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U.S. House approves outline for $70 billion more for immigration enforcement
Federal agents, including members of the Department of Homeland Security, the Border Patrol, and police, attempt to keep protesters back outside a downtown U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on Oct. 4, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a three-year budget plan that […]
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Brent crude tops $121 as U.S. military to reportedly brief Trump on potential action against Iran
Alexander Manzyuk | Reuters Oil extended gains as a report suggested the U.S. military would brief President Donald Trump on potential action against Iran, raising worries that armed conflict could resume, building on the American blockade of Iranian exports. Axios reported Thursday that the U.S. Central Command was set to present Trump plans for potential […]
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Democrats vow to fight back after Supreme Court Voting Rights Act ruling
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during his weekly press conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 19, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters Congressional Democrats on Wednesday vowed to fight with what limited power they have from the minority in the House and the Senate against the Supreme Court’s decision to […]
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Warsh hints at a new reading of the Fed’s power over swap lines amid UAE discussion
Kevin Warsh, nominee for US Federal Reserve Chair, testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on his nomination on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on April 21, 2026. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh believes the Fed’s statutory independence doesn’t fully extend to international policy issues, he said […]
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Analysis: The Warsh revolution is coming. Powell won’t stand in the way.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell departs following his final press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), at the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 29, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters How do you change regimes when the head of the old one isn’t leaving? That will […]
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Trump says it’s ‘great’ that UAE pulled out of OPEC
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Artemis II astronauts, NASA Commander Reid Wiseman, NASA Pilot Victor Glover, NASA Mission Specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 29, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald […]
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Jerome Powell says he will continue to serve as a Fed governor, calls Trump criticism ‘unprecedented’
Key Points Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday said he will stay on the Board of Governors for an indefinite period while a probe into the renovation of the central bank’s headquarters continues. The statement resolves for the moment a key question that hovered over the Federal Open Market Committee meeting. “The things that have […]
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Fed holds rates steady but with highest level of dissent since 1992
An unusually divided Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its key interest rate steady as policymakers grappled with the policy impact of persistent inflation and awaited a looming leadership transition at the central bank. In what may have been Chair Jerome Powell’s final meeting at the helm, the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee voted to hold […]
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James Comey appears in court on Trump seashells threat indictment
FILE PHOTO: Former FBI Director James Comey testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Senate Hart building on Capitol Hill, on Thursday, June 8, 2017. Cheriss May | Nurphoto | Getty Images Former FBI Director James Comey appeared in Alexandria, Virginia, federal court on Wednesday, a day after a two-count indictment charged […]
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Cole Allen took selfie before Trump assassination attempt at WHCA dinner, prosecutors say
In the photograph, the defendant was wearing a black dress shirt, black slacks, and what appears to be a red necktie, tucked into his pants. An enhanced version of the image (below right) shows that the defendant also appeared to be wearing a small leather bag consistent in appearance with the ammunition- filled bag later […]
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