Category: Federal

U.S. economic growth slowed at the end of 2025, as consumer spending cooled and a falloff in government activity and exports weighed on output, according to new government data released Friday. Real gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods and services produced in the economy, grew at an annual rate of 0.7% in the…

 The war with Iran is costing the United States roughly $1 billion to more than $1.5 billion every day, according to early government estimates. In closed-door briefings on Capitol Hill, defense officials estimated that U.S. operations in the opening days of the Iran War have already consumed at least $11.3 billion in munitions, fuel, deployment…

Sen. Josh Hawley (R–Mo.) has introduced new legislation that would rescind federal approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. Titled the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, the measure declares that the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone for terminating intrauterine pregnancies—along with any generic versions referencing that approval, would be “deemed to have been withdrawn”…

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed rolling back key parts of a 2024 air toxics rule that tightened limits on emissions of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic gas used by commercial sterilizers to disinfect medical devices and some food products. The proposal would amend the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Ethylene Oxide Commercial…

In a Truth Social message shared by the White House this week, Trump argued that America’s dominant role in global energy markets means it benefits financially from higher crude prices. Trump wrote, “The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot…

IEA member countries have agreed to a record release of emergency oil stocks in response to severe market turmoil from the war in the Middle East. The International Energy Agency’s 32 member countries have unanimously approved the largest emergency stock release in the organization’s history, authorizing the drawdown of 400 million barrels of crude and…

U.S. inflation picked up modestly in February, with consumer prices rising 0.3 percent on the month and 2.4 percent over the past year, according to the latest Consumer Price Index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The all items Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in February on a…

More than 100 chemicals have quietly entered the U.S. food supply through a regulatory loophole that allows companies, not the government, to decide whether many additives are “generally recognized as safe,” according to a new analysis by the Environmental Working Group (EWG). EWG’s report, titled “Secret GRAS: How 100+ Food Chemicals Bypassed Government Safety Review,”…

The Trump administration has come under scrutiny for publishing highly stylized “hype videos” that splice real combat footage from the war in Iran with scenes from Hollywood films, video games, and AI‑manipulated imagery to rally domestic support for the conflict. In recent days, official White House social media accounts have posted short videos promoting “Operation…

The House has effectively killed a push by Rep. Nancy Mace to force the public release of sexual harassment and misconduct records involving members of Congress. Rep. Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican, introduced House Resolution 1100 on March 4 as a privileged resolution, directing the House Ethics Committee to preserve and publicly release records…