LAS VEGAS — Hospitality workers in Las Vegas hoped the nationwide “No Tax on Tips” provision would provide relief after a sharp decline in tourism. Results have been mixed. The tax provision, as part of 2025’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, allows eligible workers to deduct up to $25,000 of voluntary tips from federal taxes […]
The fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran continues, with peace talks set for Saturday. What President Donald Trump said about Iran’s hold on the key oil passageway, the Strait of Hormuz. Plus, a soldier who survived a deadly Iranian drone attack in Kuwait at the start of the war claims the U.S. military was […]
The U.S. Postal Service says it is taking steps to conserve cash amid what officials describe as an ongoing, severe financial crisis. Beginning April 10, USPS is temporarily suspending its employer contributions to the defined-benefit portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System, according to the agency. Postal officials said the move will free about $2.5 […]
An immigration appeals board has denied former Columbia University grad student Mahmoud Khalil’s latest attempt to toss out his high-profile deportation case. Khalil made headlines last year for leading pro-Palestinian protests at the university. According to Khalil’s lawyers, the board issued a final order of removal on Thursday. Khalil’s lawyers say they’re requesting that the full appeals panel reconsider the decision. […]
New government data released Friday shows that the effects of the war in Iran are rippling across the U.S. economy. The nation’s inflation rate rose 3.3% in March from a year earlier and 0.9% from the previous month, the Labor Department said Friday. The increase, the biggest jump since June 2022, was largely driven by […]
Anticompetitive practices and affordability are at the forefront of a new Justice Department investigation into the NFL. The DOJ is investigating whether the league violated anticompetitive practices by requiring consumers to pay subscription fees to watch some games. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news, saying the nature and scope of the investigation are […]
In this Media Miss Minute, some of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Europe are starting to split with him over the Iran war. And the Trump administration is investigating how CNN reported the news of the two-week ceasefire with Iran. Media Miss by the right: Some European MAGA allies distance themselves from Trump’s Iran […]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer lashed out at President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin over rising energy prices in his country related to recent wars. “I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy, businesses’ bills go up and down on energy, […]
U.S. fertility and birth rates continue to decline, with roughly 710,000 fewer births in 2025 than at the nation’s peak in 2007, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many factors played a role in the decline: finances, timing and falling teen pregnancy rates, among others. At the end of […]
As NASA astronauts prepare for their return from their record-breaking spaceflight mission around the moon, the Trump administration is proposing a large budget cut to the agency that got them up there. For the second year in a row, the administration has asked Congress to approve a budget with cuts to NASA. The Office of […]
