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President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened a prominent NBC broadcast journalist with possible punishment by US media regulators as the Republican expressed disappointment with coverage of his candidate endorsements ahead of November’s midterm elections. Trump took to his Truth Social platform to attack Kristen Welker as the “unpopular ‘hostess’ of the once great Meet the Press” talk show. He objected to her having said the president had had “mixed results” on his endorsement of political candidates in party primaries, insisting the races had gone his way 98 percent to 100 percent of the time. Welker, speaking early Sunday to a…

Voters chose market access without submission, showing that Brussels is not the only path between dependence and isolation Well, what do you know! It turns out that you really can crawl into bed with Brussels on your own terms, and be friends with benefits, all without the need to officially shack up. The people of Iceland have just done something that would usually be considered political blasphemy here in Europe. They’ve decided that their country would like to remain in charge of itself, voting 53% to 47% in a referendum not to pursue getting officially hitched to the EU.It’s a rarity…

President Trump on Monday made an announcement on healthcare affordability. The president was joined by HHS Secretary RFK Jr., Secretary Lutnick, Dr. Oz and others. CNBC reported earlier Monday that President Trump is announcing new drug pricing deals with nearly a dozen drugmakers. The drugmakers will voluntarily lower the prices of their medications. On Monday, Trump announced 26 pharmaceutical companies agreed to offer all of their drugs to state Medicaid at favored nation drug pricing.President Trump previously announced a deal with 17 pharmaceutical companies. “For decades, politicians from both parties promised to make health care more affordable, but they all…

Op-ed by Texas General Land Office Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D. Every American depends on three things that are so fundamental they often go unnoticed until they are threatened: dependable energy, a secure food supply, and a safe nation. A nation that cannot fuel itself, feed itself, or fortify itself cannot remain prosperous for long.  If the lights go out, if grocery shelves empty and prices spike because supply chains fail, if critical infrastructure becomes vulnerable, the consequences are felt in every community. These challenges are often discussed separately, but they are deeply connected. As Texas Land Commissioner, I lead the…

Fed chairman Kevin Warsh on Monday said the world had entered into an era of secular growth and was witnessing a global investment surge. Speaking at the opening session of a meeting of finance ministers of leading economies from around the globe in Asheville, North Carolina, Warsh said that the global economy was in a “new period of secular growth.” He said he planned on asking economic policymakers at the meeting whether they believed this was a cyclical trend or a secular change. Warsh contrasted the current period with the era that followed the global financial crisis, when many policymakers…

During an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents tasked with enforcing the law of cruelty and trying to spread terror. The Connecticut Democrat called the law enforcement exercises “destructive” and vowed to spotlight alleged abuses. “Nationwide, ICE arrests have increased significantly in June and in July,” Face the Nation’s Margaret Brennen said. “This past week, the governor of Connecticut said, despite President Trump saying to governors he would not send in ICE to cities that did not ask for help, they detained dozens of people in Danbury, Connecticut, in Bridgeport,…

Nearly half of all Afghans and Somalis in the U.S. are on SNAP food benefits, while 52.7% of immigrant-headed households use one or more major welfare programs. Photo courtesy of Congressman Brandon Gill (TX-26). According to a chart published by Personal Finance Wizards, 45.6% of Afghan immigrant households in the United States receive SNAP benefits. The chart, which shows the percentage of U.S. households receiving SNAP benefits by ethnicity, uses data from U.S. Census Table S0201. Other groups with high participation rates include Somali households at 42.4%, Iraqi households at 34.8%, Dominican households at 34.4%, and Caribbean households at 28.2%.…

Two of the most popular map apps available on smartphones, Google Maps and Apple Maps, now disagree on the name of one of the Great Lakes. Google Maps is following the U.S. government’s renaming of Lake Ontario as Lake America, while Apple Maps is ignoring President Trump’s executive order. 9to5Mac reports that Google now shows “Lake America” in the United States, “Lake Ontario” in Canada, and “Lake Ontario (Lake America)” everywhere else. The company said the approach reflects its “long-standing policy for bodies of water with names that vary from country to country.” Lake Ontario sits on the border between the…

President Donald Trump declared Iran to be a “Failed Nation” and continued to criticize Iranian leadership for being “in total disarray” and being “incapable” of representing Iranian citizens. In a post on Truth Social, Trump also called for Iranian leaders to “be tried for war crimes against humanity.” Trump also noted that Iran has “no Navy,” no Air Force, and “no currency.” “Iran is officially a Failed Nation,” Trump said. “IT IS DEAD! They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, they have no currency, they are not paying their soldiers or police, Inflation is at 300 percent, and…

Build American AI announced Monday it will spend millions of dollars on advertising in Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin to shape state and local policies on data center construction. NBC News reports that Build American AI said the campaign will push for rules governing the rapid growth of data centers while also launching a new political organization called Building the Future to back candidates in the November elections and beyond. According to a news release, the campaign “will combine paid advertising, grassroots engagement, research, earned media and public education to build support for responsible AI infrastructure policies while highlighting the economic…