Workers apply roofing material to a home under construction at the Lilac Ridge community by Lennar Homes in Vacaville, California, US, on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The cost of housing is the top political issue — ranked higher than the cost of food or protecting democracy —…
Voters in California will decide in November whether to impose a one-time, 5% tax on residents and trusts with a net worth of more than $1 billion. The proposal is deeply controversial, with opponents on both sides of the aisle warning that passage of the measure — the first of its kind in the U.S….
Illapa Sairitupac, Democratic New York State assembly candidate, from left, Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, and Brad Lander, former New York City comptroller and US Democratic House candidate for New York, campaign during a primary election in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Adam Gray | Bloomberg | Getty Images More voters…
US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 16, 2026. Saul Loeb | Via Reuters President Donald Trump will home in on alleged threats to the integrity of U.S. elections in a primetime address to the nation set for Thursday at 9 p.m….
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Wednesday he sees no argument for hiking interest rates in light of the latest data on the U.S. economy, including an “amazing” inflation report. “There’s not really an excuse for raising rates right now,” Hassett said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” He said that he expects the Federal Reserve…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Freedom 250 Grand Prix Showcase at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 13, 2026. Kylie Cooper | Reuters President Donald Trump plans to claim in a Thursday night speech that newly declassified intelligence reports reveal a foreign nation’s plans to interfere in the 2020 presidential election,…
Darline Graham Nordone, sister of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., walks to the stage before his announcement for presidency on Monday, June 1, 2015, in Central, S.C. Rainier Ehrhardt | AP President Donald Trump on Monday urged South Carolina’s governor to appoint late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to fill his Senate seat through…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press aboard the new Air Force One on July 8, 2026. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images President Donald Trump ousted the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission, with less than four months before midterm elections, the White House confirmed Friday. Democrats blasted Trump’s gutting…
President Donald Trump said Friday he will not sign a housing bill that Congress passed in June with overwhelming bipartisan support, setting the stage for it to automatically become law at 12:01 a.m. ET Saturday. Trump said he was withholding his signature from the housing bill in protest over the Senate’s failure to pass the…
Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaks at Senator Bernie Sanders ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ rally. Jim West | UCG | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive running for the Democratic nomination in the Aug. 4 Michigan Senate primary, sees a foundational risk in the rise of artificial intelligence. And he’s…
