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The Hill   Frank Bisignano, the commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), said Monday the program will last another 90 years. “This is a long journey. It’s 90 years old. It’ll be around for another 90 years,” Bisignano said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” The SSA will release its annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) on Wednesday, after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports data for September inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI). READ THE FULL STORY   

The Hill   President Trump named Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator and communications adviser to the president’s media company, as the next White House press secretary. “She was previously involved in my Campaigns, assisting in key Swing States, where we won 7 out of 7. She has an unblemished record of support, and has been a loyal and brilliant supporter, right from the beginning,” the president said in a Truth Social post on Friday. “She is, likewise, a devoted fan and member of MAGA! I am confident that Katie will deliver strong results for our Country as the next White House Press Secretary, as she has the respect of, and will work fantastically with, the Media, the American People, and my Administration.” The New York Times first reported that Zacharia would be named to the post. READ THE FULL STORY   

CBS News   The Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court on Friday, taking action against the court itself after previously penalizing more than a dozen of its judges and prosecutors. “Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement announcing the measures. The move came just hours after the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced it was awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, a South African-born human rights official who served as an ICC judge from 2003 to 2008. Pillay also led a U.N. inquiry that determined last year that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Israel strongly disputed the report’s findings. READ THE FULL STORY   

Breitbart   President Donald Trump vowed on Friday to protect the legacy of explorer Christopher Columbus from the radical left and accused Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of wanting to abolish Columbus Day. Trump’s comments came during a Columbus Day celebration in the East Room of the White House. “As you know, the radical left communists hate Columbus, and they want to abolish Columbus Day. They’re still trying very hard,” he said. READ THE FULL STORY   

Politico   The fallout around Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s statement marking the deadly Oct. 7 attack against Israel extends into his own stable of supporters — a reach that threatens to further erode his already strained relationship with the city’s Jewish community. Mamdani released a four-paragraph message on Wednesday acknowledging the three-year anniversary of the day that Hamas militants killed roughly 1,200 Israelis, mostly civilians, and took 251 others hostage. All but one sentence of that message, however, was devoted to Israel’s ensuing military campaign in Gaza, an imbalance that struck even some of the mayor’s validators and fellow critics of Israel and its military response as tone deaf. READ THE FULL STORY  

Daily Caller   The Department of Justice is reportedly seeking criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, the former Trump White House aide whose explosive Jan. 6 testimony came under scrutiny after Secret Service witnesses disputed one of her most dramatic accounts. Federal prosecutors are seeking an indictment against Hutchinson for allegedly lying to Congress about President Donald Trump’s actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to Punchbowl News’ Laura Weiss. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division presented evidence to a federal grand jury Tuesday and plans to introduce additional witnesses and evidence later this month, Weiss reported on X, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. Hutchinson has not been subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury, the outlet reported Thursday. READ THE FULL STORY  

DOW Rapid Response   Secretary Hegseth was asked about the execution of Nidal Hasan: “No-brainer—execution by firing squad… Of course we’re doing it at Fort Hood. We’re going to do it at 1 o’clock—which is when he did it. It’s going to be soldiers with rifles executing the firing squad.” Secretary Hegseth was asked about the execution of Nidal Hasan: "No-brainer—execution by firing squad… Of course we're doing it at Fort Hood. We're going to do it at 1 o'clock—which is when he did it. It's going to be soldiers with rifles executing the firing squad." pic.twitter.com/QqjJrAZK41 — DOW Rapid Response (@DOWResponse) October 8, 2026 SEE MORE  

CBS News   Federal prosecutors are expected to bring new charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, for allegedly torturing Americans who were held in Venezuelan prisons, according to multiple sources familiar with the case. The sources said that additional people could be charged in their role for the torture of more than a dozen Americans who were wrongfully detained by the Venezuelan government while Maduro was in power. One source said the new charges could be announced as soon as Thursday. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Hill   The Trump administration will propose to loosen restrictions that rein in methane from oil and gas production, it announced Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said in a press release that in the coming days, it will propose changes to Biden-era regulations. It did not release a specific proposal but said it would make changes to several aspects of the Biden-era rule, including the repeal of a program that would require energy companies to respond to credible reports of major methane leaks. READ THE FULL STORY  

