Zohran Mamdani, Democratic candidate for mayor speaks during a press conference celebrating his primary victory with leaders and members of the city’s labor unions on July 2, 2025 in New York. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images Democrats made a clean sweep in the three biggest contested elections in the United States on Tuesday…
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a campaign rally at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City on October 26, 2025. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, will win the New York City mayor’s race, NBC News projected on Tuesday night….
A volunteer displays information on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) at a grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Mel Musto | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that the United States would not pay any SNAP benefits during the government shutdown, contradicting a court filing…
Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2022. Benoit Tessier | Reuters President Donald Trump said he knows nothing about Binance founder Changpeng Zhao — or that company’s recent involvement in a cryptocurrency venture linked to…
US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive to hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images De-escalation in tensions between China and the U.S. after their leaders met in South Korea last…
A wheel loader takes ore to a crusher at the MP Materials rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, California, U.S. January 30, 2020. Steve Marcus | Reuters The emergence of critical minerals as a new arena of geopolitical competition has coincided with a dizzying rally in U.S.-listed rare earths mining stocks. Despite paring gains in…
A person walks down a street with shopping bags in New York City on Nov. 29, 2024. David Dee Delgado | Getty Images American consumer wallets will be billions of dollars lighter this holiday season because of President Donald Trump‘s tariffs, according to LendingTree. Sunday marked six months since Trump announced his broad “liberation day”…
Jasondoiy | E+ | Getty Images A recent NBC News poll showed growing frustration among Americans regarding President Donald Trump‘s handling of the economy less than a year after entering office. In a poll of 1,000 voters taken between Oct. 25-28, 63% said Trump had fallen short of expectations regarding the economy. Separately, 65% said…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks as he and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer hold a press conference on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 15, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters SNAP food benefits could restart as early as Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday morning….
Millions of Americans are living in fear that they will go hungry due to potential delays in SNAP food assistance benefit payments, even after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to make payments in November. That’s in a nation where close to $400 billion in food is wasted every year. ReFED, a U.S.-based nonprofit…
