News
Vought and Vote to Kick Off Senate's $9.4B Rescissions
Friday's deadline looms to move President Donald Trump's $9.4 billion rescissions bill to codify the Department of Government Efficiency's spending cuts under a simple majority in the Senate.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:43:09 EDTDOJ Asks Supreme Court to Reject Ghislaine Maxwell Appeal
The Department of Justice on Monday asked the Supreme Court to reject an appeal request from Ghislaine Maxwell, the one-time girlfriend and associate of late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, stating that...
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 10:18:24 EDTTrump: Schiff 'Needs to Be Brought to Justice' on Mortgage Fraud
President Donald Trump announced Fannie Mae's Financial Crimes Division has evidence of Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., committing mortgage fraud, a claim that was also levied against New York Democrat Attorney General Letitia James.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:58:43 EDTDershowitz to Newsmax: Courts, Not Bondi or DOJ, Have Epstein File Jurisdiction
Redacted or sealed materials in connection with late Wall Street financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are under the courts' jurisdiction to release, Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard law professor emeritus who helped secure a plea deal in 2008 for Epstein, said.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:12:37 EDTUS Inflation Accelerated in June as Trump's Tariffs Start to Bite
Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs began pushing up the cost of a range of goods, including furniture, clothing, and large appliances.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:40:57 EDTHouse Rules Panel Rejects Epstein Release in Crypto Bill
House Rules Committee Democrats have effectively forced Republicans on the committee to block their effort to tag a release of the Epstein files onto advancing cryptocurrency legislation called the GENIUS Act.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:51:57 EDTBessent: 'Formal Process' for Next Fed Chair Underway
It appears increasingly likely that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will not remain in his role in the Trump administration, as discussions around a possible successor begin to take shape and political pressure mounts.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:07:21 EDTGAO, Grassley: Biden Admin Hid Trump Threat Intel
Former President Joe Biden's U.S. Secret Service received a credible threat on President Donald Trump's life 10 days before last July 13's Butler, Pennsylvania rally, but chose to leave the assigned details for Trump and the rally in the dark.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 07:45:22 EDTUS Planes, Cars, Drinks on EU List for Potential Tariffs
Aircraft, machinery, cars, chemicals, and medical devices are the leading big-ticket items on the latest list of U.S. goods the European Commission has proposed to impose tariffs on if talks with Washington do not yield an agreement on trade.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 07:39:56 EDTIran to Hold Talks With Chinese, Russian Partners at Summit
Iran said it will hold talks with its main Asian partners, Russia and China, on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on Tuesday, as Tehran looks for support following a 12-day air war with Israel last month.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 07:31:25 EDTUS Citizen Who Aided Russia in Ukraine Gets Russian Passport
Daniel Martindale, a U.S. citizen who helped the Kremlin target Ukrainian troops and was then spirited out of eastern Ukraine by Russian special forces, has received a Russian passport in Moscow. Russian state television broadcast a report on Tuesday showing Martindale, with...
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 07:15:11 EDTIsrael Strikes Syrian City, Vows to Protect Druze From Government Forces
Israel carried out strikes against Syrian government forces in the Sweida region of southern Syria on Tuesday, saying it was acting to protect the Druze minority and vowing to ensure the area near the Israeli border remained demilitarized.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 07:16:54 EDTGoogle to Invest $25B in Data Centers in Pa., Regional States
Alphabet's Google plans to invest more than $25 billion in data centers across Pennsylvania and neighboring states within the next two years, Semafor reported on Tuesday. The tech giant has also signed a deal with Brookfield Asset Management that includes initial 20-year...
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 06:57:18 EDTMike Waltz to Face Grilling Over Signal Chat at Senate Hearing for UN Role
Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will face questioning from lawmakers Tuesday for the first time since he left his position as national security adviser in the weeks after...
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 07:04:24 EDTUS Launches New Bid to Keep Migrants Detained by Denying Hearings, Memo Shows
The Trump administration is launching a new effort to keep immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally detained by denying them bond hearings, an internal memo showed, a change that could further swell the numbers of those held.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 06:31:43 EDTTrump Asked Zelenskyy if Ukraine Could Hit Moscow
President Donald Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine to step up strikes deep in Russian territory, even asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy whether he could hit Moscow if the U.S. provided long-range weapons, the Financial Times reported...
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 06:35:51 EDTTrump: Supreme Court OKs Ed Sec to Start Shutting Down Agency
President Donald Trump said Monday that Education Secretary Linda McMahon will begin the process of shutting down the federal agency in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling earlier in the day that upheld the reduction in force of nearly 1,400 employees.
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 21:43:58 EDTAppeals Court Temporarily Blocks Ending Afghans' Protected Status
A U.S. appeals court has for now blocked the Trump administration from removing the temporary protective status of thousands of Afghans in the United States, court documents showed on Monday.An administrative stay on the termination of temporary protected status for Afghans...
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 21:17:27 EDTAriz. Seeks Probe of Feds' Response to Grand Canyon Fire
Arizona's governor has demanded an investigation into why a wildfire that destroyed a historic lodge and dozens of other structures on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon was allowed to burn for a week before federal firefighters tried to put it out.The wind-driven wildfire...
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 20:09:33 EDTSearch for Those Missing in Texas Floods Resumes After Rain Pause
For a second straight day, rain forecasts hampered the search Monday for people still missing after deadly floods pummeled Texas, as officials made plans to drain reservoirs in the search for victims and lowered the number of people they said remain missing.While some...
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 20:03:52 EDT