Breitbart   As part of President Donald Trump’s denaturalization initiative, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking to strip naturalized American citizenship from 40 foreign criminals in its largest single-period filing to date. This week, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the filings, seeking denaturalization of foreign nationals such as 47-year-old Yusmary Shirley Duran Mejia of Colombia, a Florida resident, who allegedly lied to secure U.S. citizenship by failing to disclose that she was convicted of money laundering. Likewise, federal prosecutors are seeking the denaturalization of 50-year-old Iain Lumsden of the United Kingdom. They allege that Lumsden, a resident of Colorado, failed to disclose his conviction for child pornography when applying for U.S. citizenship. READ THE FULL STORY   

CBS News   A group of former Cornell University students say they are being falsely connected to the alleged 2024 fraternity house rape, and smeared and targeted online, and they want the college to say explicitly that they were not among men accused in the incident. The former students, members of the Chi Phi fraternity who graduated in 2022 and 2023, say online sleuths have wrongly pegged them for harassment, leading to negative personal and professional consequences. A lawyer for the group asked the school in a letter on Oct. 3 to clear them and others who graduated prior to the alleged assault. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Hill   President Trump blamed the widespread student-led protests in France on Islam and “out of control mass migration” on Tuesday. “What’s happening in France is nothing less than out of control mass migration. This isn’t about schools, this is about Islam wanting to take over a once great Country,” he wrote in a Truth Social post. Student protests have called for more teachers and better schooling facilities, as neither immigration nor religion have been included in their demands, according to The New York Times. READ THE FULL STORY   

Breitbart   While inflation has been running stubbornly high, American paychecks are growing even faster than prices are rising. Real weekly wages rose 0.3 percent in August compared with a year earlier, the third straight month of inflation-adjusted year-over-year pay gains. Real weekly wages were higher than a year earlier in June and July after dipping in April and May. Weekly wages are calculated by multiplying the average hourly wages by the average workweek. Even when hourly wages fall behind inflation, the buying power of paychecks can rise if business is healthy enough that workers can put in more hours. READ THE FULL STORY   

Breitbart   Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), under President Joe Biden and former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, knowingly allowed millions of illegal aliens who overstayed their visas to remain in the United States, classifying them as “non-priority” aliens. A report from DHS Inspector General (IG) Joseph Cuffari details a clear lack of immigration enforcement embedded within the Biden administration — particularly regarding visa overstays. From 2021 to 2024, for instance, ICE received more than 3.1 million leads on visa overstays, about 104,000 of whom were classified as potential national security or public safety threats. Fewer than 500 of those national security/public safety threat leads were investigated by the agency and just eight visa overstays were ultimately arrested. READ THE FULL STORY   

CBS News   An attorney for one of the seven men accused in the alleged sexual assault of a former Cornell University student at a fraternity house in 2024 is calling for Attorney General Letitia James to step down as special prosecutor. Andrew Miltenberg, the attorney for Gillio Lopes, said he thinks James should recuse herself since she previously posted about the case on social media. Gov. Kathy Hochul tapped James as special prosecutor in the case last week. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Hill   President Trump said Monday he will “certainly look at” establishing a U.S. military base in Lithuania a week after the country’s prime minister said he would welcome U.S. service members into the Baltic state. “They’re friends of mine; they’re great people, so we’ll certainly look at it. They are great people,” the president said when asked by a reporter about the country’s invitation. “I know so many people in that country; they’re great people.” Last week, Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said his country is “ready to pay the bill” for a U.S. military base. READ THE FULL STORY   

CNBC   The Department of Justice will not reopen its criminal investigation into former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the central bank’s overbudget multibillion-dollar headquarters renovation a department spokesperson told CNBC. “We’re not reopening a criminal investigation into him,” Attorney General Todd Blanche told Bloomberg in an interview Friday. Blanche did not rule out separate Justice Department action related to the renovation in his interview. He told the outlet the independent audit of the renovation could prompt an investigation if it uncovers evidence of criminal wrongdoing. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Associated Press   A federal court in Texas on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from building a border wall and other infrastructure across the state’s Big Bend region, in a victory for opponents who have pushed back against a key campaign promise by President Donald Trump. Landowners, businesses and environmentalists in the region have united to oppose the planned projects, which are part of a $46 billion effort by the Trump administration to line the southern border with a mix of 30-foot-tall steel walls, vehicle barriers, roads and surveillance technology. Judge Kathleen Cardone said in her ruling that the plaintiffs were “likely to succeed on the merits of at least one of the claims in suit, that there is a likelihood that they will suffer serious, irreparable harm without an injunction, and that the balance of the equities and the public interest weigh in their favor.” READ THE FULL STORY   

