POLITICS

(José Niño, Headline USA) A widely circulated post from the Kobeissi Letter told followers that the United States’ richest 1 percent now hold 50.1 percent of all equity and mutual fund wealth. Kobeissi Letter tweeted, “BREAKING: The wealthiest 1% of US earners now own 50.1% of US equity and...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Long-term U.S. borrowing costs reached levels unseen in nineteen years this week after the Federal Reserve declined to tighten policy, and the Financial Times reports the move has widened investor doubt over the central bank's grip on inflation flowing from President Donald Trump's war in...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Michigan Democratic Party is expected to draw major figures to its August nomination convention, but one high-profile Democrat will not be attending: Dana Nessel, the state’s current gay, Jewish attorney general. Nessel, a left-wing prosecutor, said at a roundtable on Thursday that she will skip the...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former Vice President Kamala Harris has long spoken about the importance of being surrounded by other black or minority Americans. But her new $8.5 million home is located in an exclusive Malibu neighborhood where the population is overwhelmingly white. Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, purchased a...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Central Command announced on Wednesday night that it began launching airstrikes against Iran, hours after President Donald Trump threatened a response to an Iranian missile attack on a US base in Jordan. CENTCOM described the attacks as a “powerful response” to the attack in Jordan, though...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) Michigan House Republicans say newly obtained records show Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson maintained ties to the recently indicted Southern Poverty Law Center after taking office. The records come amid ongoing scrutiny of Benson's relationship with the organization following a federal indictment announced in...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) President Donald Trump on Thursday floated temporarily pulling Todd Blanche's nomination to the attorney general post while a U.S. Senate committee struggles to advance him. The Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to hold a vote on Blanche's nomination Thursday morning. However, Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas,...

(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) Plans to unite Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery into a film and television giant are on ice following a flurry of antitrust lawsuits. Paramount Skydance recently announced that it will delay closing its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery to as late as...

(Headline USA) A man who gave his son the gun he used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison. Colin Gray’s sentencing comes days after his son, Colt Gray, was sentenced to life in prison without...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Seniors who buy stand alone Medicare drug coverage will shop for 2027 plans without a federal cushion that has held their premiums down for two years. The Trump administration is winding down the subsidy program that pays insurers to blunt premium increases in Medicare Part D,...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., attacked a left-leaning reporter who was questioning his support for Israel during a brief exchange at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Fetterman, who has been rumored to be considering a switch to the GOP, did not allow questions from Julian Andreone, a Capitol...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Republicans face an unexpected threat in northeast Ohio, where a bitter feud between two of the state's most prominent conservatives now shadows a seat the party long treated as secure. The New York Times reported that domestic abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, have...