Breitbart News The Federal Reserve appears to expect economic growth to come crashing to an abrupt halt later this year. The market suggests that is still too optimistic. The Summary of Economic Projections released by the Federal Open Market Committee showed the median expectation for growth this year is just 0.4 percent, down a tenth of a point from…

 by David Kelly The House Freedom Caucus hit the bullseye by targeting President Biden’s woke policy-driven proposed budget while offering their votes to raise the debt ceiling contingent to enacting commonsense legislation. The White House responded by issuing a “FIVE-ALARM FIRE” statement on Thursday that could only be seen as a precursor to a budget battle standoff that could push…

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church The United States Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a traveling evangelist who was barred from preaching at the University of Alabama for failing to obtain a permit. In an order released Monday, the Supreme Court declined without comment to hear arguments in the case of Rodney Keister v. Stuart Bell et al.,…

A coalition of conservative groups led by Americans for Tax Reform are calling on lawmakers to block the creation of a government-run tax preparation service or a “direct file” tax return system, a largely overlooked reform included last year in President Biden’s landmark Inflation Reduction Act. The program is the brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who…

Biden announced the proclamations during a conservation summit held at the Interior Department, blocking a total of about 514,000 acres of public lands from development. Avi Kwa Ame is part of the creation story of many tribes and is sacred to many Indigenous groups, while Castner Range, on Fort Bliss in El Paso, was a testing…

By Piers Morgan | The New York Post Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has finally taken the gloves off and launched a blistering attack on his former mentor, former President Donald Trump. In an exclusive wide-ranging interview with me airing on Fox Nation’s “Piers Morgan Uncensored” on Thursday, he said “stay tuned” about his widely expected announcement that he’s running…

By Elizabeth Dowell | Epoch Times High school football coach Joe Kennedy has reached a $1.8 million settlement with the Washington school district that placed him on administrative leave in 2015 for praying on the field. The Bremerton School District Board of Directors voted unanimously on March 16 in favor of the settlement to cover Kennedy’s legal…

By Eva Fu | Epoch Times WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill mandating the declassification of intelligence related to the origins of COVID-19, saying that he shares “Congress’s goal of releasing as much information as possible” on the issue. “We need to get to the bottom of COVID-19’s origins to help ensure we can…

BY ALEX GANGITANO | THE HILL President Biden on Monday signed into law legislation that would overturn a District of Columbia crime bill, a controversial move that has angered the progressive wing of his party for weeks. Republicans championed the resolution of disapproval that would block the implementation of the D.C. law, which aimed to eliminate most mandatory…

For the first time in 26 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued new guidelines for drinking water safety. Municipal utilities will be required to install expensive filtration systems to lower the amount of PFAS in water supplies. PFAS and PFOS are a class of 14,000 chemicals that contaminate the drinking water of more…

After Tennessee became the first state to prohibit drag shows in places where children may be present, several red states are pushing for similar legislation. States including Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas are focused on passing legislation that would restrict or outlaw sexually explicit drag shows in the presence of minors. The legislation gaining…

by Alexis Simendinger & Kristina Karisch | The Hill Spring is here and time is ticking for Congress to agree on budget numbers. House Republicans are attending their annual issues conference in Orlando, Fla., an event that was supposed to serve as an opportunity for the House GOP to highlight their unexpected unity and successes…

BY BRETT SAMUELS | THE HILL President Biden on Monday issued his first veto since taking office, rejecting a bill that would have reversed a Labor Department rule on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. “I just vetoed my first bill,” Biden said in a tweet announcing the move. “This bill would risk your retirement savings by making it illegal…