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Fed’s aggressive rate-hiking campaign results in record loss of $114B for 2023

Rising income spending pushed the Federal Reserve into a record deficit last year, the central bank said in preliminary figures released Friday. The Fed's net income after expenses was negative $114.3 billion last year, compared to positive $58.8 billion the year before. The losses were related to the sharp increase in interest expenses faced by […]

Feds escalate war with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over access to migrant-packed park

It's almost noon in Eagle Pass, Texas. A standoff between federal authorities and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has reached a climax in the besieged border town, with the Department of Homeland Security demanding access to a park filled with migrants. Mr. Abbott further escalated the conflict this week, ordering the Texas National Guard to erect […]

Jeffrey Epstein’s brother claims feds covering up death evidence

Despite being the most high-profile prisoner in the United States, Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in federal custody at New York's Manhattan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019. The financier, who is awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking of underage girls, was found in his cell shortly after 6:30 a.m., using an orange bed […]

Feds blame 2021 DC derailment on ‘poor safety culture’

The top federal transportation safety official on Thursday slammed Washington's regional transit authority, saying a “poor safety culture” led to an October 2021 derailment and grounding hundreds of new Metro cars. criticized. The National Transportation Safety Board's final report on the incident concluded that the Washington Regional Metropolitan Transportation Authority had long been aware of […]

SpaceX illegally fired employees, feds claim as Musk remains in Biden admin’s crosshairs

The National Labor Relations Board has accused SpaceX of illegally firing multiple employees for criticizing founder and CEO Elon Musk, according to a complaint filed Wednesday. There is. Formal complaintobtained by space newsalleges that SpaceX illegally fired eight former employees in June 2022 for circulating an open letter asking spaceflight companies to distance themselves from […]

Menendez hooked up bribe-paying businessman with Qatari officials: feds

Sen. Bob Menendez introduced a member of the Qatari royal family and the president of a company with ties to the Qatari government to a New Jersey businessman, and the company invested millions of dollars in the businessman's real estate projects, he said Tuesday. This was revealed in the rewritten indictment. The latest indictment against […]

Democrat Tom Suozzi blames feds for migrant crisis, begs Biden for help

Former Congressman Tom Suozzi has become the latest local Democrat to appeal to President Biden and Congressional leaders for federal relief from the immigration crisis that is straining New York City's budget. Suozzi, 61, told reporters Tuesday that “the federal government has failed to address this issue for so long that we have pushed this […]