Month: January 2026

A bipartisan group of lawmakers will travel to Denmark in the wake of a recent push by President Trump to acquire Greenland, which is a Danish territory. The group includes Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), as well as Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Madeleine…

About 6 in 10 U.S. voters said technology companies have too much influence in Washington, according to new polling from the Tech Oversight Project and Morning Consult released Monday.  Another 54 percent of survey respondents agreed with the statement that the Trump administration is too close to Big Tech firms and often prioritizes their interests, and nearly half — 49 percent…

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is investing $115 million in counterdrone technologies for the FIFA Men’s World Cup and events celebrating 250 years of U.S. independence. DHS said in a Monday release it is also launching an office focused on purchasing and deploying drone and counterdrone technologies. The new Program Executive Office for Unmanned…

Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) has introduced a bill to make Greenland the 51st state in the U.S., following President Trump’s recent push to acquire the Danish territory. The “Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act” was introduced by the Florida Republican on Monday, his office said in a press release. The bill’s goals, according to its text,…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said on Monday that President Trump called her after she criticized his policies on affordability in a speech at the National Press Club in Washington. “This morning, I gave a speech noting how Donald Trump is driving up costs for families, sowing terror and chaos in our communities, and abusing his…

Rep. Jim Baird (R-Ind.) said Monday his wife is now also out of the hospital following a car accident last week. “My wife and I are both out of the hospital and continuing to recover. I am deeply grateful for all of the kind words and the outpouring of prayers and support my family and…

Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, on Monday became the latest Republican in Congress to speak out against the criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. In a statement Monday, Hill called the Justice Department probe “an unnecessary distraction,” as he underscored his confidence in Powell’s integrity. “I’ve known…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said the Senate should halt all of President Trump’s nominees to the Federal Reserve because of the Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, arguing it threatened the independence of the central bank. She also argued Trump is seeking to put a “sock puppet” in place of…

Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Monday criticized the federal investigation into the central bank and Chair Jerome Powell. “I find it extremely chilling for Fed independence,” she told CNBC’s Sara Eisen. Powell, who succeeded Yellen in 2018, confirmed the inquiry late Sunday evening. The Fed chair said the Department of Justice (DOJ) served…

The success or failure of what transpires in Venezuela will be determined by what happens there.

Tariff dividends have been teased for months. Could we receive $2,000 checks soon?

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a foreign policy hawk and a close ally of President Trump, made a direct appeal to the president to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid the country’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protests. In an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” the senator praised Trump for siding with “the…

The previous three chairs of the Federal Reserve slammed the Department of Justice’s probe into the central bank and Chair Jerome Powell on Monday. Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen were among 13 economic officials that served under Republican and Democratic presidents to sign on to a statement calling the inquiry into the Fed…

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) called for a congressional investigation into the Justice Department after the Trump administration announced a probe into the Federal Reserve, calling the move an attempt to coerce the central bank to lower rates.  Murkowski said she spoke with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Monday morning and threw her weight behind…

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on Sunday he thinks President Trump has committed more impeachable offenses in his second term than he did during his first, when he was impeached twice. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Murphy declined to say whether he thinks the House should consider impeachment if Democrats take…

Republican Sen. Roger Marshall (Kan.) is questioning the value of a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice into whether Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell lied to Congress when he testified about building renovations, arguing “we’ve got bigger issues” to tackle. Asked during an interview with Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo early Monday whether the Justice…

Former late-night comic David Letterman blasted his old network over a shift in its news coverage during the first year of President Trump’s second term. “By the way, what about those idiots at CBS?” Letterman said as part of a video posted to his YouTube channel, a medium he has used to comment on current…

President Trump denied any involvement in a Justice Department probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after a criminal inquiry was made public Sunday. The investigation has sparked strong pushback from Democrats and some Republicans, who characterized the move as an attack on the Fed’s independence. Meanwhile, all eyes have turned to Iran as Trump…

The White House has an uphill battle in selling its actions in Venezuela to the American people, but it should not be an impossible task. 

President Trump’s motorcade was rerouted on Sunday after a “suspicious object” was discovered at Palm Beach International Airport (PBI). The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) discovered the object during advance sweeps at the president’s usual airport in Florida, prompting the motorcade to take a different route than usual to get to the airport, taking a circular…

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is accusing President Trump of “bullying” the Federal Reserve with criminal subpoenas, echoing an allegation Fed Chairman Jerome Powell made in a video statement Sunday. “Donald Trump’s assault on the Fed’s independence continues, threatening the strength and stability of our economy,” Schumer said in a statement. “This is…

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.), a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, is questioning the “credibility” of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and threatening to oppose President Trump’s nominees to the central bank until the matter is resolved. “If there were any remaining doubt whether advisers within…

President Trump said on Sunday that he doesn’t “know anything” about the Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. In a brief interview with NBC News, Trump denied knowledge of the criminal investigation while repeating his frequent criticism of Powell, specifically pointing to ongoing renovations at the two Fed buildings. “I…

The United States is supposed to be different, but Trump sees the world as an extension of himself — a place where bullies gain wealth and power by mistreating others and controlling them with fear.  

The onetime Trump White House chief strategist has, however, called “bulls**t” on the report by Axios.