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Powell: Trump's tariffs held up rate cuts

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the central bank would likely have already cut interest rates this year if not for the shock generated by President Trump's tariffs. When asked Tuesday if Trump's tariffs held up the Fed's plan to cut interest rates, Powell

Public takes the lead in discovery of new exploding star

Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest images of a section of night sky to an image of the same section of space taken on previous nights. Their goal—to spot new stars or significant changes in

GOP megabill includes subsidy for coal used to make steel

As Republicans try to pare down tax subsidies for renewable energy in their massive reconciliation package, they’re also giving an incentive for another energy source: coal that’s used to make steel. Democrats’ 2022 Inflation Reduction Act included tax credits for the mining of

Trump’s economists say the darndest things

Trump's economists, including Stephen Miran, have been trying to defend the president's tariffs by arguing that foreign companies will lower their prices to make their products competitive with manufacturers in other countries, but this theory is not always applicable and the

Bannon targets Musk over call for third party

Steve Bannon slammed tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday for his continued criticism of the GOP spending bill after the former White House adviser proposed creating a third political party. “Elon Musk is out and, it’s not that I told you this was going to happen, but he’s out

Musk says he will donate to Massie amid reignited Trump feud

Elon Musk indicated Tuesday that he will donate to Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) reelection campaign amid a broader feud waged by Musk over President Trump’s megabill. Musk responded to social media personality Bryce Lipscomb, a former Michigan state House candidate, who asked

Homan: DOJ needs to 'look' at CNN's ICE reporting

Tom Homan, President Trump's border Czar, criticized CNN over its reporting on a new app which allows users to track and try to avoid immigrations officials at a time of heightened Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids across the country. "It's disgusting," Homan said

Trump refiles lawsuit against Iowa pollster in state court

Attorneys for President Trump refiled a lawsuit against The Des Moines Register and Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer in state court Monday after moving to drop their complaint in federal court. The complaint filed in Polk County is nearly identical to the one Trump attorneys first

What time does Black Ops 6 Season 4 Reloaded release?

Season 4 Reloaded is out this week in Black Ops 6, adding Beavis, Butthead, and a cartoonified look in the next phase of Call of Duty’s Fortniteification process. Behind two of the most stoner-coded cartoon characters in history, Season 4 Reloaded also adds new weapons and