Whether President Donald Trump can wrest control of the Federal Reserve is an open, century-old legal question about the president’s power and the ostensible independence of the central bank. But in testing the bounds of the executive branch’s legal power over monetary policy, Trump may very well find that he has pushed its economic power […]

World Series champion Mark Teixeira announced his congressional campaign Thursday for Rep. Chip Roy’s (R-TX) seat. “As a proud Texan and lifelong conservative who loves our country, I’m ready to fight for the principles that make Texas strong and America exceptional,” Teixeira said in a statement.  “It takes the principles that make Texas and America […]

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will testify before a Senate panel next week, a high-stakes setting for the Cabinet member to be peppered with questions about firing the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kennedy will go before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4 for a hearing […]

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) walked out of an interview on the subject of Israel and Gaza, where he claimed the interviewer “didn’t know what [he] was talking about.” “I feel like I’m here to be lectured now,” Torres said on The Adam Friedland Show, published on Wednesday. YouTuber Adam Friedland, who is Jewish, told Torres […]