Latest Headlines

Estimates released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office show that the House-passed GOP reconciliation package would add a staggering $2.4 trillion to the U.S. national debt over the next decade, even after accounting for the legislation's unprecedented cuts to Medicaid and federal nutrition assistance.

According to the CBO, the Republican budget legislation would slash taxes by $3.75 trillion—with the benefits disproportionately flowing to the rich. The massive debt impact of the tax cuts would be partially—but not even close to fully—offset by the bill's attacks on Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and green energy programs.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell continued posting on social media about his defamation trial after U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang warmed him not to.

Earlier this week, attorneys for former voting machine executive Eric Coomer notified Wang that Lindell had flouted court orders by posting on X and giving television interviews about the trial.

An Army Captain went after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for being "immature" after his recent decision to change the name of a ship honoring civil rights leader Harvey Milk.

Former Missouri Secretary of State and U.S. Senate candidate Jason Kander spoke to MSNBC on Wednesday about the Pentagon's decision to "rebrand" the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler that is named for the slain Navy veteran and San Francisco Board of Supervisors member who was the first openly gay man elected to office in California.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon indicated that she was unaware of the Tulsa Race Massacre under questioning about President Donald Trump's "illegal" restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies in U.S. schools.

During a Wednesday hearing before the House Committee on Education & Workforce, Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) said that the Trump administration had "undoubtedly revived the culture of racism."

President Donald Trump joined Sen Elizabeth Warren in calling for the elimination of the debt limit.

The president is pushing congressional Republicans to pass a massive domestic policy bill that would permanently extend his 2017 tax cuts, and the version currently pending in the Senate would add $5 trillion to the debt limit – more than the $4 trillion increase passed by the House – and Warren called for the ceiling to be removed, with some caveats.

Staffing shortages maybe effecting the accuracy of key economic markers like the U.S. inflation data, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

“The Bureau of Labor Statistics, the office that publishes the inflation rate, told outside economists this week that a hiring freeze at the agency was forcing the survey to cut back on the number of businesses where it checks prices,” the Journal said.

Reacting to the financial markets staying strong despite Donald Trump's on-again off-again trade policies, Fox News business analyst Charles Gasparino suggested their bullishness could be setting the U.S. up for a fall.

On the same that the president posted on Truth Social about his negotiation difficulties with China, where he wrote, "I like President XI of China, always have, and always will, but he is VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!!!" Gasparino pointed out the entire trade war could collapse into a "big bowl of nothing" and that some financial analysts are placing their bets on that.

President Donald Trump admitted that a recent call with Russian President Vladimir Putin would not lead to "immediate peace" in Ukraine, despite saying he could end the war in one day before the 2024 election.

"I just finished speaking, by telephone, with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia," Trump revealed in a Wednesday post on his Truth Social platform. "We discussed the attack on Russia's docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides. It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace."

One of President Donald Trump's first judicial appointees is Whitney Hermandorfer, who has ties to the far-right Federalist Society, and one U.S. Senator wants to know if she agrees with Trump's sentiments about the group.

In a long and rambling post on Truth Social last week, Trump alleged, "I was new to Washington, and it was suggested that I use The Federalist Society as a recommending source on Judges. I did so, openly and freely, but then realized that they were under the thumb of a real 'sleazebag' named Leonard Leo, a bad person who, in his own way, probably hates America, and obviously has his own separate ambitions."

Karine Jean-Pierre has left the Democratic Party after serving as former president Joe Biden's press secretary, she's revealing in her forthcoming book.

The longtime Democratic operative served two years as the top spokesperson for the White House, but she's urging voters to look past the two-party system in her new book, "Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines," reported the Associated Press.

U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang reportedly ordered MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to stop all interviews and social media posts about his defamation trial.

Attorneys for former voting machine executive Eric Coomer notified Wang that Lindell had flouted the court's order against posting to social media from inside the federal courtroom.