost. President Donald Trump, who recently fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics amid a disappointing jobs report, now […]
The effects of the national government shutdown are seeping across state lines, including into New Jersey, where frozen funds for the Hudson Tunnel project are becoming a flashpoint in the competitive 2025 gubernatorial election. With a little over a month until the New Jersey governor’s race, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and Republican Jack Ciattarelli are […]
“I was the only person who would preserve [Joe Biden’s] legacy,” former Vice President Kamala Harris writes in her new campaign memoir, 107 Days. “At this point, anyone else was bound to throw him — and all the good he had achieved — right under the bus.” The pose Harris struck and held through her unsuccessful […]
Fortune favors the bold. Conversely, most high-risk bets don’t pay off. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) will meet one of those contrasting political fates if, as expected, he launches a 2026 primary challenge against Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA). A Moulton Senate Democratic primary bid in Massachusetts, tantamount to victory in the deep blue state, would come […]
