Reaction to the results of the Virginia gubernatorial election will continue for months as Democrats prepare to show voters they can make progress in Congress and fix the economy. At the same time, Republicans have a new guidebook for a path to victory in the midterms without former President Donald Trump. Glenn Youngkin managed to…

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell announced Wednesday afternoon the Fed will begin to taper down its pandemic-era aid as soon as later this month. The move has been expected, with Powell hinting at the November timeline back in September. “I think if the economy continues to progress broadly in line with expectations,” Powell said after…

Rep. Cori Bush (R-MO) blasted Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) Monday following his news conference on Biden’s infrastructure package. Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) continue to hold out on this crucial piece of legislation and further divide the Democratic party. “Simply put, I will not support a bill that is this consequential without thoroughly understanding the impact it…

Millions head to the polls Tuesday to vote in Congressional elections in Ohio and gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia. Experts have said this election will serve as a referendum on President Joe Biden’s agenda and performance. Ohio voters will pick two Congresspeople in a special election. One of the seats is in Cleveland,…

After spending months trying to get investments into preventing climate change into his Build Back Better Act, President Joe Biden turned his climate change focus to the global stage at COP26 Monday. The UN climate summit aims to get governments to commit to cutting carbon emissions at a rate fast enough to limit warming to…

The Commerce Department released a report Friday saying American consumers slowed their spending to a gain of just 0.6% in September. For the July-September quarter as a whole, consumer spending weakened to an annual growth rate of just 1.6%. That was down significantly from the previous quarter. The slowdown comes as a historic rise in…

Recent polling shows about a third of Arizona Democrats say their senior senator, Kyrsten Sinema is doing a bad job representing Arizonans. Elected as part of 2018’s “Blue Wave,” Sinema was Arizona’s first Democrat to head to the Senate in more than 20 years. After first being hailed as the progressive savior for the historically conservative state, Sinema now…

Ahead of planned summits in Europe, as well as expected campaign appearances for Democratic gubernatorial candidates, President Joe Biden spent his weekend in discussions over his two spending bills. Those discussions happened at the president’s Delaware home Sunday. They involved Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Sen. Joe Manchin. According to Politco, the three…

The Treasury Department and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the final budget results for fiscal year (FY) 2021 Friday, which showed progress on managing the United States deficit. According to the report, the U.S. added $2.77 trillion to the national deficit in 2021. While that is the second highest year-to-year deficit…

The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly hit a record high Wednesday, finishing the day up 152.03 points, or .4 percent. It has since fallen 96 points, or .3 percent, to 35,514 as of 10:19 a.m. EST Thursday. That is just below the previous record set Aug. 16. The S&P 500 index was also poised to…