WASHINGTON, June 4, 2026 — Key Takeaways: The fund that split the Republican Senate caucus, delayed a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill, sparked a bipartisan revolt, and produced a federal lawsuit from two Capitol police officers who said it would…
KUWAIT CITY, June 4, 2026 — Iranian drones and missiles struck the passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday, killing one person, wounding 63 others including travelers and airport workers, and setting sections of the terminal ablaze — the…
DES MOINES, June 4, 2026 — Six states held primary elections Tuesday, and the race that emerged from Iowa is the one that could define Senate control in November. Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson defeated former state Senator Jim Carlin for…
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2026 — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday evening reclassifying approximately 8,000 of the most senior career civil servants in the federal government into a new employment category called Schedule Policy/Career — making them fireable…
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2026 — Iran suspended all communications with the United States through mediators on Monday, halting the ceasefire negotiations that had been the only path to reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending a war now in its…
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2026 — The mortgage denial that blindsides most applicants is not the credit score problem they worried about or the down payment shortfall they expected. It is the debt-to-income ratio — a calculation so straightforward that most…
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2026 — Key Takeaways: The American labor market has been the stubborn holdout in an economy that has deteriorated across nearly every other measure. Consumer sentiment is at an all-time record low. Real wages fell year-over-year in…
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2026 — Three months after American and Israeli forces struck Iran’s nuclear facilities, ninety-four days after the Strait of Hormuz closed to commercial shipping, and fifty-five days after Pakistan arranged a conditional two-week ceasefire that has been…
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2026 — Key Takeaways: Two of the most consequential economic policy changes in a generation are happening at the same time, to the same Americans, in the same households. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act restructured the…
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2026 — Three days after Trump convened his entire Cabinet at Camp David to make a final determination on the Iran deal, the United States still has no signed agreement. Vice President JD Vance told reporters Friday…
NEW YORK, May 30, 2026 — For most of this season, the Oklahoma City Thunder were not just good. They were inevitable. They won the championship last year. They won their third consecutive No. 1 seed in the Western Conference…
NEW YORK, May 30, 2026 — Key Takeaways: There are games. And then there are games. Tonight in Oklahoma City, when Victor Wembanyama and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander walk onto the Paycom Center floor for Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals,…