Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., are pushing legislation that would hike the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour and provide for annual increases to account for inflation. The proposal would implement a dramatic increase from the current $7.25 per hour federal minimum wage, which has been in place for more than 15 years. “For decades, working Americans have seen their wages flatline. One major...

Tech executive Elon Musk said Wednesday that he regrets making some of his recent social media posts attacking President Donald Trump, admitting they went “too far.” “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” Musk wrote on X. This comes after a recent public spat between the two as Musk began criticizing Trump for his “big beautiful” spending bill after the...