Category: Federal
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U.S. GDP Revised Down to 0.7% in Late 2025
U.S. economic growth slowed at the end of 2025, as consumer spending cooled and a falloff in government activity and exports weighed on output, according to new government data released Friday. Real gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods and services produced in the economy, grew at an annual rate of 0.7% in the… Read more
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Pentagon’s Iran War Tab Nears $1 Billion a Day as Unfunded Weapons and Operations Top $11 Billion in First Week
The war with Iran is costing the United States roughly $1 billion to more than $1.5 billion every day, according to early government estimates. In closed-door briefings on Capitol Hill, defense officials estimated that U.S. operations in the opening days of the Iran War have already consumed at least $11.3 billion in munitions, fuel, deployment… Read more
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Hawley Unveils Bill to Pull FDA Approval of Abortion Pill, Open Manufacturers to New Lawsuits
Sen. Josh Hawley (R–Mo.) has introduced new legislation that would rescind federal approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. Titled the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, the measure declares that the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone for terminating intrauterine pregnancies—along with any generic versions referencing that approval, would be “deemed to have been withdrawn”… Read more