FTC Chair Lina Khan defends merger and acquisition crackdown

Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan In an interview aired on Sunday, the minister defended the agency's role in policing mergers and acquisitions, saying companies were causing inflation. Khan was interviewed by Lesley Stahl on CBS News' “60 Minutes” at a town hall hosted by Khan and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). The FTC chairman said, […]
Mother of Apalachee High School shooting suspect charged with elder abuse, tying mother to chair: report

A woman whose son is charged in connection with the mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia earlier this month has been accused of tying her elderly mother to a chair with tape, stealing her cellphone and damaging her home, local reports say. Marcy Gray, 43, whose son, Colt Gray, allegedly shot and killed […]
Biden Confusingly Makes False Claim He Never Met With Fed Chair Powell

President Joe Biden appeared to forget on Thursday that he had met with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell just two years ago. “I have never spoken to the Fed chairman since I took office,” Biden falsely stated in a speech to the Economic Club of Washington. Biden met with Powell in the Oval Office in […]
Republican Arizona county chair endorses Democrat to replace him

The Republican chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in Arizona is a Democrat. On his behalf. “I support Joel. [Navarro] “We chose him because he is a man of integrity, a dedicated public servant who fights for justice and has a proven track record of serving the interests of all people regardless of […]
Fed might have cut rates at July meeting: Fed Chair Powell

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the central bank might have started cutting interest rates in late July if it had known the labor market would cool so quickly. “If I had received the July report before the meeting, would I have lowered rates? Probably I would have,” Powell said at a news […]
Fed chair Jerome Powell blames influx of illegal migrants for rising unemployment rate

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday blamed the migrant crisis for rising unemployment in the country after cutting interest rates by half a percentage point for the first time since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. “If millions of people join the workforce and 100,000 jobs are created, the unemployment rate is going […]
Kayleigh McEnany: This almost made me fall out of my chair

The ‘Outnumbered’ panel discussed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ ‘shocking’ flip-flop on building a border wall … source
New House Freedom Caucus chair reveals GOP rebel group’s next ‘big fight’

ExclusiveThe new House Freedom Caucus Chairman, Andy Harris (R-Md.), wants to focus the rest of the year on two key issues: government funding and the rules for next year's House Republican conference. “I've been with the Freedom Caucus really since the beginning,” Harris told Fox News Digital on Tuesday night in her first interview since […]
Andy Harris elected as new Freedom Caucus chair

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) was elected as the new chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus on Tuesday night, three lawmakers told The Hill. Harris was officially selected to replace Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), who was defeated in the primary earlier this year. The group selected Ms. Harris as chair shortly after Rep. Andy Biggs, […]
Brazilian Political Candidate Strikes Opponent With Chair On Live TV

A Brazilian mayoral candidate attacked a political opponent with a chair during a televised debate. The incident began when Pablo Marcal insulted crime reporter José Luis Datena and brought up sexual harassment allegations against him, The New York Times reported. Reported Monday. (Related story: Suspected Antifa sympathizer pleads guilty to detonating nail bomb at Alabama […]