OPEC Keeps Gradual Production Hike Plans Despite Trump’s Call to Lower Oil...
By Tom Ozimek The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) on Monday reaffirmed its earlier plan to gradually ease production cuts beginning in April 2025, despite...
View ArticleUS Attorney Warns He’ll Target Anyone Who Impedes Elon Musk’s DOGE
By Jack Phillips The acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia released a statement Monday assuring he will take legal action against any attempts to impede Elon Musk and his Department of...
View ArticleEuropean Leaders Promise to Be Tough, United in Response to Trump’s Tariffs
By Chris Summers Several European leaders attending an informal meeting about defense in Brussels on Feb. 3 have responded to President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs by warning of “tough” and...
View ArticleTrump’s Border Czar Says Illegal Crossings Down 93 Percent
By Jack Phillips President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said Sunday that the United States’ southern border has had an enormous drop in border encounters and crossings in recent days. “We’ve...
View ArticlePanama Says It Will Not Renew ‘Belt and Road’ Agreement With China After...
By Aldgra Fredly Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said on Feb. 2 that his country will not renew its memorandum of understanding with the Chinese regime to be a part of the Belt and Road...
View ArticleSenate Finance Committee Advances Nomination of RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary
By Jeff Louderback Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took a step closer to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on Feb. 4 when the Senate Finance Committee advanced his nomination to...
View ArticleICE Arrests Wanted Criminal Suspects, Venezuelan Gang Members
By Naveen Athrappully Multiple gang members and illegal aliens were apprehended by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities in recent days amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown...
View ArticleUS Manufacturing Returns to Growth as Business Optimism Soars to 34-month High
By Tom Ozimek The U.S. manufacturing sector expanded in January, marking its first growth after more than two years of contraction, as optimism about the year-ahead outlook for production soared,...
View ArticleHow Different Kinds of Exercise Benefit the Body and Brain
By Emma Suttie, D. Ac, AP When you hear the word “exercise,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Does it make you feel anxious, defeated, or overwhelmed? Or does it spark a sense of dread, like...
View ArticleMore Than 20,000 Federal Workers Have Taken Buyout Offer, Surge Expected...
By Mark Tapscott WASHINGTON—More than 20,000 federal workers have accepted President Donald Trump’s buyout proposal since last week, and officials expect many more before Friday’s deadline, according...
View ArticleBiden-Era Climate Rule Dead After Court Grants Dismissal of Appeal
By Zachary Stieber A climate rule issued during the Biden administration is officially dead after judges on Feb. 3 granted the new administration’s request to drop an appeal. Three judges of the U.S....
View ArticleUS to Weigh El Salvador’s Offer to House Criminals of Any Nationality: Rubio
By Zachary Stieber The United States is considering the president of El Salvador’s offer to house criminals of any nationality in the Central American country’s jails, U.S. Secretary of State Marco...
View ArticleSelf-Deportations and Plummeting Crossings–How New Border Policies Impact...
By Allan Stein YUMA, Ariz.—Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls said that border crossings near his city have continued to decline since President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border on...
View ArticleCDC, FDA, HHS Sued After Health Webpages Go Down
By Jack Phillips A medical group filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and several U.S. health agencies for removing webpages and data from agency websites in...
View ArticleFlorida Watchdogs Raise Questions About Mail-in Voting Practices in 2024...
By Steven Kovac A couple of election integrity watchdogs want to know why state data from Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, 2024, appears to show that hundreds of thousands of people throughout Florida appear to have...
View ArticleEconomists React to Trump’s Plan for Sovereign Wealth Fund
By Kevin Stocklin President Donald Trump’s order to establish a U.S. sovereign wealth fund has raised concerns among economists who are wary of further government expansion into America’s private...
View ArticleTrump Signs Order Barring Men From Women’s Sports
By Travis Gillmore President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday calling for the end of men playing in women’s sports. The “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” order is aimed at...
View ArticleTrump Says He Will Investigate California’s High-Speed Rail Project
By Kimberly Hayek President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that his administration will investigate the long-delayed California high-speed rail project, which was authorized by voters in the state...
View ArticleHow USAID and Its $50 Billion Budget Became a Target for Reform
By Lawrence Wilson The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was a little-noticed federal agency until it suddenly became the object of a fierce political battle over the limits of...
View ArticleBorder Chief Homan Says Raid on Tren de Aragua Gang Was Leaked, Vows...
By Samantha Flom Border czar Tom Homan promised on Feb. 6 to find those responsible for leaking the details of a raid targeting members of the Tren de Aragua (TDA) gang and hold them accountable. “This...
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