Japan announced on Wednesday that it would provide $10 billion in financial aid to Southeast Asian countries hit hardest by a surge in oil prices. Southeast Asian countries have been the worst hit by disruptions to global oil supplies due to Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, with Bangladesh the first to face the […]
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the UFC will construct a 4,500-seat venue ahead of the mixed martial arts cage match in front of the White House that will take place this summer. The UFC Freedom 250 fight on the White House’s South Lawn will be one event among many that the Trump administration […]
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison intends to skip a planned Senate hearing on the entertainment company’s pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery to attend a family member’s funeral instead. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, asked the executive to attend the Wednesday afternoon hearing […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is pushing the Trump administration to “wrap up” its investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, amid an ongoing Justice Department probe. “I think it’s in everybody’s best interest to wrap up the investigation,” Thune said Wednesday. “I’ve said that before, it would be better if it winds down.” […]
Legislation that would restore temporary legal status for Haitian migrants advanced in the House on Wednesday after a handful of Republicans helped Democrats in a largely party-line vote. The bill, spearheaded by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and other House Democrats, cleared a procedural vote with the help of several Republicans who moved to reverse the […]
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) said Wednesday that the party may move to expel Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) if House Republicans go after Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL). Mills and Cherfilus-McCormick are awaiting the results of the House Ethics Committee’s respective investigations into their alleged misconduct. The Republican is facing scrutiny related to allegations […]
Gov. Andy Beshear‘s (D-KY) legislative policy input has been halted by the Republican supermajority in the general assembly, as the Kentucky state legislature overrode almost all of the Democratic governor’s 2026 session vetoes. The Kentucky Senate and House supermajorities voted this week to override almost all of Beshear’s legislative vetoes, totaling over two dozen, showing […]
Federal prosecutors working under U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro attempted to “circumvent” court limits on their investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell by making an unannounced visit to the Fed construction site and requesting a “tour,” lawyers for the central bank said Tuesday. According to an email reviewed by the Washington Examiner, outside counsel Robert […]
The Trump administration told a federal court this week that it plans to launch its system for issuing tariff refunds on Monday, two months after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs. Officials at Customs and Border Protection told Judge Richard Eaton, of the U.S. Court of International Trade, that they […]
Over the past several months, Democrats have rolled out a series of messaging bills aimed squarely at targeting President Donald Trump and his policies, underscoring their strategy heading into the 2026 midterm elections. However, the legislation included in the push, which spans issues from war powers to impeachment, has a near-zero chance of passing. War […]
