Even healthy brains decline with age. Here’s what you can do
Scientists are finding ways to minimize the effects of aging on the brain. Here are some ways to keep it healthy. (Image credit: OsakaWayne Studios)
Israel strikes in Damascus as Syrian forces clash with Druze groups
The strike came as clashes continued in the southern Syrian city of Sweida after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed. (Image credit: Omar Sanadiki)
Trump’s tariff rollout makes business community anxious
President Trump’s approach to setting tariff rates is causing anxiety in the business community, with the trickling flow of letters to trade partners exacerbating concerns over hits to the economy. The president has sent two dozen letters to countries, with rates set between 20 percent and 50 percent to be imposed Aug. 1, while also leaving the door open to negotiations to lower…
How the White House is broadening its pressure campaign on Fed chief Jerome Powell
President Trump’s fight against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has taken on a new dimension, with an overhaul of the central bank’s headquarters at the center of a growing White House pressure campaign. Top White House officials have zeroed in on a $2.5 billion renovation of the Federal Reserve’s Washington, D.C., offices. Powell has asked…
Trump-Epstein controversy fractures GOP
The battle over the Jeffrey Epstein files that’s severed the MAGA faithful is also surfacing on Capitol Hill, where GOP lawmakers are torn over President Trump’s refusal to release government records related to the deceased financier and sex offender. The debate is fracturing the House GOP conference, with hardline conservatives — ardent MAGA allies — echoing…
Trump set to move quickly against Education Department after Supreme Court green light
The Trump administration is moving full-steam ahead with plans to gut the Education Department after getting a green light from the Supreme Court. Conservatives are in celebration mode after the high court said the administration can lay off half of the department’s workforce, arguing the move is long overdue and echoing President Trump’s calls to…
Senate poised to hand Trump $9B in cuts, second big legislative victory
Senate Republicans say they have the votes to pass a package of $9 billion in spending cuts, which would give President Trump another big legislative victory in less than a month after GOP leaders quelled a revolt from members of the powerful Appropriations Committee. Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget…
Virginia Foxx not done making waves as the ‘Iron Lady’ of the House GOP
From elevator-bound staffers to the top leaders in the House, no one is underestimating 82-year-old Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.). After Foxx chaired a nearly 22-hour House Rules Committee hearing ahead of House passage of Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” in May, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) called her the “Iron Lady of the House.” House Minority Leader Hakeem…
Democrats scramble to torpedo controversial Trump judicial nominee
Senate Judiciary Democrats are scrambling to make their case as the panel weighs the controversial judicial nomination of a Trump official accused of proposing the Justice Department defy court orders. Emil Bove, the principal deputy attorney general, has been nominated for a lifetime appointment to a bench of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Democrats made a…
GOP struggles to make up time on 2026 government funding work
House Republicans are trying to rev up their government funding work for fiscal year 2026 after devoting weeks of energy to pushing through President Trump’s megabill, but the timeline is slipping ahead of their coming August recess. With about 20 legislative days on the House calendar ahead of a Sept. 30 government shutdown deadline, top…