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WH adviser Hassett urges 'discipline' for Fed economists over tariff study

Feb 18, 2026Center Right

President Donald Trump's top economist on Wednesday urged that Federal Reserve economists be punished for research last week that showed American companies and consumers paying for nearly all the new tariffs imposed by the White House last year.

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Dem-run city urges residents to snitch on those who break out sparklers on the 4th

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Dem-run city urges residents to snitch on those who break out sparklers on the 4th

Not only is the city of Alexandria, Virginia, apparently not celebrating America’s 250th anniversary on the Fourth of July, but the DC suburb is also encouraging residents […]

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Feds Announce Pipeline Steps, BC Advances Protected Areas

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Feds Announce Pipeline Steps, BC Advances Protected Areas

Alberta’s path to the coast won’t threaten the northern tanker ban. But the new oil pipeline will land near Vancouver.

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Seattle’s Socialist Mayor Urges Transgender ‘Refugees’ to Come to Her City for Taxpayer Funded Surgeries

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Seattle’s Socialist Mayor Urges Transgender ‘Refugees’ to Come to Her City for Taxpayer Funded Surgeries

Katie Wilson, the Democratic Socialist (communist) mayor of Seattle, wants transgender 'refugees' to come to her city, where taxpayers will be forced to fund their surgeries. The post Seattle’s Socialist Mayor Urges Transgender ‘Refugees’ to Come to Her City for Taxpayer Funded Surgeries appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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Trump Says Fed’s Warsh Faces Board That’s a ‘Bit Hostile’

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Trump Says Fed’s Warsh Faces Board That’s a ‘Bit Hostile’

President Donald Trump said Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh may not be able to compel his colleagues on the central bank to do what the new chair wants on monetary policy.

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Newark, LaGuardia and JFK named ‘worst airports’ for July 4th travel: study

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Newark, LaGuardia and JFK named ‘worst airports’ for July 4th travel: study

As food, fireworks and festivities kick off in celebration of Independence Day 2026, frequent flyers in and around the Big Apple are likely to face nixed or postponed takeoffs.

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Economist flags troubling signs in Trump's economy: 'Shouldn't be so excited'

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Economist flags troubling signs in Trump's economy: 'Shouldn't be so excited'

A prominent economist on Thursday warned that President Donald Trump's economy has raised some concerns.Justin Wolfers, an economics and public policy professor at the University of Michigan, responded to a new report from the Department of Labor, which indicated the United States has added fewer jobs in June — just 57,000 jobs that month."Each month we just learn a little bit more about the economy," Wolfers said. "We've seen a few really, really good months, and it was a 'yabba dabba doo' moment. I was very excited. And what we see here is maybe we shouldn't be so excited. This is an economy that is not as hot as we might have thought a month ago. It's also not an economy that's sinking by any means — it's treading water; it's doing OK. Let's cross our fingers and try not to do anything wrong, and hopefully we'll keep it."For instance, Wolfers noted that the latest data showed there has been a decline in leisure and hospitality hiring at a time when several U.S. cities are hosting the World Cup, which he described as a "double whammy" for the economy. He also argued that every industry outside of healthcare showed signs of shrinking.

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Dem-turned Independent Joe Manchin urges Fetterman to ‘set himself free’ and follow suit

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Dem-turned Independent Joe Manchin urges Fetterman to ‘set himself free’ and follow suit

Former Democrat-turned-Independent Senator Joe Manchin is urging Sen. Fetterman to follow in his footsteps as his former party lurches left. Manchin bucked the Democratic Party in 2024 […]

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Trump Made Hundreds of Stock Trades One Day Before Pausing Tariffs

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Trump Made Hundreds of Stock Trades One Day Before Pausing Tariffs

President Trump bought hundreds of stocks the day before he paused tariffs and caused the stock market to rally. Trump filed his latest financial disclosure on Monday, and it shows that he made 327 individual stock purchases worth as much as $12.8 million on April 8, 2025, from companies including Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, and Alphabet (Google’s parent company), according to an analysis from investigative outlet Sludge. The next day, Trump announced that he was pausing his sweeping tariffs for 90 days, and the S&P 500 went up by nearly 10 percent, one of its largest one-day increases ever.The timing of these trades suggests he planned to cash in, realizing that markets would rally after his announcement. Those weren’t the only suspicious stock trades he made last year, either. On August 18, Trump’s accounts bought between $250,000 and $500,000 of stock in chipmaker Intel, four days before the president announced that the federal government would take a nearly $9 billion equity stake in the company. Intel’s stock price went up 6 percent after that announcement.Trump also bought stock in defense contractor Palantir Technologies throughout the year, publicly praising the company while increasing its federal contracts, particularly those with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. One of his top advisers, White House deputy chief of staff and anti-immigration hawk Stephen Miller, also owns between $100,001 and $250,000 of Palantir stock. This year, Trump singled out Palantir on Truth Social in April and sent its stock price soaring.By law, Trump and other executive branch officials are supposed to publicly disclose securities transfers, including stock purchases, over $1,000 within 45 days. Not only did Trump wait more than a year to disclose the April stock purchases, he didn’t disclose any other of the thousands of stock trades he made in 2025.In all, Trump reported $2.2 billion in income in 2025, from crypto, stock trades, foreign real estate, suing news organizations, and other grifts. His administration is openly engaging in market manipulation and insider trading without any fear of consequences.

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WH adviser Hassett urges 'discipline' for Fed economists over tariff study

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