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Meta and Microsoft — two of America’s biggest companies — both delivered blockbuster earnings on Tuesday. The news helped to calm fears that President Donald Trump’s tariffs were hurting consumer and business spending. That boost to confidence in the broader US economy gave a lift to 401(K)s invested in major indexes like the Nasdaq and S&P 500. Meta and Microsoft are considered bellwethers for the US economy because they sit at the heart of key growth sectors — digital advertising, AI, cloud computing, and office software. Their strong performance often reflects broader consumer and business trends, from advertising spending to...

‘You need to TRUST ME on this,’ Clapper’s crony told the analyst, saying he ‘would need to demonstrate [his] ability to “outgrow”’ the refusal to sign off on assessments he did not concur with. A crony of then-Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper threatened to withhold a promotion from a senior intelligence official unless he concurred in the fake Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) on Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election, notes obtained exclusively by The Federalist show. The notes made public for the first time today recount a conversation the top analyst in the Office of the Director of...

Actual social media comments made by a sitting member of Cincinnati City Council …

As Congress debates how to rein in federal spending, some experts say aspects of Medicare Advantage should be on the chopping block, starting with $86 billion a year in taxpayer-funded supplemental benefits that often go unused or unverified. The federal government pays Medicare Advantage plans rebate dollars to cover extra services, including dental, vision, hearing, and over-the-counter drugs. However, a 2024 study published by JAMA Network Open found that only $3.9 billion of that money went toward dental, vision and hearing benefits. Meanwhile, the industry spent an estimated $16 billion on $1,000 “Flex Cards” for new enrollees – prepaid cash...

Former Vice President Harris announced on Wednesday that she will not run for governor of California in 2026, putting an end to speculation that she would seek her state’s top executive role after her loss to President Trump in November. “In recent months, I have given serious thought to asking the people of California for the privilege to serve as their Governor. I love this state, its people, and its promise. It is my home. But after deep reflection, I’ve decided that I will not run for Governor in this election,” Harris said in a statement. The former vice president...

The Big Money Show' panel discusses the Fed's interest rate plan and the success of President Donald Trump's tariff strategy as more economic wins roll in for the nation.

Key Points Gross domestic product jumped 3% for the second quarter, better than the 2.3% estimate and reversing a 0.5% decline in the prior period. Consumer spending rose 1.4% in the second quarter, better than the 0.5% in the prior period. While exports declined 1.8% during the period, imports fell 30.3%, reversing a 37.9% surge in Q1. President Donald Trump responded to the GDP report with a fresh demand for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. ======================================================================= The U.S. economy grew at a much stronger-than-expected pace in the second quarter, powered by a turnaround in the trade balance and...

"Our hiring and pay data are broadly indicative of a healthy economy," said Dr. Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP.

LOS ANGELES — In the era of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, even the simple act of buying pan dulce can set nerves on edge. So it was when Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass stopped by an East LA bakery one morning only to find the doors shut and the people inside conspicuously ignoring her knocks on the window. It wasn’t until she pressed the mayoral seal printed on her jacket against the glass that the owners welcomed her in. She attributed their squeamishness to her official car, a hulking SUV with tinted windows — to many Angelenos, a symbol of...

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, the Obama appointee who was “randomly” assigned to one major Trump-related case after another, each time ruling against President Donald Trump with no regard for constitutional boundaries ... early efforts to impeach him stalled in Congress... His abuse of power, which other Democrat-appointed judges have mirrored, prompted the Supreme Court to step in and curb the rampant misuse of nationwide injunctions. Now, in a major development, the Department of Justice has filed a formal misconduct complaint against Boasberg, which will finally bring his actions into the legal spotlight. ... The complaint accuses Boasberg of violating...

The president’s vision for reshaping global trade is falling into place, but he is embarking on an experiment that economists say could still produce damaging results.Over the last six months, the United States has left behind the global trade order that persisted for decades in favor of something drastically different and largely untested. Formidable economies like the European Union and Japan have abruptly made peace with higher tariffs on their exports, acquiescing to President Trump’s demands in order to avoid damaging trade wars and to coax even steeper U.S. duties down just a little bit. As major economies fall in...

Bosses today aren’t just unapologetic about staff cuts. Many are touting shrinking head counts as accomplishments in the AI era.Big companies are getting smaller—and their CEOs want everyone to know it. The careful, coded corporate language executives once used in describing staff cuts is giving way to blunt boasts about ever-shrinking workforces. Gone are the days when trimming head count signaled retrenchment or trouble. Bosses are showing off to Wall Street that they are embracing artificial intelligence and serious about becoming lean. After all, it is no easy feat to cut head count for 20 consecutive quarters, an accomplishment...

With each passing week, Chief Justice John Roberts and his Republican-friendly colleagues bestow never-before-enjoyed authorities upon the Trump Administration. The plan seems to be — if we grant the president everything he dreams of, maybe he’ll leave the high court unmolested. The republic may fall but we’ll still have the cool robes and life tenure. John Roberts is becoming the Neville Chamberlain of post-democratic government in America. Recent steps by the Supreme Court have allowed the executive branch to decimate the Department of Education, summarily fire tens of thousands of other civil servants, permit “third country removals” to notoriously dangerous...

The maniac gunman who killed at least five people at 345 Park Avenue on Monday evening was identified as a 27-year-old Las Vegas man, according to law enforcement sources. Shane Tamura was named by sources as the shooter who stormed the 44-floor swanky Midtown office building and opened fire, killing one police officer and at least four civilians.

A hallmark of President Donald Trump’s second term is that he’s not just promoting his own policies — he’s looking to shake up the American power structure from top to bottom. Step by step, he is undermining or destroying the left’s decades-old program to achieve total dominance of government and politics through its control of money and institutions. That’s what Trump is up to with his plan to move much of the federal bureaucracy out of the Washington, DC, area and into the rest of the country. In doing so, he’s infuriating federal bureaucrats leading cushy lives in DC and...

Illegal immigration used to be commonplace on the roadways of America, but now texas DPS, ICE and other federal law enforcement agencies are cracking down on smuggling networks coast to coast. More show notes: ICE is stopping cars/trucks/moving vans/dumptrucks, sometimes after a chase. Illegals come out like coming out of a clown car.

In an interview last week with conservative influencer Benny Johnson, Flynn claimed that Pence and Ryan actively plotted to undermine Trump and, upon his removal from office, were prepared to step in to govern in his place.

JUST IN: The corrupt FBI agent who led Clinton server and Trump-Russian collusion investigations, @PeteStrzok, just deleted ALL of his @X posts.This comes amid a slew of criminal referrals sent to the DOJ over the Russia Hoax. Good morning. pic.twitter.com/5FjcWSuLyj— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 28, 2025

The Planned Parenthood abortion business is closing more centers – with another 5 closing in northern California thanks to the defunding bill President trump signed that took $300 million in taxpayer dollars away from the abortion giant. California’s Planned Parenthood affiliates, the state’s largest abortion company, have lost $300 million in federal funding following the new federal law that defunds America’s biggest abortion business. The congressional reconciliation bill, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed by President Donald Trump earlier this month, prohibits Medicaid reimbursements for nonprofit health clinics that kill babies and receive more than $800,000 in federal...

🚨 JUST IN: President Trump is DONE with Putin. He just said he's lowering the initial 50 day deadline for sanctions on them to 10 days... "I'm gonna make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days, from TODAY. There's NO reason in waiting. No reason in waiting. I wanna be generous, but, we don't see any progress being made."