President Donald Trump revealed on Monday that he is using tariffs to target Iran, appearing to mark the administration’s latest effort to support anti-government protesters seeking to topple their country’s Islamic regime. “Effectively immediately,” countries conducting business with Iran will be forced to pay a 25% tariff on “any and all business” done with the […]
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) suggested on Monday that the Trump administration has fallen into a “pattern” of weaponizing the government against political foes. The Arizona Democrat’s statement came in response to questions about whether he believes the Department of Justice is being “weaponized” against the Federal Reserve, particularly after the DOJ recently launched a criminal […]
The United States brought together the Group of Seven countries, as well as Australia and India, in Washington, D.C., to discuss critical minerals Monday amid China’s continued chokehold on the sector. In a statement, the Treasury Department said that Secretary Scott Bessent “expressed his optimism that nations will pursue prudent derisking over decoupling, and that […]
Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi called for all able Iranian citizens to take to the streets to protest the Islamic government despite thousands of casualties, arguing that they were embroiled in a “war.” The current round of bloody protests, beginning on Dec. 28 over dire economic conditions, has quickly escalated to the greatest threat to […]
A group of House Democrats, led by Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO), asked a federal judge on Monday to block the Department of Homeland Security from continuing to enforce a policy that restricts federal lawmakers from visiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities without advanced notice. Last week, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem issued a new […]
Two Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to restrict Immigration and Customs Enforcement from operating in their states. Minnesota’s and Illinois’s move to sue the Trump administration marks the latest reaction to a controversial shooting that occurred last week, in which an ICE agent killed a Minneapolis woman accused of trying to […]
The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on the fate of a lawsuit filed by a Louisiana parish against multiple oil producers over damage to the state’s coastline, marking the high court’s first oral arguments of 2026. The matter before the justices is over whether to move the case to federal court, but the ruling in […]
A leadership shake-up within the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia reached a new boiling point on Monday with the firing of Robert McBride, the office’s No. 2 official. McBride’s ouster marks the latest change in the district since President Donald Trump appointed Lindsey Halligan, his former personal defense attorney, to lead […]
California authorities are considering bringing assault charges against a U-Haul truck driver who allegedly plowed into a crowd of people protesting the Iranian regime in Los Angeles on Sunday. The suspect was arrested at the scene for reckless driving, the Los Angeles Police Department said on Monday. However, he could face additional, more serious charges […]
A former systems administrator for the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee was arrested and federally indicted on Friday for stealing more than 200 phones and selling them to a nearby pawn shop. Christopher Southerland, 43, of Maryland, is accused of using his committee position to ship 240 new government cellphones to his home and then […]
