1+ hour, 25+ min ago  (332+ words) Banks in the U. S. may not like the idea of being forced to collect citizenship data on customers, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says they better be prepared for the task," CNBC reports. Said Bessent: If Treasury and the banking regulators…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago  (175+ words) Punchbowl News: "House Republicans scrapped their plan to vote today on renewing the U. S. government's key foreign surveillance program, another chapter in the most predictable legislative crisis of the 119th Congress." "The House was scheduled to vote on the rule that would…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago  (203+ words) New York Times: "Members of the House of Representatives came back from their two-week break on Tuesday night as planned, and cast votes to name no fewer than 14 post offices." "After accomplishing that, majority Republicans" plans went awry." "By Wednesday…...

6+ hour, 10+ min ago  (167+ words) CBS News: "In 2024, ultra-wealthy donors poured more than $3 billion into elections, led by the world's richest man " Elon Musk. He spent more than $290 million supporting President Trump and other Republicans, a record sum. And overall, that $3 billion was spent overwhelmingly…...

5+ hour, 49+ min ago  (289+ words) Peter Hamby: "Even before the misconduct allegations that precipitated his downfall, Eric Swalwell was an attention-seeking social climber whose professed progressivism may have been his greatest lie of all." Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief…...

6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (303+ words) CNN: "A jury found Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as a monopoly in its dominance of the live events and ticketing industry, validating complaints that the industry giant was stifling competition and driving up fees for fans." Goddard spent more…...

2+ hour, 14+ min ago  (160+ words) Former Rep. Eric Swalwell's downfall "was swift," CNN reports. "In a remarkable 100 hours, he went from the front-runner in a race to lead the nation's most populous state to abandoning his House seat in disgrace. His resignation, effective Tuesday, capped…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago  (156+ words) New York Times: "Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked the latest Democratic-led effort to curb President Trump's authority to wage war on Iran, as a fragile cease-fire frays, dueling blockades choke traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and failed talks leave…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago  (145+ words) Some House Republicans pushed back on President Donald Trump's request to supercharge the military's annual budget at a meeting with Pentagon officials, spelling trouble for a cornerstone of his fiscal policy," Bloomberg reports. Trump's most recent budget request called for…...

3+ hour, 6+ min ago  (278+ words) Coming soon: Your Fellow Americans: Dispatches from Across the Country We Call Home'by Peter Santenello. "What began as curiosity became'one story at a time'an intimate, revealing portrait of America today." Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and…...