POLITICS

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square)  President Donald Trump again called for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates Thursday morning. In a post on Truth Social, the president chastised Fed Chairman Jerome Powell for not having cut rates in 2025. “The is expected to cut interest rates for the 7th...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump declined an Israeli plan to attack Iran with US support as soon as next month in favor of attempting diplomacy with Tehran over its civilian nuclear program, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The report said Israel developed plans to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A recent promotion within the National Security Council has ignited backlash from within Donald Trump’s own movement, spotlighting ideological rifts within the Trump administration.  At the center of the controversy is Ivan Kanapathy, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and Mandarin-speaking Asia expert, who now serves...

(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump personally intervened to prevent Elon Musk from attending a classified Pentagon briefing on China, igniting a firestorm over national security, business interests, and government transparency. According to a report by Axios, President Donald Trump personally intervened to block Elon Musk from receiving a...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The ouster of Dan Caldwell from the Pentagon may have been triggered by a leak investigation—but to many inside Trump world, it looks more like the sidelining of a dissenting voice within the administration. Dan Caldwell, a senior advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The Justice Department is under fire from gun rights advocates for continuing to prosecute pistol brace owners, even as it claims to be reviewing the controversial rule. The DOJ is currently prosecuting a case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia involving the...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A popular YouTuber known for his gun advocacy has ended his role as a state director for Gun Owners of America, leaving followers speculating whether his skepticism of Israel cost him his role. Gun YouTuber Iraqveteran8888, whose real name is Eric Blandford, was GOA's Georgia State...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The State Department is finally closing its “Global Engagement Center,” which in recent years was revealed to have colluded with corporate media outlets and tech companies to censor dissident political voices. “It is the responsibility of every government official to continuously work to preserve and protect...

(Casey Parker, The Center Square)  A coalition of state attorneys general sent a letter to a top business leaders group Tuesday warning its members that if they continue their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices, they are "often illegal." Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led the letter with more than a...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Pentagon officials have told their Israeli counterparts that the United States will begin a phased withdrawal of its troops from Syria within two months, the Israeli news site Ynet reported on Tuesday. A senior Israeli official said that the US withdrawal could be partial, meaning only some...

(Headline USA)  An IRS whistleblower who testified publicly about investigations into Hunter Biden’s taxes is reportedly expected to be promoted to IRS acting commissioner. Gary Shapley, an IRS employee who testified to Congress as Republicans reviewed the business dealings of Joe Biden’s son, said he was retaliated against for cooperating...

(Headline USA)  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once considered separating Instagram from its parent company due to worries about antitrust litigation, according to an email shown Tuesday on the second day of an antitrust trial alleging Meta illegally monopolized the social media market. In the 2018 email, Zuckerberg wrote that he...