Congressional leaders announced a bipartisan agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that is expected to be approved and sent to the White House this week to head off a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1. The House is set to vote early this week on a three-month continuing resolution that will fund the government at the current fiscal year’s spending levels until Dec. 20. The bill does not include the controversial Safeguard American Voter...

Multiple MAGA supporters are angry over the short-term spending bill that House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Sunday to avoid a government shutdown, which does not include a Donald Trump-backed election measure. The stopgap move, set to fund the government through December 20, notably excludes The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act), which would require proof of citizenship in the voter registration process. Last week, Trump publicly urged...

Congressional leaders announced a bipartisan agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that is expected to be approved and sent to the White House this week to head off a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1. The House is set to vote early this week on a three-month continuing resolution that will fund the government at the current fiscal year’s spending levels until Dec. 20. The bill does not include the controversial Safeguard American Voter...

Of course not. As Freud never said, sometimes a plan to deport illegal immigrants is just a plan to deport illegal immigrants. Trump’s rhetoric about mass deportations, which has been more extravagant and pungent than usual, has catalyzed more denunciations of the former president as an incipient fascist. We are supposed to believe that it is a page from the classic fascist playbook for a politician to watch a country get flooded with illegal aliens, permitted into the country in...

Senate Democrats are worried pollsters are once again undercounting the Trump vote and say Vice President Harris’s slim lead in battleground states, especially Pennsylvania, is cause for serious concern. After getting shocked by Hillary Clinton’s upset loss in 2016 and surprised by then-President Trump’s stronger-than-expected performance in 2020, Democratic lawmakers are bracing themselves for another election night surprise. They hope that Harris can overperform the polls herself by...

The man who authorities say sat with a rifle in the trees where Donald Trump was golfing earlier this month in West Palm Beach, Florida, previously wrote a letter stating “this was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump,” according to a new filing by federal prosecutors. A witness told investigators that Ryan Wesley Routh had dropped off a box at his home months before, which “contained ammunition, a metal pipe, miscellaneous building materials, tools, four phones, and various...

Donald Trump is showing strength among Sun Belt voters, who say the former president and Republican presidential nominee improved their lives during his four years in the White House. They're worried that Vice President Kamala Harris would not have the same effect if she were to win the presidential contest in November. According to new polls of three key states from The New York Times and Siena College, Trump pulled ahead in Arizona and maintained his lead in Georgia – states...

The cryptocurrency landscape has been a whirlwind of activity in recent years, marked by swift price movements, regulatory shifts and the launch of groundbreaking initiatives. Amid this backdrop of constant change, the market’s inherent volatility remains a source of fascination for crypto aficionados. As we step into 2024, Bitcoin stands as the undisputed leader of the digital currency world, experiencing dramatic peaks and valleys. By March 2024, Bitcoin’s valuation soared to an impressive $...

Companies aren't as quick to the layoff trigger these days. Why it matters: It's good news for workers. Layoffs are traumatic life events that can take years to recover from financially. And it's one reason the labor market has held up better than economists expected after the Federal Reserve started hiking interest rates. Flashback: When the pandemic hit, employers were quick to fire — laying off many people — more than 13 million in March 2020 alone...

Israel hit 300 targets in Lebanon after announcing Monday that it is ramping up its attacks against Hezbollah's stockpile of Russian-made missiles in Lebanon. The IDF has warned civilians to evacuate areas where the terror group stores and fires its weapons. The escalation follows a weekend rocket barrage of Hezbollah rockets hitting Israeli cities as far south as Haifa and Nazareth. and reprisal strikes by the Israel Air Force. Early Monday, Israel Defense Forces ...