Matt Gagnon discusses the federal lawsuit filed by Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey against the Trump administration over the USDA’s withholding of federal funds due to Maine’s law allowing transgender athletes in girls’ high school sports. Frey’s office states the funds are crucial for feeding children and disabled adults. Gagnon criticizes Frey’s political motivations, suggesting he’s grandstanding for future political gain, as his job security is assured by a Democratic legislative majority. Gagnon also speculates on the political future of Governor Janet Mills, hinting she might challenge Senator Susan Collins in 2026, and notes the potential impact of Trump’s 2024 election on Mills’ prospects.
Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern Great Lakes states. And the dreaded polar vortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing Arctic chill. This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash has already hit much of the East.
An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.
A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.
House lawmakers were digging into Jeffrey Epstein's sprawling financial portfolio on Wednesday as a committee deposed his former accountant and tried to understand his connections to some of the world's wealthiest men.
