On this Tax Day, how much Americans have to pay depends more than ever on where they live. Across much of the country, states have been cutting income-tax rates or moving toward flatter tax systems to attract and retain residents and businesses. But a handful of other states, led mostly by Democrats, are aggressively moving […]
President Donald Trump has signaled that a second round of U.S.–Iran talks is coming into focus. Officials are now indicating how soon both sides could be back at the table. Plus, Rep. Eric Swalwell is out, but the story isn’t slowing down. A new accuser says he drugged and sexually assaulted her, and now she’s […]
Hopes for renewed peace talks between the U.S. and Iran are high after President Donald Trump signaled the war could be over soon. Mediators also say progress has been made on efforts to extend the ceasefire, even as the U.S. tightens its military grip in the region. Regional officials told The Associated Press that mediators are working to extend the […]
President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he refuses to leave the central bank at the end of his term, despite Powell’s vow to stay on the board until a criminal investigation into his conduct is completely resolved. Trump made the comment in a Fox Business interview, saying, “Then […]
House Democrats have chosen a new target in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Democratic lawmakers plan to introduce five articles of impeachment against Hegseth on Wednesday, most of them connected to the war in Iran, Axios reports. Earlier attempts to impeach Cabinet officials failed. But the targets of those efforts have since […]
In this Media Miss Minute, the Trump Justice Department is accusing the Biden administration of biased prosecutions targeting anti-abortion protesters. And two immigration judges are out of a job after blocking the deportation of Palestinian students. Media Miss by the left: DOJ accuses Biden admin of biased prosecutions The Department of Justice has fired at […]
Did you know there are currently websites hijacking your back button? It may be something you noticed without even realizing it, but now Google is doing something about it. The tech giant announced it’s expanding existing policies to crack down on websites that quite literally hijack the back button. You know how sometimes you’re on […]
AI this and AI that — it seems like every company is jumping into artificial intelligence, but the latest company to take the plunge has left some scratching their heads. Allbirds, the shoe company focused on older consumers, announced it was breaking into the industry after shedding its footwear wings in March. The surprise pivot […]
European leaders are quietly sketching out a backup plan for NATO, preparing for a reality in which the United States might take a back seat, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The discussions gained traction after Germany, which for years preferred to keep the U.S. at the center of European defense, began shifting its […]
It was in May 2018, during President Donald Trump’s first term, when he called his predecessor’s nuclear deal with Iran a “horrible, one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made.” Now, Trump is in the captain’s chair as negotiations have stalled for his deal. Trump said that former President Barack Obama’s Joint Comprehensive Plan […]
