A United Nations report aimed at identifying ways to cut costs and boost efficiency has revealed a striking admission: the vast majority of its own reports are barely read, if at all. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres briefed member nations on the findings Friday, noting that a staggering volume of internal documentation is having minimal real-world impact.
President Donald Trump warned 17 major pharmaceutical companies on Thursday that they must lower prescription drug prices or face undisclosed punitive measures. The ultimatum follows his recent executive order aimed at bringing U.S. drug costs in line with prices in other developed nations.
Stephen Colbert used CBS’s The Late Show platform to express grief and disbelief during an emotional interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris, following her defeat in the 2024 presidential election. Colbert lamented Harris’s failure to stop President Donald Trump’s return to office and accused Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court of giving Trump “free reign.”
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) praised President Donald Trump and the Federal Reserve for the resilience of the U.S. economy during an interview on Fox News Channel’s America Reports on Friday. While acknowledging weaknesses in the latest jobs report, Kennedy emphasized that America’s economy remains strong compared to global competitors and credited conservative fiscal policy for delivering a soft landing.
On August 1, President Trump swiftly dismissed Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Dr. Erika McEntarfer hours after a weak jobs report, accusing her of manipulating numbers to favor Democrats.
The Smithsonian Institution quietly reverted its presidential impeachment exhibit to a 2008 design, omitting any mention of President Trump’s two impeachments.
President Trump announced that he has "ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions" following "foolish and inflammatory statements" made by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
New Jersey may soon force over 1.7 million independent contractors to abandon their self-employed status under a radical reinterpretation of the ABC test, a move critics warn mirrors California’s disastrous Assembly Bill 5. The proposal would tighten classification rules, pushing freelancers and gig workers into union-eligible 9-to-5 jobs.
