Inflation-adjusted rents sit about 13 percent below their 2022 high, by Breitbart's math, and the outlet credits President Trump's immigration crackdown. The timeline makes the cause harder to pin down.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed in a CNBC interview that he left his Washington home for an undisclosed military base after Iranian threats, and cursed Iran's leadership, according to The Jerusalem Post.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Federalist Society that "people are struggling" and that the health of the economy has "nothing to do with the stock market," according to the AP. The Associated Press says Democrats gained control of Congress on voter anger over costs.
The family of 8-year-old murder victim Gabriel Fernandez is challenging Gov. Gavin Newsom's reported plan to commute California's death row sentences. The scope and status of the governor's action remain unconfirmed.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke Friday at the Federalist Society's National Lawyers Convention, attacking the International Criminal Court and, according to NBC News, saying elections decide who holds office "for a season." Reuters called it his first prepared remarks since the midterms.
Border czar Tom Homan said on Fox News that a caravan moving north through Mexico will be turned around or prosecuted, and that Democratic midterm gains will not change enforcement. Reports put the group at anywhere from 600 to 2,000 people.
Reports say a sale of Nvidia stock tied to Rep. Ro Khanna came around Oct. 7, just after the stock's all-time high. Who sold, and when, is not settled, and no evidence links the trade to inside knowledge.
A gunman opened fire at a Washington gym Thursday, killing a building manager and wounding four, then died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a standoff with police. Police have cited a conflict with his apartment building.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries would not say whether Democrats will risk a government shutdown on Dec. 11 over the Iran war. Four Democratic senators said in a joint statement that they oppose year-end funding that does not restrict the president's war powers.
SpaceX says it plans to put more than $74 billion into two AI supercomputing campuses, one at Starbase in Texas and one in Arizona's Cochise County. The money is a plan, not a check, and local approvals, water and power questions are still unsettled.
City Journal reports that the company PlumpJack contracts to manage Newsom's Oso Vineyard has what the authors call a long history of employing illegal labor. The report is pointed in places, and several claims rest on thin or single-source evidence.
Headlines say 22 percent of college students agree America deserved the September 11 attacks. The survey behind the number has not been located, and its question wording and sample remain unknown.
Former Jets coach Rex Ryan turned himself in to Nashville police on six misdemeanor warrants after, police allege, his pickup ran over two pedestrians' feet on Broadway and he drove off after an argument. No response from Ryan has been reported.
Alexander Darchiev, the diplomat Vladimir Putin appointed in 2025 as Russia's ambassador to Washington, has died at 66, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced. The ministry said he died suddenly, and a spokeswoman later cited a chronic illness.
Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba Mildon was terminated from a four-year, $50 million-plus general counsel deal with a company run by the daughter of a Venezuelan banker Trump pardoned. The reporting comes through secondary outlets, and the order of events is not fully settled.
The Federalist reports that President Trump told 60 Minutes his immigration enforcement may have been too tough and named immigration as an area to work with Democrats. The outlet calls that the wrong lesson from the midterms.
The NTSB says it recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the Learjet 60 that crashed in Palm Beach County on Nov. 1, killing all nine aboard. Whether it holds usable audio is not yet known.
