A report from the International Monetary Fund warns that U.S. debt is likely to remain elevated in the coming years, a risk for the U.S. and the global economy.
"The conclusion is that the current account deficit is too big," IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has thrown cold water on the possibility of tweaking filibuster rules to ensure passage of a key Republican election reform bill.
Nevertheless, some Republicans are still calling on Thune to reinstate the “talking filibuster,” where senators who oppose a piece of legislation must hold the floor and speak.
Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee said Thursday that the United States military used a laser to shoot a Customs and Border Protection drone in Texas.
The incident prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to close down more airspace near El Paso, though no commercial flights were impacted by the closure this time, according to the Associated Press.
After decades of poor policies by previous administrations, Americans are paying more for canned goods, and it's cutting into affordability improvements at the grocery store. But President Donald Trump has been known to adjust the tariff model for industries in need, and this one appears ripe for relief from Trump.
Former President Bill Clinton will on Friday become the first former president to testify under a congressional subpoena when he appears in front of the House Oversight Committee as part of its probe into Jeffrey Epstein.
The deposition will be given behind closed doors in Clinton's hometown of Chappaqua, New York, and comes a day after his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, gave her deposition to the panel in a six-hour-long hearing. It also comes after a contentious negotiation between the Clintons’ attorneys and House Republicans, led by Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer who pushed for in-person, recorded depositions rather than written testimony or declarations.
The tech firm Anthropic on Thursday rejected the Pentagon's demands for full access to its AI model Claude, declaring that War Secretary Pete Hegseth's "threats" will not sway them.
Hegseth told Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Tuesday that he has until the end of this week to provide the military a signed document that would grant full access to Claude, sources told CBS News.
Exciting @TheJusticeDept @CivilRights election law updates!
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• We sued UT, OK, KY, WV, & NJ for not providing us their voter rolls
• We appealed rulings in CA, OR, & MI to ensure residents can vote freely & fairly
• At SCOTUS, we are arguing that Election Day means DAY! pic.twitter.com/W5O52qyRaN
Solidly Democratic states are coming to the realization that excluding foster-care applicants based on their refusal to treat children as the opposite sex may not be a wise choice.
Vermont gave up its policy of scrutinizing would-be and current foster parents' religious beliefs for inconsistency with gender ideology to settle two First Amendment lawsuits before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could rule, issuing sweeping new guidance last week that protects applicants from violating their conscience to foster children.
The revolutionary Iranian regime — which may possibly find itself in a war with the United States in the coming days — has positioned itself as an adversary of the U.S. ever since it came into power decades ago in 1979.
President Donald Trump appears to be moving toward striking Iran, with the U.S. military moving significant military assets into the region, insisting he would prefer to strike a deal with the Iranian regime but that, if it comes to war, his top general has told him “it will be something easily won.”
The Biden Justice Department "invited" Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to apply for a lucrative sole-source grant in 2022 at the same time that she was pursuing an election interference investigation against Donald Trump, the eventual GOP competitor to President Joe Biden, internal correspondence obtained by Just the News reveals.
Mexican citizens exploiting a U.S. federal agricultural visa program have been indicted for operating forced labor operations in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, as the Trump administration continues to crack down on visa fraud.
Lawmakers in both Indiana and Illinois continue to jockey for position as the Chicago Bears request a large amount of taxpayer funds from each to build a new stadium and development to move from their current home at Soldier Field, where the city of Chicago still owes around $500 million for funding a 2003 renovation.
