The Trump administration’s quick about-face, pitching 401(k) retirement plans as a path to homeownership, was never likely to work because it ignores the deeper forces driving the housing crunch, some economists are now arguing. Experts pointed to two key factors doing the most damage: restrictive zoning and regulatory policies that have choked supply, pushing home prices out of reach. Restrictive zoning controls what gets built; regulatory policies determine...

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has called upon President Donald Trump to fire Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. In a Tuesday post on X, the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania accused Noem of “betraying” the department’s central mission. Tagging the @POTUS and @realDonaldTrump accounts on X, Fetterman declared, “I make a direct appeal to immediately fire @Sec_Noem.” FETTERMAN URGES MINNEAPOLIS ICE OP TO STAND DOWN AS CITY SPIRALS...

The Republican Party is appealing a New York judge’s decision to throw out the congressional lines for a GOP-held district in New York City on Monday. The judge ruled that the current map for Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ district, which lies in Staten Island and Brooklyn, dilutes the power of its Black and Hispanic voters. The state’s Independent Redistricting Commission has now been tasked with creating a new map...