The Hill   Represented by GLAD Law, the National Center for LGBTQ Rights and the ACLU of New Hampshire, the families argue the rule violates existing Medicaid statute and exceeds the administration’s authority. Without being paused, the rule will take effect on Oct. 13. In August, the administration finalized a rule barring Medicaid from paying for what it refers to as “sex-rejecting procedures for children under 18” as well as blocking the Children’s Health Insurance Plan from paying for the same procedures for people under the age of 19. “These families made medical decisions with their doctors, based on careful assessment of their children’s individual medical needs. On October 13, the Trump administration wants to pull the funding for their care mid-treatment, with no plan for what happens to them. We’re asking the court to act quickly so these families don’t lose the medical care that has enabled their kids to thrive,” Chris Erchull, senior staff attorney for GLAD, said in a statement. READ THE FULL STORY 

CBS News   Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a speech on Wednesday that the Pentagon is eliminating roughly 1 in 5 generals and admirals during the second Trump administration through firing or position cuts, following through on Hegseth’s pledge to fundamentally change how the Pentagon operates. Hegseth said he’s aimed for the department to be “unrelenting, unapologetic, and uncompromising” in its mission to win. Generals who “clung to the woke department or seem to think civilian control of the military is simply a suggestion, well, they no longer work here,” Hegseth said. “The number crunchers say we fired 10% of the generals and admirals across the force, and that number sounds about right,” Hegseth said. “And I know because I directed it that we’ve also reduced the overall number of general officer slots by an additional 10%. So yes, 20% reduction across the board. Now the media calls that a purge. I call it accountability, and long overdue.” READ THE FULL STORY   

Breitbart   The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has added another 5,000 criminal illegal aliens to its public database, known as WOW.DHS.gov, which stands for the “Worst of the Worst,” Breitbart News has learned. “The Trump Administration is committed to transparency, and that’s why this website allows the American people to see for themselves what kind of dangerous illegal aliens ICE is removing from their communities,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Breitbart News. The public database, a user-friendly site that Americans can readily search, now has more than 40,000 criminal illegal aliens listed. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Hill   South Korea’s government will invest up to $200 billion in U.S. energy infrastructure, including a natural gas pipeline in Alaska, President Trump announced Wednesday. The investment also includes a natural gas plant in Texas and eight new nuclear power plants across the country, Trump said during remarks in the Oval Office. Trump said the deal came as part of a trade agreement between South Korea and the U.S. in which the U.S. would lower the Asian country’s tariff rate to 15 percent in exchange for hundreds of billions of dollars in investment. READ THE FULL STORY   

Breitbart   The U.S. State Department on Monday announced U.S. visa restrictions against 27 Latin American nationals due to their efforts in undermining democratically elected governments in the Western Hemisphere. The list of targeted individuals includes current and former government officials, lawmakers, members of the judiciary, police officers, judges, businessmen, and other nationals from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru — all members of the U.S.-led Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (A3C), also known as the Shield of the Americas. The targeted Latin American government officials and their respective immediate relatives have either had their existing U.S. visas revoked, or are now barred from obtaining one. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Hill   Consumer confidence dipped in September to its lowest level in a dozen years, the Conference Board reported Tuesday. The board’s consumer confidence index fell to 81.9 last month, down 6.7 points from August. That marked the lowest point for the metric since 2014, when consumer sentiment was rebounding from a low point of less than 30 during the financial crisis. The expectations index, a six-month outlook of future economic conditions, also declined by 3.2 points in September to nearly 60. That metric dipped to less than 60 last year, the first time it had done so since 2013. READ THE FULL STORY   

CBS News   Lindsay Clancy was back in Plymouth Superior Court Tuesday for the first time since her high-profile Massachusetts murder trial ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury on Sept. 4. Prosecutors did not specifically say if they will retry Clancy, and if so, on what charges, however during Tuesday’s hearing both sides discussed setting a retrial date with Judge William Sullivan. Clancy’s attorney told the judge there’s “no evidence” his client admitted to strangling her children, though during trial he argued only that she wasn’t criminally responsible for her actions due to postpartum psychosis. READ THE FULL STORY   

