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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) grilled Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over affordability at a Senate hearing on Thursday, telling the secretary that “families aren’t fooled by these lies.” “It’s not just groceries,” Warren, the ranking member on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, said. “The numbers from Trump’s own economic agency show that Americans…

“I like Bill Clinton,” he said of the former president. Trump also called Hillary Clinton, his former political adversary, “smart” and “capable.”

The Trump administration is moving toward installing a Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds, seeking to recognize the late Italian explorer for his contributions to U.S. history.  White House officials signed a loan agreement Wednesday with the Italian American Organizations United to secure a reconstructed statue of Columbus thrown into the Baltimore Harbor during…

Most Americans say the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, by federal agents in Minnesota last month was not justified. In a new Quinnipiac University poll, 6 in 10 voters said they believe the agents’ use of force against Pretti was “not justified.” Only 22 percent of respondents said they believe…

FBI Director Kash Patel is being personally briefed on the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, officials said Thursday.  Patel was already scheduled to travel to Arizona, where the 84-year-old woman was last seen in her home, though the trip was unrelated to the search, the…

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Wednesday expressed reservations about a drawdown of federal immigration officials in his city. “Our understanding is that the drawdown is happening immediately and in the very near future. That being said, it’s not enough. Bringing 700 officers off our streets and sending them back wherever they came from is,…

Federal immigration officers in Oregon may not make arrests without warrants unless a person represents a flight risk, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai blocked the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) practice of arresting noncitizens in immigration sweeps without either a warrant or an individualized determination that the person was likely…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will speak before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday morning about President Trump’s economic agenda and the department’s annual Financial Stability Oversight Council report. The hearing comes as the president’s economic policies have struggled to gain traction amid mounting concerns over his tariff agenda and affordability ahead of the 2026 midterms….

The chairman of Paul, Weiss resigned Wednesday after the Department of Justice (DOJ) released email exchanges between him and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein last week. The DOJ’s release of documents related to Epstein show him and former chair Brad Karp exchanging emails leading up to 2019, the year Epstein died. “Leading Paul, Weiss for…

Matt Murray, the executive editor of the Washington Post, is defending a decision by the outlet’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos to make sweeping cuts to its newsroom, a move that has reduced its staff by hundreds. “He wants the Post to be a bigger, relevant, thriving institution,” Murray said of Bezos during an interview with…

Donald Trump did not invent the machinery now driving mass detention and unchecked arrests. That is why the crisis unfolding today will not automatically end when Trump leaves office.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is endorsing New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) for reelection, a notable boost that could help shore up Hochul’s support among the progressive faction of the party.  “At its best, the Democratic Party has been a big tent not because it avoids conflict, but because it channels conflict toward…

President Trump on Thursday morning delivered remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast. His speech came after he suggested Wednesday his administration could use “a softer touch” in its aggressive immigration operations amid uproar in Minnesota. Thursday also marks the first day of a new era in arms control, as the New START Treaty expires. It…

Former Vice President Harris’s 2024 campaign accounts relaunched Thursday on social platform X and TikTok as part of a new organization to mobilize young voters ahead of the midterm elections. The KamalaHQ account on X shared a cryptic video Wednesday featuring attempts to log into the account. The user tries to log in with the…

Given the Democrats’ momentum in recent elections, the question from NBC’s Tom Llamas may have hit hard.

“We need elections without the intervention of organized crime or at least a government that allows this to happen,” Juan Carlos Pinzon said.

“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie on Wednesday asked her mother’s potential kidnapper in an online video that her family is willing to talk but requested to see proof that she is alive. “We are ready to talk,” she read from a prepared statement, flanked by her siblings Annie and Cameron, in a video shared on…

President Trump on Thursday morning will give a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, an event that brings together a bipartisan coalition of politicians and other U.S. and international leaders. Trump’s remarks come as the president has signaled that his administration could take a “softer” tone on immigration enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security has…

Doctors share their thoughts on what’s normal when it comes to gas and what needs to be checked out.

Michael Kosta said the president’s interest in extreme architecture indicates one critical facet of his domestic life.

Eleven candidates are vying for the Democratic nod to succeed New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) in Congress on Thursday in a contest that’s been defined in large part by an unusually high level of spending. Former Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill, former Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way (D) and Analilia Mejía,…
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The late night host wants to see some receipts. 

It just “doesn’t track,” said the “Late Night” host, who then suggested the real reason the president isn’t heading to San Francisco.

He may end up costing “Donald Trump and his party lots of seats in Congress,” warned Claire McCaskill.

The “Late Show” host said this issue isn’t going away ― no matter how much the president wants it to.