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Powell warns Lisa Cook's Supreme Court case could be most consequential legal threat in Fed’s history

Jerome Powell calls Supreme Court case involving Fed governor Lisa Cook "perhaps the most important legal case in the Fed's 113-year history."

Democrats Castro, Crockett set out to visit detention center housing family detained in Minnesota

Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett will try Wednesday to access an ICE facility where the federal government has detained a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father who were in the U.S. awaiting asylum proceedings

Trump return to Iowa likely ahead of high-stakes midterms, GOP gubernatorial candidate says

Former President Donald Trump is expected to return to Iowa as Republicans gear up for high-stakes midterm elections, according to a GOP gubernatorial candidate.

Bruce Springsteen releases anti-ICE song 'Streets of Minneapolis'

TARA SUTER

Rock legend Bruce Springsteen has released an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) song in the wake of weeks of tension in Minnesota over President Trump’s immigration agenda and two shooting deaths involving federal law enforcement. “I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state...

Employee engagement slips from 2020 high: Gallup

MAX REGO

A new Gallup survey found that the share of respondents who reported feeling actively engaged at work last year was down 5 percent from its high in 2020. The poll, released Wednesday, found that 31 percent of employees said they felt actively engaged at work in 2025, the same percentage that said as much in...

Rubio raises potential for preemptive strikes against Iran: 'I hope it doesn’t come to that'

FILIP TIMOTIJA

Secretary of State Marco Rubio raised the potential for the U.S. forces to conduct preemptive strikes against Iran and emphasized that the country’s regime is at its weakest point in decades during a Wednesday hearing in the Senate. Rubio told senators that the Trump administration’s buildup of U.S. assets in the Middle East, which was...

Supreme Court will consider taking up Trump’s appeal of E. Jean Carroll verdict on Feb. 20

ZACH SCHONFELD

The Supreme Court scheduled President Trump’s petition seeking a review of the jury verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll for the justices’ Feb. 20 meeting, according to a new docket update. At the closed-door conference, the justices will consider taking up Trump’s bid to throw out the verdict alongside dozens of other petitions that have recently...

Conservative icon rips teachers' unions as schools turn into 'propaganda agencies'

Economist Thomas Sowell criticizes public schools as insulated from accountability, citing teachers' unions and taxpayer funding as barriers to improvement in new podcast interview.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to federal pay dates to watch if there’s a partial government shutdown

Government shutdown looms Saturday as Congress faces weekend deadline. Federal workers' pay schedules offer important clues about potential duration.

Turning Point USA backs Trump Accounts program with 'dollar-for-dollar match' for eligible employee newborns

Turning Point USA and another nonprofit founded by Charlie Kirk will match the federal government’s $1,000 Trump Accounts contribution, honoring Kirk.

5 takeaways from Rubio's Senate hearing on Venezuela

LAURA KELLY

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday urged patience on U.S. efforts to rehabilitate Venezuela’s oil industry and eventually return the country to democratic governance. The secretary’s remarks came during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio’s first appearance before lawmakers since the Trump administration’s audacious operation capturing Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro earlier...

Molly Ringwald: 'ICE is brutalizing people'

ASHLEIGH FIELDS

Actor Molly Ringwald condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for “brutalizing people” after the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti. “There's something horrible, horrible going on in our country right now. And we have one of the greatest countries — had one of the greatest countries in the world, and I've always been so proud...

Mother planning a wedding, pilot killed in Maine plane crash

ASHLEIGH FIELDS

Families and organizations have begun to identify the six victims killed in a Sunday plane crash in Maine. Passengers were on board a Bombardier Challenger 600 that erupted in flames after an engine fire. Lakewood Church employee Shawna Collins died on the aircraft, a church employee told The Associated Press. She served at the mega...

Fox News Poll: Donald Trump starts 2026 with 44% approval

New Fox News poll reveals 54% of voters say America is worse off than a year ago, with most blaming Trump's economic policies for directly hurting them.

Fox News Poll: 59% of voters say ICE is too aggressive, up 10 points since July

New Fox News poll finds 59% view ICE as "too aggressive," up 10 points since July. Even Trump voters are increasingly critical of their enforcement tactics.