A bill intended to stop members of Congress from using their positions to play the stock market with the benefit of inside information was advanced inside the House last week, but was called a “political scam” by critics who say the legislation leaves a lot of wiggle room.
President Donald Trump has managed to raise over $2 billion to fund various “passion projects” from the supposed generosity of wealthy individuals and companies that stand to benefit enormously from being in the president’s good graces, according to a report in The New York Times from last month.
The U.S. seized its sixth oil tanker tied to Venezuelan oil last week that was accused of violating Washington’s “established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”
The U.S.’s AFRICOM has carried out at least 10 airstrikes on Somalia since the start of the year, including at least two last week, matching the total number of strikes in all of 2024, AntiWar.com reported.
The White House defended President Donald Trump, who was caught on video giving a Ford employee the middle finger and mouthing “fuck you” twice after being called a “pedophile protector” during his tour of the Dearborn, Mich., Truck Plant.
President Donald Trump sat down with Reuters last week to discuss the direction of the administration and how he plans to achieve his top foreign policy goals, while trying to maintain public support in the U.S.
President Donald Trump said in an interview on Saturday that he believes it is time for new leadership inside Iran after bringing the region to the cusp of another war between the U.S. and Tehran.
President Donald Trump was reportedly dissuaded by allies in the Gulf from attacking Iran last week due to fear that the Iranians would flatten Israel in response to a large-scale war, and analysts also noted that these countries were concerned that without Tehran, Israel would have unrestricted power in the region.
Republican leadership in the Senate managed to kill a resolution that would have forced President Donald Trump to get congressional approval before carrying out new attacks on Venezuela.