COPACETIC OR APATHETIC?: The latest narrative from the White House is that everything is going to plan with the Iran war, and that, in the words of press secretary Karoline Leavitt, “The American ...

Inflation has not cooled. CPI reached 330.293 in March 2026, climbing from 320.302 a year earlier, and Core PCE, the Fed's preferred gauge, sits in the 90.9th percentile of its 12-month range. For ...

In a recent CNBC interview, President Donald J. Trump said he would be disappointed if Kevin Warsh, his pick to take over from Jerome Powell as Fed Chair, didn't lower interest rates immediately (1).

At Flinders University, scientists have cracked a cleaner and greener way to extract gold—not just from ore, but also from our mounting piles of e-waste. By using a compound normally found in pool ...

An unusually divided Federal Reserve held its key interest rate steady. Policymakers are grappling with the challenge of balancing the threats of persistent inflation and a softening labor market. The ...

It’s all but a mathematical certainty that Democrats will take the House in November’s midterms. And with Donald Trump’s polling numbers perilously low and dropping steadily, an even bigger potential ...

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged at the conclusion of its April meeting, likely Jerome Powell’s last as Fed chair. The central bank’s benchmark has a knock-on effect on many consumer ...

Central bank says cut is last in easing cycle Split vote reflects bank governors' concerns over inflation, weak economic growth Inflation eased in April but remains above target Economy shrunk in the ...

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady Wednesday at what is likely to be Chair Jerome Powell’s last policy meeting as the leader of the world’s most influential central bank. Subscribe to read ...

The shrinking of America’s population — perhaps probable, certainly regrettable — is not inevitable. It is preventable, but requires an attitude adjustment among Americans who do not understand that ...

If you told me just a few years ago that this is where Iran would stand today, I would have dismissed it as fantasy. The mistake that many analysts are making today is confusing the Iranian regime’s ...

Somewhere between the first conversation and the fifth, something shifts. The texts get shorter. The invitations dry up. People are still polite — they're just no longer interested. And the maddening ...