(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Thursday that the US didn’t need to reach a deal with Iran and that he directed Vice President JD Vance to put his focus on domestic issues rather than diplomacy with the Islamic Republic.
Trump also claimed in...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Interest costs on the national debt totaled $1.4 trillion in fiscal 2026, according to an audit of Treasury's books released by the Government Accountability Office. About $1.1 trillion of that was paid out to bondholders, with the rest credited to federal trust funds the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Everybody is convinced that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again in December. With October’s hot CPI print, some analysts even think the central bank will bump rates by 50 basis points.
Meanwhile, Americans are leaning on high-interest credit cards to make ends...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Ukraine has asked its Western backers to provide 10 years of funding to maintain an 800,000-strong Ukrainian military as part of a potential peace deal to end the war, AFP reported on Wednesday.
According to the Kyiv Post, the request was raised during the first day of...
(José Niño, Headline USA) At least 11 people working for the National Security Agency or U.S. Cyber Command died by suicide during the fiscal year ending in September, according to Bloomberg’s investigation. The findings prompted private congressional and White House inquiries into workforce conditions and mental healthcare.
The deaths involved...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Atlantic celebrated a federal judge’s ruling Tuesday that temporarily halts most the discovery requests in FBI Director Kash Patel’s defamation lawsuit against the publication.
U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan granted The Atlantic’s request to pause discovery as he considers the magazine’s motion to dismiss the...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Idaho man Alexander Scott Mercurio was sentenced to 216 months in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS.
Mercurio was arrested in April 2024 when he was 18 years old, after the FBI targeted him for years...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that there was “positive momentum” toward ending the Iran war as Tehran’s security chief accused the US of “manufacturing fake news” about diplomatic talks.
Trump made the comments in a post on Truth Social after speaking with Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh...
(Headline USA) Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic is looking for an approximately $1.3 trillion valuation when it goes public despite new concerns about the massive amounts debt and money flowing into the sector.
The company behind the Claude chatbot said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that it will sell 825...
(Headline USA) Popular weight loss drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy will carry a new warning about a possible rare side effect that can sometimes lead to permanent vision loss, U.S. health regulators announced Monday.
The Food and Drug Administration said the risk will be added to the labeling of all...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The New York Times reported Tuesday that a prosecutor in Mexico is now a wanted fugitive for partnering with the CIA in a purported operation to take on the country’s drug cartels.
The Times added that the prosecutor, Guillermo Zuany Portillo, is suspected of being in...
(Headline USA) A fraternity at Ohio State University has been temporarily suspended while authorities investigate a video that appears to show two panicked men engulfed in flames.
A video shared on social media shows one individual with his sweatpants on fire who then lunges at a second individual and tackles...