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Expect lots of attention this week on the GOP immigration enforcement bill and whether White House ballroom security funding can be included — we’ve got plenty on that political drama below. Meanwhile, there’s a quiet scramble underway to get bipartisan legislating done this week before the midterms loom too large — if President Donald Trump doesn’t screw it up. Before next week’s Memorial Day recess, GOP lawmakers will try to pass bipartisan measures on affordable housing and college athletics regulation. Legislation with Republican and Democratic backers regulating cryptocurrencies, overhauling the energy permitting process, governing AI use, boosting U.S. manufacturing and…

Retirement accounts are among the most significant financial assets many Americans hold at death. At the end of 2025, IRAs alone held $19.2 trillion, while defined contribution plans—including 401(k), 403(b), 457, and similar plans—held another $14.2 trillion. Among families that own individual-account retirement assets, those accounts represented 65% of their financial assets, according to EBRI’s analysis of the Federal Reserve’s 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances. That’s why it’s important to get the planning right. Planning for inherited retirement accounts used to be different. In many cases, beneficiaries could stretch distributions over their own life expectancy, which allowed for tax deferral…

England’s Football Association (FA) will provide the national soccer team with personalized, custom made bedding to ensure optimal sleep conditions for the players as the Three Lions team seeks to earn England’s second FIFA World Cup trophy at the upcoming tournament. England is one of the 48 countries competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, jointly hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico between June 11–July 19. The English team, led by captain Harry Kane, will be staying at The Inn at Meadowbrook, a hotel near Kansas City. The Sun reports that team coach Thomas Tuchel has deployed a meticulous…

On Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said President Donald Trump’s criticism helps his fundraising, which will lead to him winning the primary. Partial transcript as follows: STEPHANOPOULOS:  You’re facing a primary on Tuesday. In the wake of Senator Bill Cassidy’s loss in the primaries yesterday in Louisiana, the president has been up posting on Truth Social throughout the night and into the morning about you. Just a few minutes ago, he posted this — I want to show our viewers right now — “Bad Congressman Tom Massie voted against tax cuts, the border wall, our military…

President Donald Trump recently described military cooperation with Taipei as a “negotiating chip” with China Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has defended purchases of American weaponry after US President Donald Trump characterized weapons deliveries to the island as a bargaining chip in talks with Beijing.During Trump’s visit to Beijing last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping described the status of the self-governing island as the central issue in bilateral relations, warning that it could potentially lead to conflict. Beijing has repeatedly condemned US arms sales to Taipei as interference in China’s internal affairs and a violation of the decades-old One-China policy.In a…

A new Gallup poll shows that 55% of Americans now believe their financial situation is getting worse, the highest level recorded since Gallup began tracking the data in 2001. Even during the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID lockdown collapse, Americans were not this pessimistic about their personal finances. That alone tells you the mainstream narrative claiming the economy is “booming” is completely disconnected from reality. The most important detail is why people feel this way. Roughly 31% of Americans now cite the cost of living as their biggest financial problem, while concerns over energy prices surged 10 percentage points in a…

Massachusetts officials are asking the United States Navy for help in retrieving equipment from the site where a fishing vessel went down in January, leaving all seven crew members dead. In a letter to the secretary of the Navy, Gov. Maura Healey (D) and State Sen. Bruce Tarr (R) asked for assistance in recovering a video recorder and hard drive from the site where the Lily Jean went down, an incident for which investigators are still trying to find answers, Fox News reported Saturday. In a statement to the outlet, the governor’s office said, “Governor Healey is requesting the Navy…

The fight for voting rights, self-governance and eventual statehood for the nation’s capital has had one consistent national face for nearly three decades: House Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton. Now the 88-year-old Democrat is retiring after having been a diminished presence in recent years, and the candidates to replace her in Congress are debating how to redefine a job that comes with little concrete power but a significant public megaphone. They are seeking to balance the need to be an aggressive national advocate as President Donald Trump chips away at the District of Columbia’s autonomy with the delegate’s historical role as…

Tehran could respond militarily to US naval forces enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports, a senior Iranian official has said, warning that the Gulf of Oman could become a “graveyard” for American warships.Speaking on Iranian state television on Sunday, Mohsen Rezaei, who serves on a senior advisory body to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, said Iran’s patience with the ongoing maritime restrictions was running out after weeks of disrupted shipping activity.“The longer they continue the naval blockade of Iran, the greater the damage to the world economy will be,” Rezaei stated. “We advise the US military to lift the siege before…

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party suffered a historic defeat in Sunday’s regional elections in Andalucía, which once stood as a bastion of far-left politics in the country. The largest local “autonomous community” government in the country, Andalucía, was previously governed by the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party) for nearly four decades, from 1982 to 2018. However, the devolved administrative government now appears to be solidly in control of the political right, as the PSOE saw its lowest vote share ever on Sunday at just 22.7 per cent, public broadcaster RTVE reported. The result will equate to just 28 seats…