Why most altcoins fell in 2025, and how XRP, Zcash, and Algorand defied the trend

The market performance of altcoins during 2025 followed Bitcoin because investors chose to invest in digital assets that operated under established frameworks and demonstrated practical applications. The TradingView data shows Bitcoin experienced a 7% year-to-date decline because of an early-October market downturn, which also caused altcoin market capitalization to drop by 46% from its highest […]

Time for Congress to find a new top watchdog for Trump to nominate

For the first time in nearly two decades, Congress is on the hunt for a new boss at the federal government’s top watchdog agency. With the retirement of comptroller general Gene Dodaro, longtime Government Accountability Office employee Orice Williams Brown is stepping in to lead the more-than-3,000-person agency in an acting capacity. Congressional leaders are […]

Inside the Trump-Musk split: How America’s most powerful bromance imploded into the biggest breakup of 2025

Back on Inauguration Day, few in Washington would have believed that the highly publicized friendship between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk would implode before the year’s end. No political partnership burned brighter or fizzled faster than Trump and Musk’s in 2025. What began as a joint crusade to cut federal spending through the newly […]

The turbulent trajectory of Trump’s ‘Nazi streak’ acolyte

A conservative activist who had caught Donald Trump’s attention with flattery via Substack ahead of the 2024 presidential election imagined a prominent role for himself in a future administration. In a group chat with half a dozen Republican operatives and influencers, Paul Ingrassia in October 2023 texted: “Trump needs me as his chief of staff,” according […]

Eric Adams says Biden DOJ used ‘lawfare’ against him, compares treatment to Trump

Outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams argued that the Biden administration’s Justice Department engaged in ‘lawfare’ against the former president’s political opponents, including himself on corruption allegations and President Donald Trump over issues such as mishandling classified documents. ‘I think what we have witnessed under President Biden’s Justice Department, Americans should never have to […]

Zelenskyy says peace deal is close after Trump meeting but territory remains sticking point

The dispute over occupied territories in Ukraine continues to be a sticking point amid negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow as President Donald Trump seeks to help bring an end to the war between the neighboring countries.  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Fox News’ Bret Baier that a peace deal with Moscow could be close following […]

Trump tells UN agencies to ‘adapt, shrink, or die’ while offering $2B humanitarian funding pledge

The Trump administration announced a $2 billion pledge for United Nations humanitarian aid Monday and warned agencies must ‘adapt, shrink, or die’ under its overhaul, according to a statement from the Department of State. The new package comes as the administration reins in traditional foreign assistance and pushes humanitarian organizations to meet stricter standards on […]

Minnesota GOP lawmakers cite Constitution in call for Walz to resign over fraud crisis

Several Republican lawmakers in Minnesota released a statement officially calling on the state’s Democratic governor, Tim Walz, to resign in light of the unfolding fraud scandal that has spiraled during his tenure.  ‘Minnesotans have been watching the fraud crisis get worse and worse for years. It has gone on long enough,’ Minnesota state Senators Bill […]

Trump suggests US hit ‘big facility’ in Venezuela drug fight

The U.S. may be signaling an expansion of its Venezuela-focused campaign to include ground operations, based on recent remarks from President Donald Trump. Speaking Friday with radio host John Catsimitidis, Trump said the U.S. had struck a ‘big facility’ while discussing Washington’s broader effort against Latin American drug trafficking – an apparent reference to a […]