Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Operation Economic Outcast on Aug. 24, a massive expansion of sanctions aimed at severing Iran's ties to the global economy by targeting the infrastructure used for evasion.
The White House teleprompter operator who placed online bets on President Trump’s speeches has been ordered to pay a total of $172,000, a federal agency said Friday. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said in a news release that Gabriel Perez must pay out his profits from trade, totaling $107,539.02, in addition to a civil...
Tom Begich, a Democrat running for governor in Alaska, announced Friday evening he was dropping out of the race. The former state senator endorsed his Democratic opponent, former state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. Both candidates advanced to the general election in Alaska’s open primary earlier this month. In a video shared on the social platform X...
Mark Cuban — the billionaire investor and former owner of the Dallas Mavericks — is set to appear alongside Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D) in Fort Worth Saturday evening, where the pair will discuss healthcare monopolies in a live podcast event. The conversation comes one day after Talarico and Cuban announced their joint "Breaking...
President Donald Trump said he will be at the Pentagon. A White House official said Vice President JD Vance will travel to New York for the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.