Kevin Warsh, nominated as the next Federal Reserve chairman, is prepared to testify in front of the Senate banking committee for his confirmation hearing on Tuesday morning. President Donald Trump tapped Warsh to replace Chairman Jerome Powell, whose tenure in the last year has been marked by his adversarial relationship with the president. THE QUESTIONS […]
A man who repeatedly threatened Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) online faces federal charges that could land him up to 175 years in prison. Massachusetts resident Edwin Guerrero, 25, was arrested in August 2024 after threatening Fine with antisemitic language over X. He was hit with eight federal charges this week, complicating his position due to […]
Multiple GOP fundraising committees on the national stage are significantly outpacing their Democratic counterparts so far this year as the high-stakes midterm elections near. On Monday, the National Republican Congressional Committee released its record-breaking total for the first quarter: $47.1 million, including $28.1 million in March. Republicans point to the fundraising numbers as proof of […]
Fired United Kingdom Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins said he was pressured to confirm former ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson quickly. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government is under existential threat over Mandelson’s ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which were known when he was appointed ambassador. Starmer has deflected blame to […]
The Republican National Committee has nearly $117 million in the bank while the Democratic National Committee is racked with over $18 million in debt, according to Federal Election Commission filings. The RNC raised $21.2 million in March, according to its latest monthly records filed with the FEC. That is nearly double the amount that the […]
President Donald Trump praised the work of Tim Cook as Apple CEO after the tech mogul announced he would step down from the position. “During my five years as President, Tim would call me, but never too much, and I would help him where I could,” Trump wrote in a lengthy Truth Social post. “Years […]
Not yet 100 days into her term, Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) is facing a make-or-break vote on a sweeping gerrymandering push that could cement her power or expose early weakness on the national stage. Virginians will head to the polls on Tuesday to vote on a referendum to redraw the state’s congressional map mid-decade. If […]
Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick for chairman of the Federal Reserve, will face an onslaught of questions during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Here is what to expect. Trump nominated Warsh, 56, earlier this year to replace outgoing Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, whose term is ending in mid-May. Powell is under investigation by the […]
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) agree on almost nothing. This week, they agreed on something that matters: Congress has a misconduct problem, and nobody inside the institution has been willing to fix it. Two members of Congress resigned this week, one Democrat and one Republican. Eric Swalwell of California faced accusations from […]
The national average price for a gallon of regular gas decreased for the eighth consecutive day on Tuesday, falling to $4.022 per gallon, according to AAA. Before the recent string of drops, fuel costs had been soaring due to the military conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran, which began on February 28. Gas […]
