It’s not just high gas prices – inflation is now spreading through the US economy
Fresh inflation data now suggests the challenge may be deeper and longer lasting than many expected

US President Donald Trump said talks with Iran over an interim peace deal will “work out well,” even as the countries’ forces clashed again near the Strait of Hormuz.
Fresh inflation data now suggests the challenge may be deeper and longer lasting than many expected
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner often touts his role as harbormaster of Sullivan, Maine, as proof of his "working class" bona fides, saying on his campaign website that he "serves the town of Sullivan as Harbormaster" and claiming during a February podcast interview that he's "been the harbormaster for the last two years." He actually held the role for roughly 18 months before quitting to launch his Senate campaign—and it was largely a "clerical" one, according to local records and people familiar with the position. The post Graham Platner Says He 'Serves' as His Maine Town's Harbormaster. He Held the Largely 'Clerical' Role for 18 Months Before Quitting To Campaign. appeared first on .
With the midterm elections five months away, many Americans who backed President Trump are wrestling with pain at the pump and the war in Iran.
There was no love lost on Sunday for Zohran Mamdani, who became the first New York City mayor to skip the annual Israel Day Parade in more than 60 years. The post ‘He Hates Us’: New York Jews and Israeli Officials Say Mamdani Isn’t Wanted at the Israel Day Parade, as Hizzoner Becomes First Mayor in 60 Years to Skip Celebration appeared first on .
Former attorney general Pam Bondi testified behind closed doors Friday about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. She effectively let it be known that Todd Blanche, now acting AG, has been responsible for this debacle, creating a new target for Democrats to pursue that will be fraught for Trump. Bondi also went mum on how Trump instructed her to handle the Epstein files, basically declining to back Trump’s spin that he was very pro-transparency, raising still more questions for Democrats to pursue. Meanwhile, Trump’s sinking approval, Iran debacle, ballroom and slush fund are fracturing Trumpworld and the GOP: One Republican told The Atlantic that he has “lame-ducked himself.” We talked to historian Nicole Hemmer, author of several books about the right. We discuss why the Epstein scandal continues to fracture the MAGA movement, the deeper reasons for Trump’s weakening hold on the GOP, and why MAGA will go into deep turmoil once Trump passes from the scene. Listen to this episode here.
The Senate minority leader said Democrats would use Senate procedure to try to kill President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, forcing Republicans to vote to preserve the compensation money.
President Trump on Sunday said it is “very good” that thousands of lawyers have chosen to no longer work for the administration, referring to The New York Times’s reporting on the exodus. The Times story reported that more than 10,000 lawyers working for the federal government have left since the end of 2024 to March…
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth appeared to rebuff the words of one of his key deputies, which linked the pause of a multi-billion-dollar arms shipment for Taiwan […]