CBS News   The U.S. Army Reserve is examining whether it can provide the military’s Southern Command with police forces, medical personnel and other support units within the next four months, according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News. Though the message makes no reference to Cuba, the request is for continued military planning aimed at Cuba, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke to CBS News under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. There is no indication in the document that any units have received deployment orders. But the planning comes as the Trump administration puts intense economic pressure on Cuba and urges the island nation to make political reforms. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Associated Press   New Jersey ’s Democratic lieutenant governor resigned Friday after the governor demanded he step down over accusations of inappropriate behavior with women and ethics lapses. Gov. Mikie Sherrill had given Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell until Friday to resign, seeking to end a scandal that threatened to be a drag on her fledgling administration. Republicans have hammered Sherrill for weeks on the investigation into Caldwell, who serves as acting governor in her absence. He also oversees elections as New Jersey’s secretary of state, and his resignation comes weeks ahead of midterm elections that will decide who controls Congress. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Associated Press   Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observes a ceasefire that would include Lebanon. Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observes a ceasefire that would include Lebanon. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi detailed the proposal in a private gathering on Thursday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, according to one attendee. READ THE FULL STORY   

CNN   Kamala Harris campaigned Tuesday with Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, predicting that the progressive will become a “national voice” during a joint appearance between two Democrats in a state crucial to the party’s fortunes in this fall’s midterms — and the presidential primary to follow. Harris and El-Sayed held a roundtable focused on Black maternal healthcare — an issue Harris focused on as vice president — as they sought to rally a fractured Democratic electorate six weeks from Election Day. “I’m here to support Dr. El-Sayed because on this subject, I know he will be a champion. And I have a right to say that,” Harris said. READ THE FULL STORY  

The Washington Post   The young man standing outside the shopping mall would prefer to be writing poetry or acting in a play. Instead, he’s waiting to pick up a plastic bag containing someone else’s lunch. Tu Xuxin (pronounced Shoo-shin), 30, has been making deliveries by electric scooter for six grueling years. He works up to 14 hours a day, six days a week, balancing boredom and exhaustion. In a good week, he earns the equivalent of $500, a healthy income here, but is left with no time to read the Ernest Hemingway novels he enjoys. “If you want to earn money, you need to spend a long time on the road,” Tu said, adjusting his orange safety helmet. “I’d like to switch to another career. More and more people are competing in this industry.” READ THE FULL STORY  

Politico   Two top congressional progressives unveiled their bill Wednesday to ban artificial “superintelligence” and establish a Cabinet-level agency to regulate AI, fleshing out their plans for a crackdown on the industry. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) have advocated for heavy regulation of the rapidly evolving technology, particularly following a string of high-profile cyberattacks and doomsday warnings from industry insiders. Sanders and Casar teased the proposal earlier this month but only officially rolled out their “Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act” on Wednesday. READ THE FULL STORY  

CBS News   The Trump administration is planning to welcome up to 17,500 additional White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees over the next 12 months, according to a notice sent to Congress on Tuesday and obtained by CBS News. The State Department informed congressional officials that the Trump administration is planning to allocate 17,500 refugee spots for fiscal year 2027, and that they will “primarily” go to Afrikaners, who President Trump has claimed are being oppressed for being White. Fiscal year 2027 starts in October. While the second Trump administration has effectively shut down the U.S. refugee resettlement program for most people fleeing persecution and violence around the world, it has made an exemption for Afrikaners, resettling thousands of them over the past year and a half. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Hill   The Trump administration is considering a ban on exports of diesel as high prices of the fuel put a crunch on American agriculture and trucking. Asked Tuesday whether he was considering a ban on diesel exports, as some Republican lawmakers have called for in recent days, President Trump said, “I’ve called for that, too.” “I’ve said, ‘Let’s not send out the diesel.’ We make a lot of diesel,” Trump said during a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Associated Press   Democratic attorneys general from California and New York sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plans to buy back offshore wind leases as President Donald Trump seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said he is suing over removal of a project off his state’s coast planned by Chicago-based Invenergy. The Trump administration said in June that it’s buying back the company’s U.S. offshore wind leases for four wind projects on the East and West coasts. New York Attorney General Letitia James, meanwhile, led seven states in suits seeking to block the Invenergy deal and another proposal with Bluepoint Wind, which agreed in April to end a wind farm under development off the New York and New Jersey coast. READ THE FULL STORY   

