Rep. James Comer (R-KY) has thrown his weight behind a bill that would delay the implementation of hemp-banning language in an agriculture funding law set to go into effect in November. As part of the agriculture funding bill passed in November 2025 to end the government shutdown, President Donald Trump signed into law a provision […]

The United States and Taiwan on Thursday announced a comprehensive trade and investment agreement designed to trigger a revival of the U.S. semiconductor sector in the homeland.  The deal, announced in a release by the Department of Commerce, establishes an economic partnership between the countries to strengthen domestic semiconductor supply chains through $500 billion in […]

President Donald Trump is keeping all options open in his deliberations on the future of Iran, but violent intervention to protect protesters could sour relations with allies in the Middle East and beyond. The president on Thursday walked back his promise that “help is on the way” for protesters, citing the regime’s decision not to […]

The Senate has now passed half of its annual spending bills after a Thursday afternoon vote to fund the Justice Department and several other federal agencies. The overwhelming majority of senators supported a three-bill package that also keeps the Interior, Commerce, and Energy departments operating past a Jan. 30 government funding deadline. Senators left town […]