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- The nation saw the largest single‑year drop in murders on record in 2025 and steep declines in rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, shooting deaths, on‑duty law‑enforcement deaths, traffic fatalities, and overdose deaths.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:34:50 AM
- Between January and December 2025, two million native‑born Americans gained employment while 662,000 foreign‑born workers lost employment; 1.8 million native‑born joined the labor force while 881,000 foreign‑born left it.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:26:09 AM
- Real wages for American workers are on track to rise 4.2% in President Trump’s first full year in office.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:24:43 AM
- In December 2025, home list prices declined year‑over‑year in 14 of the top 20 metro areas with the largest unauthorized migrant populations.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:22:26 AM
- As of 2024, the United States was 100% net-import reliant for 12 critical minerals and 50% or greater net-import reliant for 29 additional critical minerals.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:20:53 AM
- The Secretary, the U.S. Trade Representative, and the Secretary of Homeland Security are directed and authorized to take actions, consistent with law, to implement the proclamation, including issuing regulations, guidance, and temporarily amending or suspending regulations.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:19:36 AM
- Commerce Secretary transmitted an October 24, 2025 report finding imports of processed critical minerals and derivative products threaten U.S. national security.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:18:52 AM
- Parties are prohibited from changing the conditions that gave rise to the disputes from the time a request to establish the Board was made until 60 days after the Board submits its report, except by agreement.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:17:10 AM
- The action follows the Commerce Secretary’s completion of a Section 232 investigation that found imports of PCMDPs threaten to impair national security.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:15:40 AM
- The President signed a Section 232 proclamation ordering the Commerce Secretary and U.S. Trade Representative to jointly negotiate agreements to address imports of processed critical minerals and their derivative products (PCMDPs).
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:13:26 AM
- The Secretary of Commerce completed a Section 232 investigation that found current imports of semiconductors and related products threaten to impair national security.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:12:01 AM
- The President directed the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative to jointly negotiate (or continue negotiations) agreements to address national-security risks from semiconductor imports.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:10:00 AM
- President Trump issued the 'Unleashing American Energy' Executive Order directing the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to expedite and simplify the permitting process.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:08:29 AM
- Secretary Bessent expressed appreciation for Japan’s positive engagement on OECD global minimum tax issues during the meeting.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:06:45 AM
- ICE claimed that 70% of its arrests are of noncitizens charged with or convicted of a crime in the U.S.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:05:55 AM
- ICE announced arrests of multiple noncitizens described as the “worst of the worst,” including people convicted of first‑degree child rape, homicide, and arson.
Updated 1/15/2026, 5:03:30 AM
- The administration says it has taken action to ban large institutional investors from acquiring single-family homes.
Updated 1/15/2026, 3:25:46 AM
- President Trump directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities.
Updated 1/15/2026, 3:19:49 AM
- The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has dipped to multi-year lows, lowering monthly housing payments.
Updated 1/15/2026, 3:17:41 AM
- Housing affordability has improved recently, with the First American Real House Price Index and the NAR Housing Affordability Index showing gains.
Updated 1/15/2026, 3:16:11 AM