Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is hosting a press conference at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, during which he is expected to publicly address the first interest rate cuts of the year. The Fed’s interest recommendation currently sits between 4.25% and 4.50%, and the central bank is anticipated to announce a quarter-percentage-point cut at 2 p.m. […]

Two Democrats threw their hats in the ring to fill retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell‘s (R-KY) Senate seat, joining the race as political outsiders against front-runner Democratic state Rep. Pamela Stevenson. Logan Forsythe, a former Secret Service special agent under former President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump and current attorney, launched his campaign Tuesday with […]

Eight months after retaking office, President Donald Trump is inching closer to the Senate confirming his United Nations ambassador nominee. Mike Waltz, his nominee to be United Nations ambassador, was revoted 11-10 out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday after Democrats forced the Republican majority to reconsider dozens of Trump nominees over a rules snafu. The same […]

Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said Wednesday that the recent dismissal of state terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione is bad news for bringing down the political temperature, saying the United States will “absolutely” see more political violence after this. Judge Gregory Carro tossed the terrorism charges against Mangione, the 27-year-old suspect accused of killing United […]