EXCLUSIVE — President Donald Trump said he will defer to Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh on the possibility of the central bank raising interest rates before the midterm elections. The Washington Examiner spoke with the president by phone Friday morning and pointed out that markets are pricing in about a 70% chance that the Fed […]
President Donald Trump said Friday that he will not sign a major bipartisan housing bill on his desk, but he didn’t explicitly say whether he would veto the legislation. If he doesn’t issue a veto, the measure will become law at the end of Friday. Trump’s announcement is at least a symbolic blow to Republicans […]
MADRID (AP) — One of Spain’s deadliest wildfires on record killed 12 people overnight into Friday, authorities said, as soaring temperatures grip much of the country. Several victims of the fire in the southern province of Almeria, a popular holiday destination, were found inside burnt-out vehicles and were thought to have died while trying to […]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) is calling on Maine Senate candidate Nirav Shah to withdraw from the race, arguing he bears responsibility for a deadly 2015 Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that occurred while he led the Illinois Department of Public Health. Shah was the agency’s director from 2015 to 2019. During his tenure, an outbreak of Legionnaires’ […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) admitted his faith in Graham Platner was ill placed, after sexual assault allegations led the progressive candidate to drop out of the U.S. Senate race in Maine, but said the failed campaign is not reflective of a general change in momentum that has seen many socialist candidates succeed recently. “I got […]
The recent memorandum of understanding between President Donald Trump’s administration and the Iranian regime has disappointed and even frightened many Israelis. Many had hoped, perhaps naively, that the American president would fulfill his promise to end Iran’s ability to terrorize its regional neighbors. The June 17 MOU between the United States and the Islamic Republic […]
LAS VEGAS — Would-be Canadian visitors to Sin City won’t get a vote in Nevada’s gubernatorial election. But they could influence it in a profound way. Canadian tourism to Las Vegas, long a staple of the local economy, is way down amid President Donald Trump’s tariff regime and taunts against the Great White North. The […]
After a string of victories in Democratic primaries across the country, socialists are setting their sights on one of their most ambitious targets yet: the Wisconsin governor’s mansion. State Rep. Francesca Hong, a Madison lawmaker backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, has emerged as a leading contender in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, giving the […]
In the span of just 120 hours, from June 29 to July 3, we witnessed a cultural occurrence so unprecedented it was almost uncanny: all of the planets in the sports universe aligned. Four-time World Cup-winner Germany lost to Paraguay (Paraguay!). The Netherlands, so often the nearly men of international soccer, fell to Morocco, and […]
How one feels about Apple TV’s new 10-part Cape Fear adaptation will depend largely on whether one buys Javier Bardem’s well-worn tough-guy routine. In 2012’s James Bond movie, Skyfall, the Spaniard played an ex-MI6 agent damaged in body and soul, but he hid his character’s depravity behind a layer of icy politeness. Even the 57-year-old’s […]
