President Donald Trump met with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, as Trump and others in the administration have pressed the central bank to lower interest rates. The Fed announced the Thursday meeting in a brief statement. The central bank said the two discussed “economic developments including for growth, employment, and inflation.” “Chair Powell did not […]
President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of former gang leader Larry Hoover on Wednesday as part of a wider clemency effort involving over two dozen convicts. Other people who had their sentences commuted include rapper NBA YoungBoy, sentenced over his involvement in a 2019 fatal shootout outside the Trump International Beach Resort in Sunny Isles […]
A federal judge in Massachusetts opted to maintain a pause on the Department of Homeland Security‘s order to strip Harvard University of its ability to enroll foreign students. Judge Allison Burroughs of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts said in court Thursday that the temporary restraining order she first approved last Friday […]
Members of the South Carolina General Assembly are one step closer to a major pay raise after approving their 2026 budget, which includes a provision to more than double their salaries. Lawmakers currently make $1,000 a month and have not seen a salary increase since 1990. If Republican Gov. Henry McMaster (SC) signs the bill, […]
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) suggested he might subpoena former President Joe Biden, former first lady Jill Biden, and former chief of staff Ron Klain as the House investigates the former president’s autopen use. Five former Biden aides are facing subpoena threats ahead of a Thursday evening deadline to comply with the House […]
Hamas’s control over the people of Gaza is slipping, as seen most recently in its inability to keep Palestinians from raiding food storage facilities to escape starvation. A warehouse operated by the United Nations was broken into on Wednesday by a mob of Palestinian civilians desperate to acquire food amid the worsening famine. Video of […]
Iranian truck drivers continued to obstruct traffic on Wednesday by blocking roads and ports as part of an almost weeklong protest of the country’s plans to increase fuel prices. Last Thursday, the truck drivers began striking to protest the increase in fuel prices, as well as high insurance rates and low salaries. Iran’s current plan […]
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), the longest-serving House Democrat, has garnered a primary challenger from a 35-year-old small business owner who is making age a key issue ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Harry Jarin, also a volunteer firefighter, launched his campaign on Thursday. The challenge from Jarin comes after multiple efforts from young Democrats to […]
EXCLUSIVE — Government employees and contractors who cared for unaccompanied immigrant children in government custody after they crossed the southern border flagged more than 65,000 instances of concern that went unaddressed by the Biden administration, according to newly released materials. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) documents obtained by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) […]
The Supreme Court placed new limits on the bedrock environmental law that has, for decades, required federal agencies to study the environmental effects of energy and infrastructure projects such as pipelines, transmission lines, and highways. In an 8-0 ruling, the high court determined that courts should narrow the scope of reviews required by the National […]
