The floor of the Missouri Senate is seen during a filibuster in Jefferson City, Mo., on Sept. 12, 2025. Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images Two Missouri voters are suing over the state’s new congressional districts map, asking a court to stop it from being used for the upcoming 2026 elections. The lawsuit, filed by the American
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Dec. 17, 2025. Doug Mills/Pool/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Dec. 18 signed into law a tighter outbound investment screening regime to stop U.S. capital from funding Chinese high-tech companies. The revised version of the Comprehensive
John Brennan speaks during a forum on election security at the National Press Club in Washington on Oct. 30, 2019. Joshua Roberts/Reuters Former CIA Director John Brennan is accusing the Justice Department of mishandling its investigation into him and seeks to avoid involvement by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who notably dismissed the classified documents
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington, on Dec. 19, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP The United States will block the entry of foreign nationals who have supported efforts to censor Americans, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Dec. 23. “For far
Students walk on campus at the University of Washington in Seattle on March 6, 2020. Karen Ducey/Getty Images University of Washington professor Stuart Reges was exercising free speech when he parodied his employer’s official statement that the land encompassing the Seattle school belongs to local indigenous people, federal judges have determined. The U.S. Ninth Circuit
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation named Operation “Angel’s Honor" in tribute to murdered Georgia nursing student Laken Riley netted over 1,000 criminal illegal aliens.
Summary State and local economic conditions and policies lead to deviations in inflation from the national average. For example, if local housing supply is relatively inelastic, then monetary or fiscal expansions translate more into local price increases than into quantities increases, generating more inflation in housing rents than in otherwise similar locations with more elastic