WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance will hold a White House press briefing on Thursday afternoon, the first such briefing since former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s departure at the end of last month. Vance is scheduled to take the podium at 1:00 p.m. ET in what is sure to be a jam-packed James S. Brady […]
Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The U.S. military has no plans to send troops or other personnel to polling places during November’s midterm elections, the top U.S. general has said. Gen. Dan Caine, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was responding to Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), who had asked him and […]
A year ago, Indiana coach Curt Cignetti told CBS Sports that the day of $40 million college football rosters had arrived. His comments, which highlighted the spending of Ohio State, Miami and Oregon, among other programs, were met with industry skepticism that any school was really spending that much. A lot can change in a […]
Former counselor to President Trump Alina Habba said she would take the job as White House press secretary if the president asked her, following Karoline Leavitt’s exit. When asked on “The Benny Show,” hosted by far-right political commentator Benny Johnson, if she would fill Ms. Leavitt’s shoes, Ms. Habba said, “If the president called me […]
Hunter Biden’s lawyer asserted that the Justice Department was on the cusp of a “non-prosecution resolution” with his client had it not been for the two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers. IRS agents Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler had alleged the Justice Department slow-walked the probe of the 46th president’s son. Shortly after going public with […]
A teleprompter operator for President Donald Trump who made online prediction trades based on information from upcoming speeches has been ordered to pay $172,000, a federal agency said Friday night. Gabriel Perez used “material, nonpublic information” he obtained through his job to place “trades” on a prediction market, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said in […]
Warsh’s Death March Hiking Trip Welcome back to Friday! The world’s most important mountainside monetary policy conference began today, capping off another week of news focused on bond markets, interest rates, and Fed policy. We wish we could tell you that we were writing this with a fishing pole in hand while we wait for […]
US stock futures are flat and rates rise ahead of today’s main event: Fed chief Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech at 10am ET (full preview here) as traders seek clarity on his economic outlook and his strategy for lowering inflation back to the Fed’s 2% target. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are little changed […]
NEVER SURRENDER: Karoline Leavitt’s Historic Tenure as White House Press Secretary The following is from the Trump team. On Thursday, Karoline Leavitt completed her final day as the 36th White House Press Secretary — the youngest person to ever hold the position and among the best ever to do it. She leaves the James S. […]
WASHINGTON — Thursday marks Karoline Leavitt’s last day on the job, after a historic 20-month run as the youngest press secretary in White House history. Leavitt caught up with reporters on her last day on the driveway on the North Lawn of the White House, telling them it is “bittersweet” to depart her post. “It’s […]
