The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday following several months of higher-than-expected inflation, with investors now not expecting a rate cut until months from now. After a two-day meeting of its Federal Open Market Committee in Washington, D.C., the Fed announced that it will keep its rate target at 5.25% to 5.50%. The move was widely telegraphed. Because […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams claimed professional organizers were among the nearly 300 protesters arrested on city campuses Tuesday night, and those organizers were part of a global effort to “radicalize young people.” Adams’ remarks on Wednesday come after the New York City Police Department arrested 117 people at Columbia University and 173 at […]
From supporting the effort to oust former soft-on-crime District Attorney Chesa Boudin to pushing measures that ease restrictions on the police department, San Francisco Mayor London Breed wants residents to know that her tough-on-crime efforts have led to a safer city. Up for reelection in November, Breed is struggling to deal with residents’ perceptions that […]
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is advancing his committee’s crackdown on antisemitism on college campuses with a visit to George Washington University‘s campus to view the pro-Palestinian encampments on Wednesday. Comer and Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), and Eric Burlison (R-MO) are heading to the Washington, D.C. […]
The Department of Justice is facing mounting pressure from Congress and various organizations to provide audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with the special counsel who investigated his handling of classified documents. The DOJ has thus far resisted the requests from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) could be the latest Democratic lawmaker to face a censure resolution in the House after Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) announced plans to condemn the hard-left lawmaker over her comments on pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses. Bacon is set to introduce the resolution as early as Wednesday, although it remains unclear when […]
Former President Donald Trump bashed President Joe Biden‘s response to anti-Israel protests on college campuses in an echo to Biden’s condemnation of Trump’s responses to protests in 2020. Protests at various college campuses, including Columbia University and the University of California, Los Angeles, have led to reports of intimidation and harassment of Jewish students, along […]
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump will deliver remarks at the Libertarian Party‘s national convention. In a move that could help the former president win over third-party voters, Trump will speak to a group that traditionally enjoys close ties to Republicans later this month. The Libertarian National Convention will be held May 23-26 at a […]
Ahead of former President Donald Trump‘s rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday, the Democratic National Committee strategically placed billboards along highways near the former president’s rally sites that emphasize his role in dismantling abortion protections. The billboard in Wisconsin will be placed in Waukesha on I-94, and the billboards in Michigan will be placed […]
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) responded on Tuesday to the fervor over an anecdote in Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R-SD) upcoming book, No Going Back, about her executing a 14-month-old puppy. Romney infamously once tied his dog to the roof of his car and drove 12 hours, a story that came out when he was running for […]
