(Ken Silva, Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Friday called for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the 2020 election in the wake of revelations that the FBI had intelligence about Chinese interference—and that senior officials blocked agents from investigating further.
“Biden was grossly incompetent, and the 2020...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The integrity of political polling is under the microscope after GrayHouse, a Republican-aligned firm, published results suggesting overwhelming support for U.S. involvement in Israel’s conflict with Iran.
On Tuesday, a heated controversy erupted over the credibility and motives of GrayHouse, a political polling firm led by...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said in a statement released by the White House on Thursday that he will make a decision on whether or not to directly enter the Israel-Iran war by launching airstrikes within two weeks.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt read the statement at a press briefing. “Based...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Col. Nathan McCormack, who served as the Pentagon's top advisor on Israel and regional Middle East policy, has been stripped of his Joint Chiefs role following revelations that he used social media to describe Israel as America's "worst ally" and accused the U.S. of enabling...
(Caroline Boda, The Center Square) The Social Security program is nine years away from insolvency, the Social Security Board of Trustees said Wednesday.
This forecast moved up one year since 2024’s annual report, which projected the program to deplete its funding by 2035. Now that projection date is set at...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Federal Reserve officials agreed to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday but suggested they could cut them later this year.
"Despite elevated uncertainty, the economy is in a solid position," Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said.
Earlier in the day, President Donald Trump again called Powell...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) Los Angeles’ $19.7 million response to the June protests and riots was almost entirely spent on police, highlighting the growing cost of police overtime amid an enduring officer shortage.
According to a new report from government transparency group Open The Books, the city of Los...
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) No obvious solutions emerged during a congressional hearing Wednesday on how to hold those accountable for the alleged cover-up of President Joe Biden’s mental and cognitive decline, but witnesses did had some suggestions for how to prevent similar situations in the future.
Republicans have been...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A private oversight organization claims to have tracked the movements of alleged Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter using geolocation data from his electronic devices, revealing a three-year trail spanning from his family farm to locations in Africa, Nepal, Turkey, India, and Dubai.
The Oversight Project, operating under...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Tucker Carlson’s pointed questioning of Ted Cruz’s Iran policy has ignited a fierce debate among conservatives about U.S. military involvement abroad about the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
The incident unfolded during a highly anticipated interview on Carlson’s show on Tuesday, as Israel’s recent airstrikes...
(Dave Mason, The Center Square) A federal judge was wrong to second-guess President Donald Trump’s federalization of the California National Guard, attorney Brett Schumate argued Tuesday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
Schumate, an assistant attorney general, made the argument during an appeal of last week’s U.S....
(Caroline Boda, The Center Square) Republican’s massive tax and spending bill would increase the U.S. deficit by $2.8 trillion over 10 years when the economic growth of the bill is taken into account, the Congressional Budget Office says.
CBO previously projected that the budget reconciliation bill would increase the deficit...