One of the first things they tell aides when they get to Capitol Hill is that when they’re invited to a function, it’s not actually them that’s being invited — it’s the person in their position. The organizers or those offering gifts are not suddenly in thrall with the person — they’re courting favor with […]
President Donald Trump took office pledging to tame inflation and ease the burden on American families. What a difference a year makes — “We’re bringing those prices down rapidly,” he said. And indeed, under his leadership, inflation has fallen sharply. One of the key reasons is wireless. America’s innovative wireless providers aren’t just stabilizing prices; […]
Last week, the top Republican leaders on Capitol Hill released a joint statement — quite possibly having been told in no uncertain terms by the White House that the internecine fighting and finger-pointing over an unresolved Department of Homeland Security funding fight needed to cease immediately. The new agreement was greeted with consternation among many […]
One hundred legal scholars signed a letter arguing that President Donald Trump’s threat to target Iranian power plants and bridges could amount to war crimes if carried out. Calling “The attack was a clear violation of the United Nations Charter,” the scholars declared. “The conduct of the war, and statements of U.S. officials, also raise serious concerns […]
Major banks across Russia on Friday reported major service breakdowns. Their apps crashed, ATMs stopped working, and other capabilities collapsed. The outages caused major complications in everyday life and the economy: Public transport had to stop collecting fares, while some businesses switched to cash-only operations. The culprit? Not Ukrainian drones or a major cyberattack — […]
A March profile in the Wall Street Journal spotlighted Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson as earning the respect of President Donald Trump for aggressively reshaping the agency. Ferguson served as a commissioner on the FTC since 2023, often clashing with Biden-era FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan, who, as a law professor, rose to fame as […]
Vice President Vance characterized the two-week ceasefire deal between the U.S. as “a fragile truce” while speaking in Hungary on Wednesday. “If the Iranians are willing in good faith to work with us, I think we can make an agreement,” Vance said. “If they’re going to lie, if they’re going to cheat, if they’re going...
President Trump in a new interview praised the two-week ceasefire deal reached with Iran as a "total and complete victory" for the U.S. Trump told Agence France-Press (AFP) that there is "no question" that it is a U.S. victory. He also said in the brief interview that he believes China intervened to persuade Iran to...
President Trump said Wednesday that Iran will not enrich uranium, and that the U.S. will work with the country to dig up B-2 bombers as part of the latest agreement reached between the two countries. “The United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined has gone through what will be a very...
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine are briefing reporters first thing Wednesday, less than a full day after President Trump announced a temporary ceasefire with Iran. Hegseth started the briefing by calling Operation Epic Fury an "historic and overwhelming victory" that completely destroyed its defense industrial base, razing...
Prediction markets are caught in legal crosshairs to determine how they are to be regulated as questions also swirl around the ethical nature of the business with the Iran war being pulled in. And as states dangle civil prosecution and criminal charges, Kalshi and other platforms are heading to court. At the center of...
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid slammed the temporary ceasefire reached in the joint U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran on Tuesday, criticizing the deal as a “political disaster.” “Israel wasn’t even at the table when decisions were made concerning the core of our national security,” Lapid wrote overnight in a translated post on social platform X. He...
