Capital One Bank said concerns over money laundering were behind the closure of one of President Donald Trump’s bank accounts in 2021, responding to a lawsuit from one of Trump’s financial holding companies. The Trump Organization’s lawsuit held that the company persecuted Trump over his political beliefs, “de-banking” him after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol […]
The Trump administration has taken ownership interests in dozens of private companies, representing a level of intervention in private enterprise that is well beyond what has been contemplated by recent presidents. The administration has justified its ventures into business ownership as necessary for national security and to compete in critical domains, such as artificial intelligence. […]
FIFA President Gianni Infantino is praying for the White House’s support as he tries to quell outrage caused by plans to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity firms, but it remains unclear whether President Donald Trump will intervene. The State Department is denying a New York Post report that Infantino, who was […]
President Donald Trump expressed his displeasure with Chevron and Exxon Mobil for raking in “too much” profit during the second quarter of this year as the White House grapples with complaints about gas prices amid the war with Iran. “Based on a shortage, they’re making too much money,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office […]
Republican Ohio state Sen. Jane Timken said she is not interested in running for Rep. Max Miller’s (R-OH) U.S. House seat if he suspends his reelection campaign ahead of the Wednesday withdrawal deadline over allegations of domestic and child abuse. “I am not,” Timken wrote in a message to the Washington Examiner. “I am running […]
President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro “choked” in deciding to dismiss the indictment of a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. “I think she choked because the judge was really vicious,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “Instead of going after […]
An FBI agent who had been with the bureau since 2017 was arrested Friday and charged with transferring around $1 million in cryptocurrency to his personal wallet. The FBI’s arrest affidavit, which it filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Saturday, describes Patrick Steven Yaroch as a supervisory special […]
The House Ethics Committee recommended the censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) on Monday, stating the lawmaker had failed “to adhere to the spirit of rules prohibiting sexual harassment of and unwanted advances to House staffers.” Edwards has been under scrutiny for months after reports alleged that he had made unwanted advances toward female staffers […]
President Donald Trump again dodged questions about the abuse allegations raised against Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) and declined to say whether he believes the embattled congressman should drop his reelection campaign. Miller, who earned an endorsement from the president for his reelection bid for Ohio’s 7th Congressional District, is facing abuse allegations raised by his […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is catching flak from the political Right online over his plan to require shoppers at his proposed government-run grocery stores to show identification to buy discounted food. Last week, Mamdani announced a 30% discount on staple items at future grocery stores in each of the city’s five boroughs. During the press conference, […]
