In an update to its “World Economic Outlook,” the International Monetary Fund (IMF) improved its forecast for U.S. economic growth – and credited the passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) in the process. Released Tuesday, the IMF’s “World Economic Outlook Update” revises the forecasts presented in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) published three months earlier,…

July’s unemployment rate matched analysts’ expectations, but other measures of the nation’s employment situation weakened as the Federal Reserve continued to reject President Donald Trump’s repeated demands that the Fed lower interest rates, data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveal. At 4.2%, July’s unemployment rate inched up from June’s 4.1% level and was…

June results of an inflation gauge favored by the Federal Reserve mirror those of the better-known Consumer Price Index (CPI) released two weeks earlier, according to a Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) report released Thursday. In the BEA’s latest monthly report on U.S. personal income and outlays, the BEA finds that its Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index for June increased 0.3…

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced it will still not lower interest rates, despite calls by President Donald Trump and two Fed governors to do so. In a 9-2 vote, with one governor not voting, the Federal Open Market Committee voted to leave the central bank’s benchmark overnight interest rate range unchanged (4.25%-4.50%). Governor Christopher Waller and Fed Vice Chair Michelle Bowman…

An illegal alien who served prison time for attempted murder was protected from being taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody by a San Francisco federal judge was arrested Sunday for attempting three carjackings in a single day. “An illegal alien in California was granted a restraining order by a San Francisco federal judge, barring ICE agents from taking him into custody,”…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.0% (0.7% quarterly rate) in the second quarter of 2025 (April, May, and June), rebounding from a 0.5% decline in the first quarter, according to the advance estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on Wednesday. The first quarter drop in “real” (inflation-adjusted) GDP was largely due to a spike in imports…

The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index rose in July on the strength of higher expectations for the future, the think tank reported on Tuesday. At 97.2, July’s preliminary index (through July 20) is up 2.0 points from June’s 95.2 final tally and 4.2 points higher than the June level initially reported by the Board. “All three components of the Expectation Index improved, with consumers…

In Scotland Friday, President Donald Trump warned European leaders of the dangers of unfettered mass migration. Three days later, a new report revealed that four in ten of those charged with committing sex crimes in the European Union (EU) capital of London are foreign nationals. “We took out a lot of bad people that got (into the U.S.) with Biden," Pres. Trump told reporters after landing in…

When Congressional Democrats complained after they were prevented from storming another Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on Monday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responded by setting the record straight. “BREAKING - REJECTED AGAIN! Senator Chris Van Hollen and other Democrats tried to storm into an ICE facility in Baltimore but were turned down,” Marylander-turned-…

Socialist Democrat Zohran Mamdani claims he’ll make living in New York City more affordable, if he’s elected mayor – but, history shows he’ll actually do just the opposite, Constitutional Scholar, commentator and “On Power” Author Mark Levin warns. “You know, he talks about affordability,” Panelist Levin said Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Outnumbered,” posing the following question: “Does…