Mortgage rates dropped to under 6% this week for the first time since 2022, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac on Thursday.
Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed the average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 5.98% from last week's reading of 6.01%, FOX Business reported.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday confirmed that he and several Senate Democrats would review the Epstein files in person.
The Department of Justice and FBI have faced considerable blowback for their handling of the Epstein files, including the redaction decisions involved in the public release of documents. The Epstein issue has attracted attention from both sides of the political aisle, with House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer also pursuing a probe.
House Oversight Democrats on Thursday asserted that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had no information on Jeffrey Epstein after a closed-door deposition with the panel on Thursday.
REP GARCIA: “Secretary Clinton never met Jeffrey Epstein. She never visited the island. She never flew on his plane.”
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 26, 2026
“She also had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's horrific crimes. So zero knowledge of any wrongdoing — you've also all heard that directly from her.” pic.twitter.com/57vs2H04Kd
The Justice Department said Thursday that it has charged two more alleged Tren de Aragua members in connection with an ATM malware conspiracy that spans multiple states.
The two 29-year-olds, Moises Alejandro Martinez Gutierrz and Lestter Guerrero, have been charged with conspiracy to commit bank theft. The department claimed both are in the United States illegally.
At least 10 FBI employees were fired after working on the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, according to a news report Friday.
The firings occurred after news broke on Wednesday that the FBI obtained phone records for now-director Kash Patel during the Biden administration in 2022, and current White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles' phone records in 2023, while they were both private citizens.
U.S. and Iranian officials are meeting Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland, for a third round of nuclear talks in an effort to reach a deal and avoid military conflict.
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in an effort to get Iran to agree to halt its enrichment of uranium and curtail its production of long-range missiles, NewsNation reported.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced Thursday that House Democratic leadership will force a vote next week on the Iran war powers resolution, which would require President Donald Trump to make his case to Congress before attacking Iran.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters Thursday after her deposition to the House Oversight Committee that she told lawmakers that she did not know Jeffrey Epstein and only knew his associate Ghislaine Maxwell as an "acquaintance."
Netflix decided Thursday to drop its bid to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery after declining to match a bid from Paramount.
The two streamers have been locked in a war over Warner Brothers after Paramount launched a hostile bid to take over the company after the WBD board approved a bid from Netflix. The WBD board accepted Netflix's offer of $27.75 per share for Warner Bros. and HBO in an auction late last year, but Paramount has offered $30 per share.
New York City's socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani unexpectedly met with President Donald Trump at the White House Thursday, where the two discussed building more housing in New York.
The meeting was not previously announced in the president's schedule or by Mamdani, who became the city's mayor last month. It comes the same day the Department of Homeland Security officials detained a Columbia University student.
Former first lady Hillary Clinton on Thursday denied ever "encountering" Jeffrey Epstein during a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight Committee.
Clinton agreed to testify after previously ignoring a subpoena from the panel. The deposition is taking place in Chappaqua, N.Y. at a local performing arts center.
A federal judge ruled Thursday that construction of the White House ballroom may continue, in denying an attempt by a preservationist group to halt the full, tear-down renovation, at least temporarily.
U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Richard Leon, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush, ruled against the group's December 2025 request for a temporary injunction.
