Think Past the Establishment
The House has voted 220–204 to end America’s nearly seven-month war with Iran and require President Trump to obtain congressional authorization before continuing military operations. Every Democrat and seven Republicans backed the War Powers resolution—the clearest indication yet that opposition to the conflict is crossing party lines.
The Federal Reserve’s first rate hike in more than three years immediately pushed the prime lending rate to 7 percent at JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo and other major banks.
America’s largely unregulated commercial-surrogacy industry allows wealthy foreign clients to commission children, obtain American citizenship for them and leave courts scrambling when something goes wrong. One Chinese billionaire allegedly hired dozens of surrogates and fathered more than 100 American-born children, describing the project as serving China’s future.
Travelers without REAL ID must now pay $45 and undergo additional biometric or biographical verification before boarding domestic flights.
A new House bill would invalidate nondisclosure agreements used to silence victims of sexual abuse, establish a federal definition of grooming and use records from the Epstein investigation to expose the legal protections that allowed powerful predators and their associates to operate in secrecy. Congress is targeting the machinery that kept victims quiet and influential men beyond accountability.
Oil crossing $100 has revived predictions of runaway inflation, collapsing consumer spending and economic crisis. Historical prices provide a less apocalyptic picture.