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Four Democrats buck party on funding bill despite White House veto threat

Four House Democrats on Wednesday overrode party opposition to pass the annual Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction funding bill, days after the White House threatened to veto the bill over a partisan rider they called a “poison pill.” The Republican-led House of Representatives voted mostly along party lines Wednesday morning to pass a […]

The National Debt Is Becoming a Public Health Threat

Over the past three years, the amount of interest the U.S. government has to pay on the national debt has become the fastest-growing category of government spending. It was already the second-largest government expenditure in 2024 and will soon become the largest. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) estimates that the growing burden of the interest paid on the national debt will account […]

Garland ‘worried’ daily as terror threat grown ‘enormously’

Attorney General Merrick Garland acknowledged that he “worries” every day about the possibility of a terrorist attack on the United States and warned that the “threat level has increased significantly” since October 7. Garland made his concerns known before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday when asked whether President Biden’s disastrous border policies have allowed […]

Matt Rempe ready to becoming more complete Rangers threat

Rempe’s summer begins with a 38-hour drive to Calgary. And Matt Rempe is hopeful that when he returns to New York for training camp he will be a more complete player, ready to be in the lineup every night and play consistent minutes. “I want to contribute more,” Rempe said Tuesday while his right eye […]

Stock market could plunge 10% as economy faces stagflation threat, Stifel warns

John Koudounis, president and CEO of Calamos Investments, said he doesn’t expect any central banks to raise interest rates and that there is still “sideline” money in the market. There may be problems in the future US Stock MarketAccording to analysts at Stifel. Stocks are headed for another sharp decline, with the S&P 500 index […]

DOJ claims it can’t release Biden-Hur interview due to threat of AI deepfakes

The Justice Department argued in a court filing on Friday that it cannot release audio of President Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur due to fears of deepfakes. The motion was made as part of a legal challenge to Biden’s attempt to invoke executive privilege to keep the recordings from being made public. In […]

Trump mocks Biden’s strategy to call him ‘threat to democracy’

Presidential candidate Donald Trump mocked President Joe Biden‘s campaign strategy to call him a threat to democracy. Trump appeared for an interview with Fox and Friends Weekend that aired Sunday as his first television interview since he received a guilty verdict in Manhattan court. On Thursday, a jury ruled the former president was guilty of […]

China’s defence chief repeats threat of force against Taiwanese independence | Taiwan

Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun said peaceful “unification” with Taiwan remains China’s goal but that prospects are undermined by Taiwanese “separatists” and outside forces. Taiwan is democratically governed and has never been ruled by the Communist Party of China. On May 20, newly elected President Lai Ching-te took office. This routine democratic transition has angered […]