Rates on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage have climbed above 7 percent amid tariff and bond market turbulence. Mortgage rates topped 7 percent Friday amid a bond market selloff as markets absorbed the latest developments in U.S. trade policy and global responses. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage jumped 13 basis points to
Many of them also received student loans, tax refunds, and food stamps, according to the Department of Government Efficiency. Numerous illegal immigrants with terrorist or criminal links who entered the United States under the previous administration received several government benefits, according to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “Under the Biden administration, it was routine
A court has granted DOGE conditional access to Treasury payment systems, easing an earlier ban amid an ongoing lawsuit from 19 Democrat-led states. A federal judge in New York has partially lifted a ban preventing members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing sensitive systems at the U.S. Treasury, allowing one DOGE staffer
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Omani mostly spoke indirectly in their first exchange, which was facilitated by Oman. Envoys from Iran and the United States have agreed to continue talks aimed at curbing Tehran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, following an initial meeting on April 12. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
Tech companies like Apple stand to gain relief from the exemption. President Donald Trump exempted a range of everyday products, specifically in the electronic category, from reciprocal tariffs while importing into the United States. Items excluded from reciprocal tariffs include smartphones, computers, servers, laptops, tablets, motherboards, processors, memory modules, machines used for manufacturing semiconductor devices,
The military will use the land to build border barriers and deploy detection and monitoring systems. President Donald Trump on Friday issued a memorandum authorizing the U.S. military to take control of a strip of federal land along the southern border to curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking. “Our southern border is under attack from
At least two are campaigning to hold office in the U.S. Capitol—the site of a protest that turned violent on Jan. 6, 2021. While many of the pardoned Jan. 6 defendants are quietly rebuilding their lives after four years of prosecutions and scrutiny, a few are jumping back into the political fray with high ambitions.