In his deal with Vladimir Putin for Russian diesel, Donald Trump assists Russia’s war against Ukraine and its fight for survival

Just ahead of the midterm elections, the president again helps Russia.

Individual decision-making can explain confusing signals in macroeconomics.

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Claudia’s subheadline: “The Fed’s main reason for raising rates took three weeks to reach the public. The statement should carry it on decision day...”; Warsh is pointlessly opaque...

Michael Lewis’ Blockers tells the stories of good public servants driven away by the Trump administration.

The Frontier and ProPublica revealed that state regulators had approved the well in Enid, Oklahoma, in violation of rules meant to protect municipal groundwater. Now the well is permanently shut down.

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Ukrainian president says money from fuel sales will intensify war as European leaders reiterate support for Kyiv Russia launched deadly strikes on civilians in Ukraine as “thanks” for a deal cut by Donald Trump with Vladimir Putin to buy large quantities of Russian diesel, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, accusing Washington of helping fund Moscow’s war. The Ukrainian president has expressed repeated outrage at the agreement announced by Trump on Friday, which the US president said was needed to reduce diesel prices, and comes ahead of November midterm elections where the cost of fuel is a key voter issue. Continue reading...

Beginning Saturday, National Park Service crews will start another major round of cutting at East Potomac Golf Links, according to a new filing in federal court.

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...

ICE leadership has told officers to arrest all illegal immigrants they encounter, regardless of whether an individual has a criminal history.

The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed.

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

The practice of the US government taking equity ownership in private sector corporations, known as state capitalism,[1] has occurred on and off over the years, usually in emergencies. For example, the...