Yellen says economy shows no signs of recession
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that growing consumer spending, industrial output, credit quality and other economic indicators don’t suggest the economy is in a recession, although she acknowledged that “way too high” inflation is straining the system. “This is not an economy that is in recession,” Yellen told moderator Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Businesses and consumers are seeing the economy slow after a rapid growth spurt last year,
Read MoreKinzinger on Bannon conviction: 'You'll pay the price' for ignoring congressional subpoena
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Read MoreThe cruel return of two fishermen shows why we must stand up to North Korea
The fate of two North Korean fishermen who were forcibly returned to the North in November 2019 has exploded into a scandal that tears at the hearts and minds of anyone looking at images of their transfer at Panmunjom, the truce village 40 miles north of Seoul. Photographs released by Chosun Ilbo, the South’s biggest-selling newspaper, reveal the horror of their resistance as South Korean soldiers thrust them into the hands of North Koreans on the line between the
Read MoreKinzinger: 'Trump is becoming irrelevant'
Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) told ABC’s “This Week” that it will be hard to find anyone who admits to supporting former President Trump in five years time, adding that he thought the former president was becoming "irrelevant." Kinzinger, one of the only two Republicans on the Jan. 6 House committee investigating the Capitol riot, was asked how he saw the panel’s public hearings impacting Republican voters. “This doesn’t appear to be having, you know, a ton
Read MoreCheney reiterates she hasn't decided on running for president in 2024
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), vice chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, reiterated on Sunday that she hasn’t decided whether she will run for president in 2024. Cheney, who is in a tough re-election bid for her congressional seat in Wyoming, was answering a question by CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" having just come off the committee's eighth high-profile public hearing she is helping lead. “At this point, I haven’t made a decision on 2024 …. I’ll make a decision on 2024 down the road,” Cheney
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