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Fed rate cuts needed for housing market recovery, experts say

Fed rate cuts needed for housing market recovery, experts say

White House Senior Counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro praises President Donald Trump’s TikTok deal, calls for deeper Fed cuts, defends his imprisonment as political and urges DOJ, FBI accountability. As the Federal Reserve revealed its latest rate decision Wednesday, a Trump administration senior counselor blasted the central bank for keeping the American Dream […]

Tigers Notes: Skubal, Bullpen, Vierling

Tigers Notes: Skubal, Bullpen, Vierling

Tigers ace Tarik Skubal gave the team a scare last week when he exited his start due to tightness in his left side. The obvious initial concern was that Skubal had suffered an oblique or intercostal strain that could necessitate a notable absence, but subsequent testing did not reveal a major injury. Several days of […]

Lakers’ Austin Reaves will have interest from the Spurs in the 2026 offseason

Lakers’ Austin Reaves will have interest from the Spurs in the 2026 offseason

After the 2024-25 season, the Lakers offered Aunstin Revaes a four-year, $89 million contract. For an undrafted player, that’s a solid extension. However, Reaves feels he is worth more.  He turned down that extension from the Lakers this offseason. Instead, Reaves will play for $13 million in 2025-26. The 27-year-old is expected to opt out […]

Steelers Announce 5 Roster Moves

Steelers Announce 5 Roster Moves

  The Pittsburgh Steelers need to bounce back after a Week 2 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Their promising start to the season looked far less so once the Buffalo Bills obliterated the New York Jets, who were defeated by the Steelers in Week 1. Pittsburgh’s defense hasn’t been as good as advertised, so it made […]

Unethical Experiments: When Scientists Really Should Have Stopped What They Were Doing Immediately

Unethical Experiments: When Scientists Really Should Have Stopped What They Were Doing Immediately

Scientists these days are generally obliged to abide by high ethical standards, requiring them to prevent harm and conduct experiments morally, for instance, seeking informed consent from experiment participants. But stricter guidelines and ethics boards are a relatively recent development, and were often built in response to ethically dubious and morally abhorrent experiments conducted in […]

Donald Trump, J.D. Vance Will Speak at Charlie Kirk Memorial

Donald Trump, J.D. Vance Will Speak at Charlie Kirk Memorial

Donald Trump, J.D. Vance Set to Speak at Charlie Kirk Memorial Published September 17, 2025 10:48 AM PDT President Donald Trump and J.D. Vance are slated to deliver speeches at Sunday’s Turning Point USA memorial for Charlie Kirk, along with other notable names from the administration. Charlie’s widow Erika is also set to speak at […]

The full statement from the September FOMC rate decision

The full statement from the September FOMC rate decision

In regard to Recent indicators suggest that growth of economic activity moderated in the first half of the year. Job gains have slowed, and the unemployment rate has edged up but remains low. Inflation has moved up and remains somewhat elevated. The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 […]

Fed cuts interest rates for first time this year as job market weakens

Fed cuts interest rates for first time this year as job market weakens

Making Money host Charles Payne analyzes the sluggish stock market ahead of the Federal Reserves interest rate decision. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced the first interest rate cut of the year as policymakers lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25-basis-points, as signs of a weakening labor force outweighed elevated inflation. Following the central bank’s decision […]

House eyes Friday vote on stopgap as partisan tensions flare

House eyes Friday vote on stopgap as partisan tensions flare

Republican leaders vowed Wednesday to barrel forward with a stopgap funding bill in the coming days as Democrats threatened to oppose it in favor of their own alternative — raising the chances for an Oct. 1 government shutdown. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise told reporters Wednesday morning that a vote on the GOP-written bill unveiled […]