House Republican leaders announced today that they are canceling the last two weeks of sessions planned for this month, meaning that House lawmakers are now scheduled to be in Washington, D.C., for ...
Happy Tuesday! With Labor Day behind us, we've entered the home stretch for the midterm elections, which are just eight weeks away. President Trump isn't on the ballot this year, but he appears intent ...
In a 5-4 ruling Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed construction to continue on President Trump’s new White House ballroom. The court rejected a challenge from the National Trust for Historic ...
As promised, Canada responded to President Trump’s 50% tariffs on a $20 billion basket of Canadian goods by imposing its own tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of U.S.-made goods. Canadian officials ...
The main Social Security trust fund will run dry in late 2032, resulting in a 22% reduction in benefits unless Congress acts to shore up the program’s finances, according to the latest projections ...
Republican lawmakers are considering cuts in healthcare spending to help pay for the war against Iran, Axios reported Monday. With the Department of Defense reportedly seeking upwards of $200 billion ...
The predictions from economists about the consequences of Brexit were widely ignored. That shouldn’t be surprising. In recent years the public has lost faith the in the economics profession. One ...
The Department of Government Efficiency came to an official end this past weekend as the Trump administration’s cost-cutting effort reached a self-imposed termination date of July 4, 2026. First ...
The Pentagon hasn’t said how much the war with Iran is costing, but a new analysis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a bipartisan think tank, estimates that the first 100 hours ...
The Trump administration plans to invest $2 billion in nine companies in the field of quantum computing, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Thursday. As with previous U.S. investments under Trump in ...
Over the 12 months ending in July, prescription drug prices saw their biggest annual drop in more than 60 years, according to inflation data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Wednesday. While ...
McDonald's just reported its first quarter financial results on April 20. The global fast food chain generated $6.54 billion during the period and delivered earnings per share of $1.23. Global ...