Bloomberg   Opposition to data centers continues to mount in the US. That’s according to research group Data Center Watch, which said some 45 data center projects worth $68 billion were blocked or delayed by local pushback between April and June this year. Communities across the country are now pushing through moratoriums on new construction, often before developers can apply for permissions. Some 30 statehouses introduced or adopted rules pertaining to issues such as data center siting, electricity and water, the group said in a report Monday provided to Bloomberg News. READ THE FULL STORY   

CBS News   A California family gave over $4.4 million in political donations to Governor Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris and other leading California politicians. And now, that family’s alleged past links to infamous suspected honeypot spy Fang Fang, also known as Christine Fang, and other Chinese government officials have thrust them into an ongoing debate over foreign influence in American politics. The Yin family made millions running McDonald’s franchises in the Golden State — and became prolific donors to politicians, according to state and federal campaign records. Newly released FBI files about Fang describe the family patriarch Chei Chen Yin, commonly known by his initials “C.C.”, as a one-time professional associate of Fang through an organization he founded. And national security experts tasked with protecting U.S. institutions from infiltration by the Chinese government say they have documented alleged interactions between C.C. Yin’s brother, Henry Yin, and the foreign influence wing of the Chinese government, the United Front. READ THE FULL STORY   

Breitbart   President Donald Trump said this weekend he plans to create an “AI Force,” modeled on the Space Force he established during his first term, along with appointing a new AI czar President Trump announced the new AI Force in a Truth Social post, offering few details about its structure or duties. He also said he would name a new AI czar, a role previously held by venture capitalist David Sacks, who stepped down in March. The announcement came as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent held talks with Chinese counterparts in New York on Sunday, according to an NBC News report. Bessent said Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping would discuss setting up a mechanism for the two countries to alert each other about AI-related national security concerns. Xi is set to visit the United States this week and is expected to meet Trump on Wednesday for the start of a state visit. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Hill   The Texas Department of Transportation suspended issuing approvals for Flock’s automated license plate readers (ALPR) amid growing security and privacy concerns surrounding the technology. “TxDOT’s role is to review permits to ensure license plate readers are installed correctly and safely along state-owned roadways,” an agency spokesperson told NewsNation in a statement. “TxDOT does not have access to the data collected from the license plate readers, and these cameras are placed at the request of law enforcement.” “Under the direction of Governor Greg Abbott, TxDOT has suspended issuing approvals for Flock cameras or similar devices installed by third parties in our ROW [public roadways],” the spokesperson continued. READ THE FULL STORY     

CBS News   The Pentagon on Friday released its sixth batch of files on unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP or UFOs, including dozens of documents detailing a military program that commissioned studies of warp drives, wormholes and injuries that researchers linked to possible encounters with unknown craft. Friday’s release includes a total of 71 files — 67 provided by the Defense Department and four from local law enforcement in Colorado. There are 55 PDF files, 15 video files and one audio file. Most of the files — 64 out of 71 — contain redactions. The dates of the documents range from 1952 to 2025. What’s in the latest UFO files? The most noteworthy documents deal with a secretive military initiative known as the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program. The Defense Intelligence Agency established the program in 2008 to study various aerospace threats decades into the future. The initiative ended in 2012. READ THE FULL STORY     

The FBI internally warned that a group of women were creating fake online dating accounts with “tradwife” aesthetics in an effort to lure US immigration agents and “dox” them.

The FBI in Chicago disseminated a brief memo to other law enforcement officials across the US on the potential threat to agents in February, warning that “as of late January 2026, a small group of women allegedly were creating fictitious online dating profiles with the purpose of attracting and then doxxing law enforcement participating in immigration enforcement”. The report, which was shared with the Guardian, provided few details about the alleged scheme and did not explain the source of the information.

