FILE PHOTO: Maurene Comey, assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, stands at a news conference announcing the upcoming arraignment of Jeffrey Epstein, who faces charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, in New York, U.S., July 8, 2019. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters The Jeffrey…
With expectations that prices will rise throughout the economy over the summer as more tariffs stack up, a group of legislators on Capitol Hill, highlighted by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), introduced a bill to target price gouging by the market’s biggest companies. The Price Gouging Bill of 2025 — introduced on Thursday by Warren along…
Stock and bond markets and the value of the U.S. dollar will plunge if President Donald Trump fires Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Sen. Elizabeth Warren warned Thursday. “I think they crash,” Warren, D-Mass., said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” when asked what would happen if Trump succeeds in pushing Powell out as head of the…
People wait in a security line operated by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport on May 24, 2016 in New York, New York. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Travelers giddy about being able to keep their shoes on while walking through TSA checkpoints at the airport again may have something…
Donald Trump Jr. rings the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for the Texas-based firearm e-commerce platform GrabAGun where Trump is a member of the board on July 16, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Shares of the online firearms retailer GrabAGun — whose shareholders and board members…
Fire-affected residents meet with FEMA officials on Jan. 14, 2025 in Pasadena, California, where a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center opened today to help homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profits with their economic recovery. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images A group of 20 mostly Democrat-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to…
United States President Donald Trump return to the White House from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 15, 2025, in Washington DC, United States. Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday sharply criticized the bloc of his own political base who are publicly demanding the release of the so-called Jeffery Epstein files,…
Demonstrators holding signs and flags face California National Guard members standing guard outside the Federal Building as they protest in response to federal immigration operations in Los Angeles, on June 9, 2025. David Mcnew | Getty Images U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the removal of half of the 4,000 National Guard troops who had been…
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to the media at the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes Ricardo Moraes | Reuters The U.S. Trade Representative said on Tuesday it had launched an investigation into Brazil’s “unfair” trading practices. The investigation, which was previously announced by President Donald Trump, will seek…
Shayne Coplan, founder and chief executive of Polymarket, speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 04, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Two federal investigations of the online prediction betting site Polymarket have been closed with no charges filed against the…
