The Heritage Foundation’s chief economist, EJ Antoni, who President Donald Trump recently appointed to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, told Fox Business ahead of his nomination that the bureau should do away with its monthly job reports. Antoni said the BLS’s jobs report data is unreliable, echoing concerns from the White House. Trump recently […]
Late-night host comedian Jimmy Kimmel confirmed last week he has gained Italian citizenship amid “what’s going on” in the United States, calling it “as bad as you thought it was going to be.” Celebrities like comedians Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O’Donnell have moved out of the United States following President Donald Trump’s victory in the […]
(The Center Square) — New York remains one of the top states for inbound tobacco smuggling, according to a new report, which attributes the robust underground market to the state’s high tax burden and anti-smoking policies. The nonpartisan Tax Foundation report ranked New York second behind California for inbound illegal tobacco smuggling, with an estimated revenue loss […]
(The Center Square) – California’s annual state spending is up 50% per capita, or $106.3 billion, since 2019, the first year Gov. Gavin Newsom took office, highlighting the state’s growing budget woes. According to taxpayer advocates, the state government has increased spending, despite the state’s constitutionally-mandated balanced budget requirement, by over-estimating future revenues. “The Newsom […]
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker is not ruling out tax legislation to help the Chicago Bears move forward with a stadium project in Arlington Heights. The governor said Monday that his administration is still evaluating a bill to use sales-tax revenue that would come with a large-scale development to support that project. “We’re […]
Happy Tuesday, this is Congress Editor David Sivak welcoming you to our fourth edition of Capitol Tea, a weekly column dedicated to life on Capitol Hill. Miss our last installment? Catch up here. In this edition … – JD Vance’s class loyalty. The vice president still dines with his “redshirt freshman” colleagues. – Food court […]
Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) defended the Medicaid cuts that Congress passed as part of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as the lawmaker got heckled by residents in his home district at a town hall Monday night. LaMalfa hosted the town hall in Chico, California, a Democratic college town in the otherwise Republican-leaning […]
YouTuber Brandon Herrera is once again seeking to oust Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) from his House seat after narrowly losing the 2024 GOP primary. Herrera, an entrepreneur known for his pro-gun YouTube channel, challenged Gonzales for the Republican nomination last year due to concerns about the incumbent lawmaker’s bipartisan positioning and moderate policy views. In […]
The Texas Supreme Court requested more information from Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s bid to expel several House Democrats from the state legislature. In a filing Tuesday, the Texas Supreme Court said it anticipates final responses to be filed on Sept. 4, about two weeks after the special session is […]
President Donald Trump praised journalist Chuck Todd after Todd credited Trump’s “impact” on the United States. Todd offered his analysis on Trump’s second term on CBN News on Monday, which caught the president’s eye and prompted him to respond. “I don’t think we’ve had anybody have this much impact on the country since [President Franklin […]
