Earlier this year, President Joe Biden boasted that the stock market had hit "record after record after record on my watch, while making things more equitable for working-class people."
House Democrats have released their long-awaited proposal to ban stock trading by members of Congress, senior government officials, and U.S. Supreme Court justices, with the measure seeking to cut conflicts of interest, increase transparency around enforcement, and make penalties for noncompliance more painful.
As much of the political punditry on the right continues to focus on Pennsylvania Democrat Senate hopeful John Fetterman‘s post-stroke mental competency, a deeper dive into his past reveals a man whose views on compassion and the criminal justice system fall far outside those of mainstream America.
The average American has lost $4,200 in annual income since President Biden took office — entirely wiping out gains made under the Trump administration, an analysis from the Heritage Foundation shows.