President Donald Trump has named former Fed governor Kevin Warsh to be the next Federal Reserve chairman. Warsh, 55, would replace current Fed Chairman Jerome Powell when his term is up. The pick was announced in advance of Powell’s departure in May, as expected by Fed watchers. “I have known Kevin for a long period […]
February 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients today. 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 on the […]
The first round of February Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in 12 days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Feb. 11. The second round will go out on Feb. 18 to those born between the […]
The Supreme Court will soon hear a landmark challenge over precisely who can enjoy the birthright citizenship granted under the 14th amendment, and the Trump administration and its allies are urging the high court to side with the president’s view. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 20, 2025, claiming that birthright citizenship […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Within hours of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s announcement on Monday that White House border czar Tom Homan would be the point man for immigration operations in Minnesota, Homan and two other top homeland security officials were on the ground in what had become an embattled city, beginning to work on a comeback […]
A long history of underinvestment, extreme political risk, and organized crime. These are just some of the issues that U.S. oil and minerals companies might face if they were to set foot into Venezuela now that there appears to be a ray of light following the removal of the country’s dictator, Nicolas Maduro. The longtime […]
A significant ingredient of President Donald Trump‘s foreign policy during his second term is keeping other nations off balance. Whether allies, enemies, or nations worried about becoming the latter, the collective international inability to predict what Trump will do next anywhere in the world has left many nations wondering whether to extend a presidential invite […]
For years, monetary doves have challenged hawks worried about the dominance of the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency, with a very good question: What sovereign currency could replace it? As it turns out, the answer is none of the above. But that doesn’t mean the greenback isn’t being replaced. After the single-worst year […]
Trapped inside our home last week, my family was in search of a “snowy” movie we could watch together. After rejecting Alive, The Empire Strikes Back, and The Shining, we settled on Groundhog Day, which famously features a blizzard trapping Bill Murray’s Phil Connors in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Essays have been written treating Groundhog Day as […]
President Donald Trump called Alex Pretti, the anti-ICE protester who was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents on Saturday in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an “agitator, and perhaps insurrectionist” in a social media post on early Friday morning. The president’s comments come as a new video was released this week showing Pretti acting violently and unruly while […]
