Lisa Cook, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, attends a Federal Reserve Board open meeting discussing proposed revisions to the board’s supplementary leverage ratio standards at the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington on June 25, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump stated on Aug. 22 that he
If you noticed your utility bill has gone up this summer, you’re not alone. On average, electricity costs are 5.5% higher today than they were a year ago, according to the latest federal data, and natural gas is up 13.8%. Nearly 60 utility companies are set to increase electricity rates this year by more than
House and Senate Democrats, along with Washington's non-voting delegates in both chambers, argued that had Washington D.C. been a state, the president would not have been able to federalize the police force.
President Donald Trump praised DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for moving to paint the entire southern border wall black, saying it will make it “untouchable."
Cars are parked outside the Texas Capitol building, amid a redistricting battle between Republican and Democratic state lawmakers, in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 20, 2025. Reuters/Sergio Flores The Texas Senate on Aug. 23 passed a bill that will redraw Texas’s congressional maps and increase Republicans’ hold on the state’s U.S. House delegation by as many
Cars are parked outside the Texas Capitol building, amid a redistricting battle between Republican and Democratic state lawmakers, in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 20, 2025. Reuters/Sergio Flores The Texas Senate on Aug. 23 passed a bill that will redraw Texas’s congressional maps and increase Republicans’ hold on the state’s U.S. House delegation by as many
Democratic socialist and Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh is being knocked for holding a rally in a foreign language that appeared entirely devoid of American flags.