Dick Cheney, Architect of American Power and Controversy, Dies at 84

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, whose mastery of the national security apparatus and unflinching exercise of executive authority reshaped American policy in the early twenty-first century, has died at 84 following complications from pneumonia and cardiac-vascular disease, his family confirmed Monday. “His beloved wife

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Bessent Touts Quiet Spending Cuts as Shield Against Recession During CNN Interview

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used a Sunday appearance on CNN’s State of the Union to spotlight what he called the Trump administration’s “under-the-radar” spending cuts, crediting them with stabilizing the economy during the ongoing government shutdown. Pressed by host Jake Tapper about the Federal Reserve’s recent quarter-point rate cut to a 3.75%–4% target range, Bessent