David Trone launches primary bid for old House seat

Maryland Democrat David Trone, a former three-term House lawmaker who left his seat to launch an ill-fated Senate run in 2024, is making a play for his old job in a primary challenge against first-term Rep. April McClain Delaney, he announced Thursday. The battle — in a blue-leaning district Republicans have targeted in the past […]

DAVID MARCUS: Minnesota’s botched legal weed rollout reeks of DEI, corruption and Tim Walz

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – One would think that running a profitable legal marijuana industry would be just about the easiest thing in the world, but don’t tell that to the Democrat leadership of Minnesota, which allowed wokeness and apparent corruption to grind their legalization rollout into dust. Wherever one lands on the benefits or increasingly evident […]

Senate GOP still not interested in nixing blue slips, Thune says

Senate Majority Leader John Thune poured cold water on a fresh call by President Donald Trump for Republicans to nix the “blue slip” practice that gives senators an effective veto over presidential nominees to certain posts in their states. “There are many Republican senators, way more Republican senators who are interested in preserving that than […]

Kristi Noem faces first major Homeland Security grilling as lawmakers press her on terror threats

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is facing her first major test before the House of Representatives on Thursday. Noem is appearing before the House Homeland Security Committee for a hearing on worldwide threats, an event that is meant to be annual but has not happened in multiple recent years. She’s set to testify alongside National […]

GOP accuses Democrats of manufacturing affordability crisis as Obamacare subsidy fight nears deadline

Senate Democrats have tried to tie the looming expiration date for Obamacare subsidies to the affordability issues slamming households, but Senate Republicans argue that their counterparts are manufacturing it to score political points next year. The phrase ‘sticker shock’ became a common rallying cry from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., during and after the […]

Vietnam bets on rare earth processing: new law curbs exports to bolster domestic industry

Vietnam’s National Assembly, on Thursday, took a significant step towards bolstering its nascent domestic rare earth processing sector by approving a revised law.  This new legislation imposes stricter controls on the export of refined rare earths while definitively re-stating the long-standing ban on exporting raw rare earth ore.  The move is a concerted effort to […]

Crypto ETF demand returns: BTC attracts $224M as ETH, SOL, XRP funds log inflows

While current price charts indicate deteriorated optimism in crypto, the December 10 session confirmed staggering institutional appetite. Notably, investors poured substantial funds into all leading crypto ETFs on Wednesday. Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Solana attracted massive inflows as demand skyrocketed ahead of the much-anticipated December 10 Federal Reserve meeting. Bitcoin ETFs in the spotlight US […]