Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni fired back at President Donald Trump on Friday after he claimed she had “begged” to take a photograph with him during the Group of Seven summit in France earlier this week. “Donald Trump’s statements are completely fabricated,” Meloni said in a video statement translated from Italian. “I am frankly appalled. […]
President Donald Trump will travel to Camp David on Friday for a Cabinet meeting, reviving plans that were postponed last month because of poor weather. The White House announced the trip shortly after Vice President JD Vance canceled a planned visit to Switzerland, where a new round of direct talks with Iran were expected to […]
Republican Bobby Charles and Democrat Hannah Pingree are set to face off in Maine’s gubernatorial race this fall after final vote tabulatinos came through from the primary held over a week ago. The Associated Press called both primary races just before 2 a.m. Friday, June 19, ten days after the primary. Maine is a ranked […]
President Donald Trump may have been “joking” when he said Vice President JD Vance can be the fall guy if the Iran deal falls through, but Republicans are not waiting to criticize him for its perceived shortcomings. Vance has taken a political gamble by signing up to be the public face of a memorandum of […]
The national average price for regular gas decreased again on Friday, dropping to $3.973 per gallon. It marked the fourth straight week that the national average price for a gallon of regular gas dropped in the U.S., and a 56-cent-per-gallon decrease in fuel costs over the last month. Friday’s gas price is the first time […]
California’s latest redistricting experiment has produced one of the state’s most intriguing political matchups. In the newly redrawn 6th Congressional District covering northern Sacramento suburbs and Roseville, voters this fall will choose between two politicians whose careers have been shaped by battles over public policy and the rules that govern it. Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) […]
An Italian expert credentialed by the United Nations and living in Tunisia is at the center of a highly unusual First Amendment lawsuit, despite not being a citizen and the speech in question taking place overseas. U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese has been placed back on the sanctions list after […]
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte officially has another title on his résumé: acting director of national intelligence. Friday marks the first day Pulte will serve as acting DNI, taking over from former DNI Tulsi Gabbard, despite bipartisan opposition against the top housing official serving as the nation’s intelligence chief. President Donald Trump has […]
The announcement of an end-of-hostility deal between the United States and Iran has done little to shift investor expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold or even raise interest rates this year, even as oil prices fall in response to the apparent diplomatic breakthrough. President Donald Trump recently announced the planned signing of the ceasefire […]
Senate Republicans are openly venting over President Donald Trump’s Iran deal. But Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is making a higher-profile — and perhaps more calculated — bet with his criticism. Cruz, considered a possible 2028 presidential candidate, is publicly breaking with the administration on the memorandum, positioning himself as more hawkish than the White House […]
