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Since 2025, Trump Made More Stock Trades Than All 535 Congress Members Combined

This amounts to more than 80 trades per market day for the president in his first 17 months back in office.

The Ohio Republican Begging the Senate to Help Him Get Out of the Data Center Mess He Helped Create

Big Tech Skeletons Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) was appointed to fill Vice President JD Vance’s vacant Senate seat after Vance...

Who’s to Blame for Higher Prices? Trump’s Own Fed Chair Just Pointed a Subtle Finger.

Trump is dealing with the consequences of his own actions. So are we.

Trump Melts Down as Federal Reserve Defies Him on Interest Rates

President Trump had yet another predictable meltdown after his handpicked Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, refused to lower interest rates—instead raising them for the first time in three years.“Interest Rates in the United States should be 1%, or less, because we are the Best Credit in the World—BY FAR. Our Country is BOOMING with new Investment! If we…

Top Trump military adviser says US must prepare to fight around moon

Gen Dan Caine comments at Washington summit come after US revealed it has deployed weapons in spaceAmerican troops need to prepare for combat not only in Earth’s orbit but around the moon, Donald Trump’s top military adviser said on Wednesday, looking ahead to a new frontier in warfare after the US revealed for the first time that it has deployed weapons…

U.S. diplomats meet with Houthis as Red Sea crisis intensifies

American diplomats met over the weekend with Houthi representatives at the U.S. embassy in Oman and discussed tensions in the Red Sea, a regional source familiar with the issue confirmed. Why it matters: The meeting in Muscat, which was organized with the help of the Omani government, focused on maintaining a ceasefire between the U.S. and Houthis and…

Should we be skeptical about the AI panic?

Is AI going to kill us all? In Silicon Valley, it’s not such a novel question. But after Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon quit his job last week and posted on X that AI “could kill us all by the end of the decade,” a lot more people are asking. “This is not a marketing stunt,”…

LA homelessness non-profit workers arrested over alleged corruption and bribes

Pair accused of misappropriating millions in taxpayer dollars as Trump officials target alleged fraud in blue statesFederal law enforcement officers have arrested two employees of California-based homelessness non-profits on corruption charges, alleging that they misappropriated millions in taxpayer dollars.The US justice department has arrested Michael…

‘It’s your fault’: Fmr. Biden Economic Adviser says Trump is to blame for high prices

Fmr. Biden Economic Adviser Jared Bernstein joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the Federal Reserve raising interest rates amid climbing gas prices as the White House continues to blame the Biden administration for high prices.

How Israel-Palestine broke up Sheeran-Macklemore

This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. I logged onto Slack this morning to find an incredible and indecipherable message from one of my coworkers. I briefly thought he was having a fever dream or I had forgotten how to read…

Afghan terrorist gets 20 years for role in deadly 2021 attack at Kabul airport

Thirteen American troops and about 170 Afghans were killed in a suicide bombing at the airport’s Abbey Gate as the U.S. left Afghanistan.

Iowa’s Republican Senate candidate not attending JD Vance event

A spokesperson for Rep. Ashley Hinson, who is campaigning on bipartisanship, cited previously scheduled events but declined to say what they are.

Trump Officials Admit Planned Arch Would Ruin Everything Around It

The Trump administration is admitting that Trump’s proposed “Triumphal Arch” in Washington, D.C., will harm historical sites, but claiming it must be built anyway.The Washington Post, citing a National Park Service document and email correspondence, reports that government officials fully acknowledge that the proposed arch, which would be built on the…

U.S. Postal Service Chief Is Reportedly So Fed Up He Wants to Quit

Postmaster General David Steiner wants out.The United States Postal Service chief told individuals close to him that he wants to resign from his post, according to a report from Reuters on Wednesday. “The message was, this isn’t what he signed up for, and he didn’t come on board to get beat up like this,” one source said.This report comes as President…

Jay Jacobs gets his first-ever challenger for state Dem chair

House to leave early, halting Hegseth impeachment vote until after midterms

House lawmakers will leave Washington early for the last time before the November midterm elections, after GOP leaders said they were canceling the votes session they had scheduled. This comes as the House was set to vote on the possible impeachment of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin has the latest from the Capitol.

Trump Is Now Using Taxpayer Money to Finance His War on the Smithsonian

The administration is planning to spend $84,000 to put up signs warning visitors that the venerated museum has gone woke

House votes to hold Leon Black in contempt over Epstein subpoenas refusal

Billionaire has refused to comply with subpoenas from House oversight committee as part of Epstein inquiryUS politics live – latest updatesThe House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to hold billionaire investor Leon Black in contempt of Congress over his refusal to comply with subpoenas issued to him by the House oversight committee as part of its…