President Donald Trump may have been “joking” when he said Vice President JD Vance can be the fall guy if the Iran deal falls through, but Republicans are not waiting to criticize him for its perceived shortcomings. Vance has taken a political gamble by signing up to be the public face of a memorandum of […]
The national average price for regular gas decreased again on Friday, dropping to $3.973 per gallon. It marked the fourth straight week that the national average price for a gallon of regular gas dropped in the U.S., and a 56-cent-per-gallon decrease in fuel costs over the last month. Friday’s gas price is the first time […]
California’s latest redistricting experiment has produced one of the state’s most intriguing political matchups. In the newly redrawn 6th Congressional District covering northern Sacramento suburbs and Roseville, voters this fall will choose between two politicians whose careers have been shaped by battles over public policy and the rules that govern it. Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) […]
An Italian expert credentialed by the United Nations and living in Tunisia is at the center of a highly unusual First Amendment lawsuit, despite not being a citizen and the speech in question taking place overseas. U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese has been placed back on the sanctions list after […]
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte officially has another title on his résumé: acting director of national intelligence. Friday marks the first day Pulte will serve as acting DNI, taking over from former DNI Tulsi Gabbard, despite bipartisan opposition against the top housing official serving as the nation’s intelligence chief. President Donald Trump has […]
The announcement of an end-of-hostility deal between the United States and Iran has done little to shift investor expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold or even raise interest rates this year, even as oil prices fall in response to the apparent diplomatic breakthrough. President Donald Trump recently announced the planned signing of the ceasefire […]
Senate Republicans are openly venting over President Donald Trump’s Iran deal. But Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is making a higher-profile — and perhaps more calculated — bet with his criticism. Cruz, considered a possible 2028 presidential candidate, is publicly breaking with the administration on the memorandum, positioning himself as more hawkish than the White House […]
The battle over the slavery exhibit at the President’s House site in Philadelphia took another turn on Thursday as a federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration’s decision to remove it. The latest court order reversed a February injunction by a Philadelphia district court judge that required the National Park Service to restore the […]
We usually associate movie critics with quiet deliberation in darkened theaters or measured prose on the printed page. But if ever the job of critic was transformed into something unmistakably vivid, audaciously mustached, and alive on the small screen, then that transformation belonged to Gene Shalit, the film and book critic whose “Critic’s Corner” on […]
EXCLUSIVE — The Republican National Committee said it raised $14.8 million in May, ending the month with $125.5 million on hand as it continues padding its coffers ahead of November, according to figures first shared with the Washington Examiner. The cash on hand is the highest ever for the committee at the end of a […]
