The U.S. Office of Government Ethics on Thursday released financial disclosure forms showing that President Trump disclosed at least $220 million in financial transactions in the securities of major U.S. companies earlier this year. The reports show a cumulative value of between $220 million and around $750 million, with purchases including securities linked to companies...
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday called on the Trump administration to not extend a waiver on sanctions for anyone who purchases oil from Russia, which is set to expire just after midnight on Saturday. “Tonight, when the current license for Russian oil expires, it should not be renewed," Shaheen, the...
The U.S. Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh on Wednesday to lead the Federal Reserve, the world's most powerful bank, during tense times for the global economy.
Senators unanimously voted Wednesday to advance a measure to suspend their pay in any future government shutdown, after two record funding lapses in the span of a year.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries railed against the Supreme Court Wednesday over its 6-3 ruling that threw out Louisiana's racially gerrymandered congressional district, telling reporters some of the justices are haunted by the spirits of those who embraced enslaving Americans.
CBP partnered with local law enforcement last Monday to detain a gang-affiliated Mexican national with a violent criminal history including second-degree murder.
South Carolina GOP Gov. Henry McMaster is expected to announce a special session on redistricting, teeing up the state legislature to pass a Republican...
One more Senate Republican on Wednesday joined Democrats' quest to end the war with Iran in the first such vote since a 60-day legal clock for President Trump to do so on his own expired May 1.
