SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — On Wednesday, North Korea said it successfully tested a new hypersonic missile. They implied it was being developed for nuclear capability. The missile test early Tuesday was North Korea’s third round of launches this month and took place shortly before North Korea’s U.N. envoy accused the United States of hostility…

LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — A bright red river of lava from the volcano on Spain’s La Palma island finally tumbled over a cliff and into the Atlantic Ocean, setting off huge plumes of steam and possibly toxic gases that forced local residents outside the evacuation zone to remain indoors on Wednesday.…

The Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee indicated Wednesday the Fed may start raising its benchmark interest rate at some point next year. The new projection is earlier than members of the Fed envisioned earlier this year. In its updated quarterly projections, Fed officials now expect to raise the interest rate once in 2022, three times in…

The Senate Parliamentarian is a non-political position. It’s an advisor, or kind of like Congress’ referee. Elizabeth MacDonough has held this spot since 2012 when she was appointed by then-Senate Majority Leader, Democrat Harry Reid (D-NV). MacDonough crushed the hopes of many Democrats, and gave some Republicans reason to celebrate, when she said Democrats can’t include…

Voters in Canada took to the polls for an unusually early election Monday. It comes two years before the deadline to hold one. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided to set the election date early hoping to win a majority of seats in Parliament for his Liberal Party. The Liberal Party is in the minority and…

Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill after the summer recess and remain divided on the $3.5 trillion human infrastructure bill. Sen. Joe Manchin, (D-WV), a crucial vote in the Senate, is making it extremely difficult for Democrats to make a deal. In a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, Manchin called on lawmakers in Congress to hit “a strategic pause” on…

Robert Doar is the president of the American Enterprise Institute. Mr. Doar became AEI’s 12th president in July 2019, leading one of the nation’s oldest and most respected public policy think tanks. Since becoming president of AEI, Mr. Doar has recruited dozens of leading scholars and fellows across multiple issue areas and launched a new research…

President Joe Biden spent much of his Monday on his first West Coast trip as president speaking with fire officials in Idaho and California and pushing his $3.5 trillion infrastructure plan. The video above includes clips from both stops. He started his trip in Boise at the National Interagency Fire Center, which coordinates the government’s…

House Democrats proposed hiking taxes on big corporations and the wealthy Monday. The increased funding from the tax hike would go to pay for President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion infrastructure plan. The Democrats’ proposal is to bump up the top tax rate to 39.6 percent on couples earning more than $450,000 per year. There would…

In a continuation of recent attacks that peaked back in May, Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas traded attacks Monday. The Israeli military reported three separate rocket launches from Hamas late Sunday and early Monday. At least two of them were intercepted by Israel’s rocket defenses. The Israel Defense Forces said it attacked a number…