(Headline USA) President Donald Trump signed a New Year's Eve proclamation delaying increased tariffs on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities for a year, citing ongoing trade talks.
Trump's order signed Wednesday keeps in place a 25% tariff he imposed in September on those goods, but delays for another year...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) 2025 saw a major increase in US airstrikes due to President Trump loosening the rules of engagement for military commanders and launching new interventions in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.
According to a report from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) released earlier...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The Trump administration says it will crack down on housing assistance fraud after a report from the Department of Housing and Human Development flagged billions in potentially fraudulent payments made since fiscal year 2024.
“A massive abuse of taxpayer dollars not only occurred under President...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US Department of War announced on Monday that Boeing has been awarded a contract worth up to $8.6 billion to sell Israel new F-15 fighter jets as part of a deal funded by US military aid.
The Israeli Defense Ministry announced the initial deal in November...
Cherfilus-McCormick was scheduled to be arraigned, but her attorney requested the proceeding be rescheduled to Jan. 20 so that she could finalize her legal team....
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Quality learning? Doesn’t seem like it.
A YouTuber named Nick Shirley has found that a Somali-run daycare in Minnesota, which received roughly $4 million in state funding over the last two years and is licensed for 99 children, appeared to be empty when he visited it...
(Headline USA) It's the biggest mystery in Georgia politics right now: Who's paying for the attacks on Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones?
Someone operating under the name “Georgians for Integrity” has dumped around $5 million into television ads, mailers and texts. The attacks claim Jones, who already has President Donald Trump's...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) A booming stock market propelled California’s main state retirement fund to near-record returns, but the fund is still $166 billion short on its obligations, according to the Reason Foundation. With the taxpayer-funded Legislative Analyst’s Office warning the state should be ready for a possible...
(Money Metals News Service) Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium are building upon last week's gains and rallying again this morning -- in a big way.
Traders are paying particularly close attention to gold -- with the yellow metal now poking above its all-time high reached back in October. Gold has...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Budget watchdogs are sounding the alarm as the U.S. hit an unfortunate fiscal milestone in fiscal year 2025: government spending on debt interest payments alone topped $1 trillion this year.
The federal government added roughly $1.8 trillion to the now $38 trillion national debt in...