Senate Democrats reacted with outrage and disbelief to the news that President Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after the agency released a weaker-than-expected jobs report that showed the economy gained only 73,000 jobs in July and did far worse than previously reported in May and June. “Just absolutely insane,…
At least 11 progressive House Democrats, including Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.), have signed on to a letter calling for the U.S. to recognize a Palestinian state in the wake of moves by several American allies to do so before the United Nations convenes in September. “Recognizing a Palestinian state is an idea whose time has…
Federal Reserve Gov. Adriana Kugler announced Friday she will resign from the central bank’s board Aug. 8, leaving a key vacancy for President Trump to fill ahead of schedule. Kugler, who was appointed to the Fed board by former President Biden and confirmed in 2023, will leave the bank six months before the end of…
Tariff concerns are affecting parents as they begin back-to-school shopping early to avoid the higher costs they believe are coming for school supplies, according to a Wednesday survey from U.S. News. Sixty percent of parents surveyed already began back-to-school shopping as 62 percent said they expect to pay more this year than last year, according…
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) agreed Friday to a request from Ghislaine Maxwell to delay deposing her until after the Supreme Court considers her petition to overturn her conviction for sex trafficking. Comer, however, declined requests from an attorney for Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, to grant her…
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer praised President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) after the Friday release of the July jobs report. In a statement on social media, Chavez-DeRemer hailed Trump’s decision to fire BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the agency, which is housed in the Labor Department, released…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Friday afternoon that the chamber will be moving forward to pass its first tranche of government funding bills for fiscal 2026. The chamber will vote on three full-year funding plans that cover the departments of Veterans Affairs and Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration,…
Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) on Friday threatened to pull federal funding from Cincinnati after the fallout following a viral video of a 3 a.m. brawl in the streets of the city. The altercation, which occurred Saturday, resulted in serious injuries for one woman after a physical fight between two men spiraled into a larger…
President Trump on Friday accused the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Erika McEntarfer of faking jobs numbers, directing his team to fire the former President Biden appointee. Trump blamed McEntarfer for the bad Friday jobs report, showing that the country added 258,000 fewer jobs in May and June than previously reported. The…
Vice President Vance mocked critics of an American Eagle jeans ad featuring Sydney Sweeney in an interview published Friday, blaming Democrats for public discourse arguing the commercial endorses eugenics. “So you have a pretty girl doing a jeans ad and they can’t help but freak out. It reveals a lot more about them than it…