ABC News   The number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped sharply last week, another sign that layoffs remain rare and most Americans enjoy job security. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims slid to 196,000, the fewest since mid-July and down from 206,000 the week before. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out week-to-week volatility, dropped to 203,250. Economists had expected claims to come in at 207,500, according to a survey by the data firm FactSet. READ THE FULL STORY  

Breitbart   The family of slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has signaled their intent to sue Utah Valley University and the school’s police department, among others, citing “a series of stunning failures and reckless decisions” that ended in the conservative icon’s assassination last year. The Kirk family has filed a Notice of Claim against the State of Utah, Utah Valley University (UVU), the Utah Valley University Police Department, Chief Jeffrey Long, and Astrid Tuminez, who was UVU’s president at the time of the assassination, as well as potentially others. Dangers posed by accessible rooftops on campus went unaddressed — despite repeated warnings — Turning Point USA (TPUSA) said in a statement to Breitbart News, citing a text exchange between TPUSA staff and Utah Valley University Police Department Chief Jeffrey Long. READ THE FULL STORY   

CNBC   The Fed hiked rates for the first time in three years. Its overnight lending rate now sits in a 3.75%-4% range, up from 3.5%-3.75%. “Inflation remains elevated. Today’s policy action will support a timelier return to the Committee’s 2 percent goal,” the Fed’s policymaking committee said in a statement. Wednesday’s announcement comes after a sharp rise in oil prices, driven by escalations in the U.S.-Iran war. Those high energy prices have begun showing up in recent inflation reports, including the August consumer price index figures. READ THE FULL STORY   

Breitbart   Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the government can implement President Donald Trump plan to send $5,000 checks to American adults if Republicans retain their majorities in Congress that would not increase the deficit. “There are ways to do it that would not affect the deficit,” Bessent said in answer to questions from lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Bessent said that Treasury had been working on the plan for “quite awhile.” He did not provide details about how the Trump administration might offset the cost to the Treasury without borrowing. READ THE FULL STORY   

CBS News   The House killed a resolution to impeach President Trump on Tuesday amid renewed interest in Democrats’ plans if they retake the majority. In a 232-147 vote with 47 lawmakers voting present, the House approved a Republican motion to table the resolution that was introduced by Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas, who has spearheaded several unsuccessful attempts to impeach Mr. Trump. Green’s resolution sought to impeach Mr. Trump over the conduct of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. He cited the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero by federal immigration agents this year. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Hill   The Cleveland, Ohio, City Council on Monday voted to rename a portion of Lake Erie as the “Gulf of Cleveland,” taking a jab at President Trump’s executive order declaring that Lake Ontario be called the “Gulf of America.” The emergency resolution led by Councilmember Kris Harsh passed in a 13-1 vote and was intended to take effect immediately. The resolution is not legally binding. Harsh’s speech to attendees ahead of the vote referred to Trump’s order to rename Lake Ontario, as well as ordering the Gulf of Mexico be called “the Gulf of America” last year, and his recent suggestion of calling New Mexico “New America” after a viral social media post falsely claimed he signed such an executive order. READ THE FULL STORY     

CBS News   Vice President JD Vance announced Monday the Trump administration will suspend roughly 870,000 people suspected of defrauding pandemic-era small business programs from receiving future federal loans. The vice president contended that borrowers who stole taxpayer money should no longer be eligible to receive loans from government-backed programs. “If you screwed the American taxpayer, the federal government is now going to say you’re cut off, no more,” Vance told reporters. “You shouldn’t be applying anymore, and if you do apply, you’re no longer able to get those benefits.” READ THE FULL STORY   

Breitbart   The yield on 10-year Treasuries crossed above five percent on Monday morning, the first time it has breached that threshold since 2023. The sell-off in Treasuries this year has sent yields climbing from a range of 4.15 to 4.30 percent in January, continuing the bond roller-coaster that has seen yields bouncing up and down for the past few years. Treasury yields rise as the price of bonds falls. On Monday, the 10-year yield climbed from Friday’s close of 4.938 percent to as high as 5.012 percent. By midday, however, it retreated to as low as 4.936 percent and then bounced to 4.955 percent. If the yield were to close above five percent, this would be the first time since July 2007. READ THE FULL STORY   

The Hill   The Trump administration on Monday added extra sanctions on one of Russia’s largest financial institutions, VTB, over its ties to Iran, layering on penalties first imposed because of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Treasury Department is redesignating VTB as part of the administration’s “Operation Economic Outcast.” The sanctions campaign was launched in August to squeeze Iran financially as the Islamic Republic has resisted more than six months of U.S. military bombardment and effectively held the world’s energy supply hostage through its military threats on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s support for the Houthis in Yemen, who have recently taken over critical infrastructure on the Red Sea, has recently threatened another key energy maritime route. READ THE FULL STORY