The Pentagon’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, and its strike group arrived in the Latin American region on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Navy, as the Trump administration beefs up its military presence in the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) area and strikes alleged drug-trafficking boats on both sides of South America. USS Gerald…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Trump inherited an inflation mess and is fixing it with policies that will ease price increases and raise wages.
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Democratic strategist David Axelrod predicted on Monday that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will not retain his leadership post after next year’s midterm elections. “I think he’s been in trouble. I think he is in bigger trouble now,” Axelrod told CNN’s Anderson Cooper, when asked if Schumer is “in trouble here with the left…
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Progressive group Demand Justice released a report Tuesday outlining what it called an “unprecedented” pattern from President Trump’s judicial nominees in which they repeatedly avoided directly affirming the results of the 2020 election. The 10-page report, which was shared with The Hill, is based on a review of questionnaires submitted by 27 judicial nominees this…
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Consumer sentiment is falling and tariffs will increase some gift prices this holiday season, but retailers don't expect it to ruin Christmas, with shoppers poised to spend north of $1 trillion.
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