Work on the iconic National Mall basin appears behind schedule. President Trump initially said he had picked the contractor, then said he did not know it.
Stocks tumble after the Consumer Price Index report shows prices jumped to the highest level in three years. It comes after weeks of the U.S. war with Iran. NewsNation’s Marcus Espinoza has the details.
State of the Union: The newly minted Fed governor is expected to be confirmed as chairman of the Central Bank on Wednesday. The post Warsh Confirmed to Federal Reserve Board appeared first on The American Conservative .
President Donald Trump’s Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh was confirmed Tuesday for a 14-year term on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors by a 51–45 Senate vote . The upper chamber is expected to vote Wednesday on confirming Warsh to a four-year term as chairman of the body. Current Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s four-year term expires Friday. Powell was nominated originally in 2018 by Trump and renominated in 2022 by President Joe Biden. Powell is expected to remain on the Board of Governors until he is satisfied that the administration does not seek further partisan influence over the Fed. This move goes against the long-held tradition of resignation from the board by the former Fed chair once his term is concluded. Warsh is…Open
Virginia Democrats asked the Supreme Court on Monday to restore their new congressional map that would give the party up to four House pickup opportunities in the midterms. In an emergency appeal, state officials insisted Virginia’s top court committed “judicial defiance” by blocking the map last week. The court ruled Democrats hadn’t followed the proper procedures before voters approved the new congressional lines in an April referendum. Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5873036-virginia-democrats-supreme-court-appeal-redistricting/ #SupremeCourt #Virginia #Democrats #Redistricting #VirginiaRedistricting #SCOTUS
FBI Director Kash Patel will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday afternoon on the agency's fiscal 2027 budget request. President Trump's request includes $12.5 billion to fund FBI salaries and expenses, according to the White House. The Trump administration, per the release, also "remains committed to dismantling the web of weaponization spun by the Biden Administration." The hearing comes as Patel has faced scrutiny over his alleged drinking habits.
On Tuesday's "Bianca Across The Nation," former Trump lawyer Christina Bobb and Bill Gertz commented on the means of pressure being used by the United States against Iran.
-President Donald Trump reacts to the Iranian proposal to end the war. -Rob Finnerty sends a reminder about the Biden era and other moments in history, which show the media's bashing of President Trump on Iran is just a new chapter of nasty bias. -Attorney Christina Bobb comments on former President Biden's push to stop the release of tapes by his ghostwriter on "Ed Henry The Big Take." -Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to the President, details the new U.S. counter-terrorism strategy. -Judge Andrew Napolitano joins “Wake Up America” to discuss a judge’s decision to reject the accused Charlie Kirk killer’s request to ban cameras from the courtroom. -On “Greg Kelly Reports,” Greg reacts to the story of a trans athlete…