The Hitchhiker’s Guide to federal pay dates to watch if there’s a partial government shutdown
Government shutdown looms Saturday as Congress faces weekend deadline. Federal workers' pay schedules offer important clues about potential duration.
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Lawmakers Probe Ford Over Chinese Battery Partnership
A Ford logo is seen on the Ford Motor world headquarters in Dearborn, Mich., in a file photo. Rebecca Cook/Reuters Lawmakers are again scrutinizing Ford’s partnership with battery-maker CATL, a designated Chinese military company, according to a Jan. 27 letter. The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) questioned Ford CEO Jim Farley
Conservative icon rips teachers’ unions as schools turn into ‘propaganda agencies’
Economist Thomas Sowell criticizes public schools as insulated from accountability, citing teachers' unions and taxpayer funding as barriers to improvement in new podcast interview.
FBI executing search order at Fulton County elections hub
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Information are executing a search at a warehouse that serves as Fulton County’s election hub. The agency confirmed that its agents were “executing a court authorized law enforcement action” at 5600 Campbellton Fairburn Road, the site of the Fulton County Elections Hub & Operations Center. Agents wearing camouflage vests
Bessent defends Powell probe: “Independence does not mean no accountability”
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday defended the Department of Justice’s ongoing investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, dismissing concerns that the probe could weaken the central bank’s traditional independence. “I think that the message is that independence does not mean no accountability,” Bessent told “CBS Saturday Morning” co-host Kelly O’Grady in an
Trump return to Iowa likely ahead of high-stakes midterms, GOP gubernatorial candidate says
Former President Donald Trump is expected to return to Iowa as Republicans gear up for high-stakes midterm elections, according to a GOP gubernatorial candidate.
Powell warns Lisa Cook’s Supreme Court case could be most consequential legal threat in Fed’s history
Jerome Powell calls Supreme Court case involving Fed governor Lisa Cook "perhaps the most important legal case in the Fed's 113-year history."