The Treasury Department said Thursday it’s planning to end production of the penny in an effort to phase out one of the country’s oldest currencies. The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny…
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A new bill to regulate app stores has been introduced in Congress. This legislation will likely spark a debate over its constitutionality, but members of Congress who recognize this as an opportunity to help parents…
House Oversight and Government Reform Chair James Comer is demanding interviews with Joe Biden’s physician and former White House officials as part of his investigation into the former president’s mental decline. The requests, dated Thursday,…
House Republicans’ domestic agenda bill doesn’t have a topline cost estimate yet and faces the likelihood of major rewrites in the Senate, but it’s already sending shockwaves through global financial markets. U.S. bonds have sold…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has told Senate GOP leadership that he is a hard no on the bill the House passed early Thursday morning to enact President Trump’s legislative agenda because the legislation includes language…
In response to the declining birth rate, President Trump recently said he thought that giving mothers a $5,000 “baby bonus” check whenever they gave birth sounded like a good idea. Speaking from experience — I…
Senate Republicans are vowing they will make changes to President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” after it passed the House early Thursday morning. While the end product is likely to contain sweeping areas of overlap…
The fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., late Wednesday night drew an outpouring of grief as well as a global condemnation of antisemitic violence. The victims, Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah…
Two individuals were fatally shot outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday after attending the American Jewish Committee’s annual Young Diplomats Reception. Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were both staffers with the Israeli Embassy. Lischinsky…
The Major League Baseball Eras Committee for the Classic Baseball Era will meet in December 2027 to discuss players who were overlooked when they were eligible to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.…
(NEXSTAR) — Grab your coin purse: The U.S. may be on the verge of ditching its penny. The U.S. Treasury is reportedly gearing up to stop putting new one-cent coins into circulation by early next…
Officials leading the Jewish museum where two Israeli Embassy staffers were shot and killed called the killings a “devastating” attack on the community. “We are heartbroken by the murders of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim,…
Multiple people are dead after a private plane crashed in a San Diego neighborhood early Thursday morning, setting roughly 15 homes on fire and forcing evacuations on several blocks, officials said. The fatalities were among…
Federal forecasters predicted an unusually heavy hurricane season at a briefing in New Orleans on Thursday. “Everything’s in place for an above-average season,” Ken Graham, director of the United States National Weather Service (NWS), told…
Sometimes off-year election results are not predictive of future elections. Republicans need to hope that this is the current situation as we look at the 2025 political landscape and try to project to the 2026…
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) labeled the spending bill a “debt bomb ticking” on Thursday ahead of the House vote passing legislation along party lines following an all-night marathon session. The bill includes language increasing the…
A top Federal Reserve official said the steep cost of President Trump’s major policy bill caught the bond market off-guard, leading to a spike in U.S. interest rates. In a Thursday interview, Federal Reserve Governor…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Thursday afternoon just hours after the House GOP passed its “one big, beautiful” budget bill focused on President Trump’s domestic priorities. Trump praised Speaker Mike Johnson…
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said early Thursday morning that the country remains united with the families of slain embassy staffers. Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were fatally shot outside the American Jewish Committee’s annual Young Diplomats…